Empidine Dance Flies From Singapore And Southern Malaysia (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) Author Daugeron, Christophe Author Grootaert, Patrick text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2005 2005-12-31 53 2 211 220 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.4619638 2345-7600 FF8BFFD82661FFFFFFA5FF89FFB0FFE1 4619638 Empis ( Coptophlebia ) vitisalutatoris Daugeron & Grootaert, 2005 This species was described from nine males (Daugeron & Grootaert, 2005: p. 367) collected mainly by one of us (P.G.) during two successive field trips (2002 and 2003) and also found in the collection of ZRC. Material examined. – Holotype - male, Singapore , Pulau [= Island] Ubin, Chek Jawa, sample 22059, coll. P. Grootaert , 11 Dec.2002 ( ZRC ). Paratypes – 3 males , with the same data ; 1 male , Pulau [= Island ] Ubin , Chek Jawa , mangrove, sample 22061, coll. P. Grootaert , 13 Dec.2002 (KBIN-IRScNB) ; 1 male , Singapore , Pulau [= Island] Ubin , Chek Jawa , sample 23080, coll. P. Grootaert , 19 Nov.2003 (KBIN-IRScNB) ; 1 male , Singapore , Pulau [= Island] Ubin , Chek Jawa , malaise trap sample 23097, coll. P. Grootaert. , 2 Nov.2003 ( MNHN ) ; 1 male , Singapore , NUS campus, near woods King Edward VII Hall , sample 23093, coll. P. Grootaert , 30 Nov.2003 ( MNHN ) ; 1 male , Singapore , Nee Soon Forest , on Vitis flower, coll. D. H. Murphy , 8 Nov.1979 ( ZRC ) . Diagnosis . – Blackish species of middle size with clear wing, labrum more than twice head height, fore tibia strongly deformed at base, without anterodorsal spine-like bristles on basal half, wing rather clear with all veins well visible, sternite 8 with several long posterior bristles, epandrium indented ventrally, with 1 very strong bristle at tip, numerous strong ventrals, 2 strong, long dorsals, hypandrium long with bristly hairs at tip. Female unknown.