A Review Of The Genus Homoneura From Guangxi, China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
Author
Gao, Caixia
Author
Yang, Ding
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2004
52
2
351
364
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4619516
2345-7600
A669EF2EFFFBFFECFF866F3DFFC7FFE4
4619516
Homoneura (Homoneura) tianeensis
,
new species
(
Figs. 37-42
)
Material examined. –
Holotype
- male,
Guangxi
:
Tian’e
,
Xinglonglinchang
(
1100m
),
4 Aug.2002
, coll.
Ding Yang
(
CAU
).
Diagnosis. –
Wing with 5 brown spots on tip of R
2+3
to M
1+2
, preapical section of R 4+5 and m-m, apical spots on R 2+3 to M 1+2 more or less connected; subcostal cell dark apically.
Description. –
Body length 8.5 (male) mm, wing length 8.5(male) mm.
Head yellow, with yellow dust. Frons about as long as wide and slightly converging backward, with dark anterior spots; ocellar triangle yellow brown; oc developed; face without spots; cheek about 1/7 height of eye. Antenna yellow; 3rd segment 2 times as long as wide; arista black except yellow base, with longest hairs as long as width of 3rd antennal segment. Proboscis yellow, with black and yellow hairs; palpus yellow, with black hairs.
Thorax yellow, with yellow dust; scutellum testaceous. 0+3 dc, acr in 10 rows, 1st post-sutural dc broken. Legs yellow. Fore femur with 4 posterior ventral bristles, 5 posterior dorsal bristles, and ctenidium with 12 short bristles. Mid femur with 7 anterior bristles; mid tibia with 3 spurs. Wing pale yellow, dark on apex of subcostal cell, tip of R 2+3 to M 1+2, preapical section of R 4+5 and m-m; costa with 2nd, 3rd and 4th sections in proportion of 8:2:1.5; r-m before middle of discal cell; ultimate section of M 1+2 1.2 times as long as penultimate; ultimate section of M 3+4 about 1/5 of penultimate. Halter yellow.
Abdomen yellow, with yellow dust. Male genitalia (
Figs. 38- 42
): Protandrium forming a sclerotized band with a ventral segment, with a dorsal protuberance directed forward, without setulae around spiracle (
Fig. 39
); surstylus on epandrium with distinct inner process; hypandrial apodemes rather weak, gonopod long and rolling up apically; aedeagus long, distinctly incised apically (
Fig. 42
).
Etymology. –
The species is named after the
type
locality Tian’e.
Distribution. –
China
(
Guangxi
).
Remarks. –
The new species is similar to
Homoneura (Homoneura) yaromi
Yang, Hu & Zhu, 2001
, from
Zhejiang
, but can be separated from the latter by frons with spots. In
yaromi
, the frons has no spots (Yang, Hu & Zhu, 2001).