Six new species of the genus Pseudostegana (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from the Oriental region
Author
Li, Tong
Author
Gao, Jianjun
Author
Chen, Hongwei
text
Journal of Natural History
2010
2010-05-24
44
23 - 24
1401
1418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003679584
journal article
10.1080/00222931003679584
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Pseudostegana silvana
sp. nov.
(
Figures 1G,H
; 20; 8)
Diagnosis
Paramere subapically roundly expanded in lateral view, lacking any projections (
Figure 8E
); aedeagus smoothly narrowed on distal one-third (
Figure 8D,E
).
Description
Only important characters are described here.
Head.
Ocellar triangle dark brown. Frons brown. Pedicel brown; first flagellomere greyish brown on basal two-thirds, greyish black on distal one-third. Face mostly dark brown, with one small yellow patch. Palpus black, yellow at tip, broad, large in male, medially half as wide as long. Clypeus black. Gena brown.
Thorax.
Scutum yellow on anterior two-thirds, dark brown on posterior one-third. Pleura brownish yellow on upper part, black on lower part. Katepisternal setae two. Scutellum brownish yellow, pale at tip.
Figure 8.
Pseudostegana silvana
sp. nov.
, male. (A) epandrium, cercus and surstylus; (B) surstylus; (C) cercus; (D,E) hypandrium, paramere, gonopods, aedeagus and aedeagal apodeme. For orientations and organizations see Figure 3. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
Legs.
Yellow, black on hind tibia.
Abdomen
. Tergites yellow first and second, glossy black on the rest. Sternites brown to black in male; male fifth with a few long setae on posterior margin.
Male terminalia.
Epandrium roundly protruded on ventral margin, with about 20 setae (
Figure 8A
). Surstylus protruded on antero- and posteroventral corners (
Figure 8B
). Cercus ventrally round (
Figure 8A,C
). Basal process of aedeagus slender (
Figure 8E
).
Measurements
BL =
2.68 mm
in
holotype
(range in
five male
paratypes
:
2.28–2.90 mm
), ThL =
1.09 mm
(1.00–
1.31 mm
), WL =
2.30 mm
(
2.15–2.34 mm
), WW = 1.00 mm (
0.91–1.13 mm
), arb = 5/1 (6/1–7/1), avd = 0.93 (0.70–1.50), adf = 1.75 (1.50–2.00), flw = 2.40 (2.00–2.60), FW/HW = 0.44 (0.38–0.42), ch/o = 0.09 (0.09), prorb = 1.00 (0.75–0.89), vb = 0.80 (0.50–0.81), dcl = damaged (0.21–0.29), sctl = 1.36 (1.11–1.36), sterno = 0.75 (0.61–0.64), orbito =0.60 (0.50–0.72), dcp = 0.19 (0.18–0.21), sctlp = 1.30 (1.00–1.50), C = 1.85 (1.67–1.85), 4c = 1.75 (1.64–2.00), 4v = 3.30 (2.90– 3.50), 5x = 0.94 (1.00–1.28), ac = 11.6 (12.70–15.60), M = 0.63 (0.57–0.75), C3F = 0.81 (0.71–0.79).
Type material
Holotype
male (
SCAU
No.120561),
Mount Diaoluo
,
Lingshui
,
Hainnan
,
18°10′ N
,
108°52′ E
, altitude
1000 m
,
22 May 2004
, swept over fallen logs and tussock,
H.W. Chen
.
Paratypes
:
China
:
eight males
and
eight females
(
four males
and
four females
in
KIZ
;
four males
and
four females
in
SCAU
, Nos. 120562–69), same data as holotype except 16,
17 May 2005
, 23,
24 April 2008
,
H.L. Cao
,
H.W. Chen
,
X.P. Chen
,
J.J. Gao
,
M.F. Xu
;
ten males
and
five females
(
five males
and
three females
in
KIZ
;
five males
and females in
SCAU
, Nos. 120573–79),
Mount Jianfengling
,
Ledong
,
Hainan
,
18°41′ N
,
108°52′ E
, altitude
800 m
,
20 May 2004
,
20 April 2008
, swept over fallen logs and over tussock,
H.W. Chen
,
X.P. Chen
,
J.J. Gao
;
two males
,
one female
(
SCAU
, Nos. 120570–72),
Mount Atuoling
,
Wuzhishan
,
Hainan
,
18°20′ N
,
109°22′ E
, altitude
550 m
,
20 April 2007
, swept over fallen logs,
T
.
Li
.
Etymology
From the Latin word:
silvanus
, meaning forester god.
Distribution
China
(
Hainan
).