A new species of the genus Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in China Author Han, Xiaojing Author Li, Xiaofei Author Hou, Xiaohui text Florida Entomologist 2015 2015-06-30 98 2 759 761 http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.098.0254 journal article 10.1653/024.098.0254 1938-5102 12769144 Forcipomyia ( Lepidohelea ) qinlingensis sp. nov. ( Fig. 1 ). DIAGNOSIS The species of the subgenus Lepidohelea Kieffer is known by fore and mid femora light brown, hind femora brown, fore and mid tibiae 1 Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou , 563099, P. R . China light brown with light rings near base, hind tibia brown except near base, and extreme apex pale . DESCRIPTION Male. Head dark brown. Eyes bare, broadly abutting medially, shorter than length of 1 ommatidia. Antenna ( Fig. 1A ) with lengths of flagellar segments in proportion of 7:6:6:6:6:6:6:6:7:18:14:11:12, total length 1.11 mm ; AR 1.27. Palpus ( Fig. 1B ) dark brown, lengths of segments in proportion of 5:5:10:4:5; 3rd segment moderately swollen at base, with deep sensory pit at swollen portion opening by rounded pore, there are numbers of sensilla chaeticae in pit; 4th and 5th segments separated; PR 3.33. Thorax. Brown. Scutum dark brown, without pattern. Legs ( Fig. 1C ) brown; fore and mid femora light brown, hind femora brown; fore and mid tibiae light brown with light rings at base, hind tibia brown except its base and extreme apex pale; hind tibial comb with two rows of spines, apical row with 7 spines, subapical row with 20 spines; foreleg with lengths of F-T in proportion of 50:48:23:14:10:9:6, TR 1.64; mid-leg with lengths of F-T in proportion of 59:62:18:25:14:9:6, TR 0.72; hind leg with lengths of F-T in proportion of 61:69:19:24:15:10:7, TR 0.79; claws slender, curved; empodia present. Wing ( Fig. 1D ) brownish, with abundant dense macrotrichiae, darker anteriorly, cells r 1 ill-developed, r 2 well-developed, oval; light brown spots covering cells r 2 , r 5 , cu 1 and m 4 ; wing length 1.5 mm ; width 0.43 mm ; CR 0.44. Abdomen. Tergites 2–8 brown with lateral pale patches and dense spines. Genitalia ( Fig. 1F ): Tergite 9 short, not extending to apex of gonocoxite, caudal margin rounded; cercus short, extending beyond margin of tergite 9; sternite 9 broad, with apicolateral processes and median excavation. Gonocoxite moderately stout, about 2 times longer than maximum width, yellowish brown except its middle part pale, with apical spines; gonostylus pale, slightly shorter than gonocoxite, nearly straight, tip barely curved. Parameres disconnected at base, with 2 branches nearly parallel. Aedeagus ( Fig. 1E ) triangular, fused extending to ½ of total length, distal process resembling a stigma of female flowers, obtuse at apex. * Corresponding author; E-mail: hxh19801122@163.com Fig. 1. Forcipomyia ( Lepidohelea ) qinlingensis sp. nov. , male; A: antenna; B: palpus; C: legs; D: wing; E: aedeagus; F: hypopygium, ventral view. FEMALE Unknown. DISTRIBUTION China ( Shaanxi Province ). TYPE HOLOTYPE , 1 male , CHINA , Shaanxi Province , Qinling Mountains , vicinity of Taibai , 23-VIII-2013 , leg. Xiaohui Hou. REMARKS This new species is similar to F. qionghaiensis Liu et Yu, 2001 , but its adult differs clearly in 3rd segment of palpus swollen at the basal half, sensory pit in swollen portion, 4th and 5th segments separated; aedeagus with distal process thickened resembling a stigma of a female flower and branches of paramere nearly parallel. ETYMOLOGY The species is named for its type locality, the Qinling Mountains.