New species and new records of Chloropinae from Singapore (Diptera: Chloropidae)
Author
Riccardi, Paula Raile
Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Author
Ang, Yuchen
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, 117377 Singapore.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-05-27
5458
1
83
92
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.4
1175-5326
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Cryptonevra
Lioy, 1864
Genus overview.
Belongs to the tribe
Mindini (
Riccardi & Amorim 2020
)
. It has nine valid species in the Palearctic region (
Ismay
et al.
2021
) where the species live in galls of reeds as inquilines (
Nartshuk & Andersson 2013
). The diagnostic morphological features of
Cryptonevra
include body black with yellowish tarsi (
Fig. 3A
); gena about as wide as postpedicel height; wing with crossveins approximated, R4+5 and M1 divergent (
Fig. 3A
); tibial organ present; male mid femur usually with distinct femoral organ; male terminalia without anal sclerites, mesolobus never wider than long, surstylus short, with wide base and apex with spines (see
Ismay
et al.
2021
;
Riccardi & Amorim 2020
).