New species of Cydistomyia Taylor with notes and collection records for other Tabanidae (Diptera) from New Guinea
Author
Goodwin, James T.
text
Insecta Mundi
2010
2010-03-12
2010
117
1
22
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4531547
1942-1354
4531547
Cydistomyia madangiensis
n. sp.
(
Figure 2
A-2D)
Material examined.
3 females
.
Holotype
female: on leaf {of}
Theobroma cacao
, near Sapi Village,
Madang Province
,
PNG
,
1-VI-1984
, by H. Roberts (
FSCA
; D1454);
paratype
female:
Castanopsis
Bamboo Forest
/ Manki L.A. rd., Bulolo, M. Prov.,
14 XI-1983
, J. Dobunaba (
FSCA
; D1455);
paratype
female:
NEW
GUINEA
: NE, Wau,
1100-1200m
,
VI
(June) 1968, N. H. L. Krause (
BPMB
).
Description
. A medium-sized (body and wing lengths
12 mm
) brown species lacking distinct pattern except for pale hind margins on abdominal segments 2-6.
Head. Frons ca.
0.6 mm
wide basally and ca. 5 times as high as wide basally, about same width above and below but distinctly narrowed in middle, yellowish pollinose overall but slightly darker over middle of upper one-half; basal callus pale brown, large, narrowly separated from eyes, about 2.5 times as high as wide basally, narrowing into an elongate median callus that tapers to a pointed apex over upper half of its length. Subcallus, parafacials, and face yellowish-gray pollinose, subcallus a little darker over middle one-third. Antennae orange-brown with abundant black hairs on scape and pedicel and a few on the tooth of the basal plate; basal plate with a shallow dorsal excision, about 1.5 times as long as broad, slightly longer than combined length of annuli (style). Palpi rather stout and short, brown, faintly grayish dusted and covered by abundant black hairs.
Thorax. Mesonotum and scutellum grayish pollinose over brown base color, the scutellum a little lighter in color, lacking pattern. Pleural areas grayish pollinose with white hairs. Legs with coxae gray- ish pollinose with white hairs, remainder pale brown with mostly black hairs, the tarsi a little darker. Wings clear except for pale yellowish tint of costal cell.
Figure 5.
Adult habitus and structures of
Cydistomyia kamialiensis
Goodwin.
A
)
Lateral Habitus.
B)
Anterior view of head.
C)
Dorsal habitus.
Abdomen. Pale brown dorsally on tergites 1 and 2, darker brown on remainder; posterior margins of tergites 2-6 with narrow grayish pollinose margins. Venter blackish-brown with pale hind margins on sternites 2-6.
Etymology
. The specific epithet is based on the name of the province in which the
holotype
was collected.
Discussion
. This species would be part of the immigrans group (
Mackerras, 1964
,
1971
) recognized by
Mackerras (1964
,
1971
). In
Mackerras (1964)
it would most likely key to
C. torresi
from which it differs as follows: in
C. madangi
the callus is wedge-shaped, tapering gradually to a pointed apex that ends just below middle of frons, the frons diverges slightly from near its middle to the union with the subcallus, and the subcallus is grayish pollinose as are the parafacials and face; in
C.
torresi
, the frons is parallel sided and 5 or more times as high as wide, the callus has an expanded base that is taller than wide and has a slender median dorsal extension that ends distinctly above the middle of the frons, and the subcallus is brown, contrasting with the grayish white parafacials and face.