Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert from southern Thailand (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with the description of a new species
Author
Samoh, Abdulloh
Author
Boonrotpong, Singtoe
Author
Grootaert, Patrick
text
Zootaxa
2015
3946
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125
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.6
3c436d2a-03ca-4ea7-8090-2a1aca173f45
1175-5326
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Key to males of
Ngirhaphium
1 Mesonotum and tergites metallic blue. Antenna with apical aristal article filiform and much longer than basal article (Singa- pore). Genitalia as in
Figures 8 and 11
.....................................
N. caeruleum
Grootaert & Puniamoorthy
- Mesonotum and tergites mainly metallic green. Antenna with apical aristal article shorter or about half as long as apical article................................................................................................... 2
2 Cerci in lateral view nearly as long as dorsal surstyli (
Figs 3, 4
)..............................
N. chutamasae
sp. nov.
- Cerci in lateral view longer than dorsal surstyli (
Figs 7, 9
).................................................... 3
3 Dorsal surstylus elongate, digitiform with truncate apex (
Figs 9, 12
) slightly shorter than cercus. Cerci with narrow apex, set with 2 apical setae (
Fig. 12
)..................................................
N. murphyi
Evenhuis & Grootaert
- Dorsal surstylus with very wide apex (
Fig. 7
) much shorter than cercus. Cerci with expanded apex set with many yellow setae (
Fig. 10
)............................................................
N. sivasothii
Grootaert & Puniamoorthy