New species of Eupsilocephala Kröber from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae)
Author
Winterton, Shaun L.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1372
17
25
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.174950
1d28c92c-13c1-4d8e-a8af-07a76cd3cf85
1175-5326
174950
Eupsilocephala sulphurea
sp. nov.
Holotype
Female,
AUSTRALIA
: QUEENSLAND: Tamborine Mountain, W.H. Davidson (MEI33876) (
QMBA
).
Diagnosis
|
Body glossy orange-brown, |
not |
metallic; |
wing |
with |
pale |
orange |
suffusion |
only; |
head |
and scutal macrosetae black. |
Description
Female: Body length:
ca.
7.0 mm.
Head
. Frons slightly concave medially, width much wider than ocellar tubercle at narrowest point; head dark orange, overlain with sparse grey pubescence; eye ommatidia uniform size throughout eye; ocellar tubercle raised, black, overlain with sparse grey pubescence admixed with dark setae; occiput convex, dark orange, overlain with sparse silver pubescence, multiple rows of black postocular setae; gena orange, overlain with silver pubescence admixed with elongate setae; palp and labellum orange, covered with dark setae; antenna orange, darker apically, flagellum dark brown, overlain with sparse grey pubescence, antennal length shorter than head, scattered, dark setae on scape and pedicel.
FIGURE 2.
Eupsilocephala albodorsalis
sp. nov.
, Male genitalia: A, epandrium, dorsal view; B, tergite 8, dorsal view; C, gonocoxites lateral view; D, same, ventral view; E, sternite 8, ventral view; F, aedeagus, lateral view; G, same, dorsal view. Abbreviations:
c
, cercus;
d
, distiphallus;
da
, dorsal apodeme of parameral sheath;
ea
, ejaculatory apodeme;
ga
, gonocoxal apodeme;
gp
, gonocoxal process;
gs
, gonostylus;
h
, hypandrium;
igp
, inner gonocoxal process;
lea
, lateral ejaculatory apodeme;
va
, ventral apodeme of parameral sheath;
vl
, ventral lobe. Scale line= 0.5 mm.
Thorax
. Thorax glossy orange-brown, scutum overlain with sparse grey pubescence, admixed with short dark setae, scutal macrosetae black, two black dorsocentral stripes along length of scutum; scutellum glossy orange; pleuron with elongate dark setae on proepisternum, anepisternum, katepisternum and katatergite; sparse grey-pubescence on meron, metanepisternum and posterior margin of katepisternum; coxae orange, overlain with sparse grey pubescence, admixed with dark setae on anterolateral surfaces of mid and fore coxae, lateral surface of hind coxa; legs brown, hind femur pale orange-brown; numerous short dark setae on femora; wing (damaged) pale orange; venation orange; haltere orange, knob pale; scutal chaetotaxy (pairs): np, 4; sa, 1; pa, 2; dc, 3; sc, 2.
Abdomen
. Bulbous, tapering abruptly, glossy orange-brown, covered with short dark setae; terminalia dark.
Female Genitalia
. Not dissected.
Male. Unknown.
Etymology
|
The specific epithet |
is |
derived |
from |
the |
Latin: |
sulphurea
,
|
yellow-orange; |
referring |
to |
the orange body colour. |
Comments
Eupsilocephala sulphurea
sp. nov.
is the only orange coloured species in the genus and is smaller in body size to the other species. It is known only from a single, poorly preserved female specimen from Tamborine Mountain in south-eastern Queensland.