The flagria group of Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in a biodiversity hot spot: nine new sympatric species from Kambaiti, Myanmar
Author
Hippa, Heikki
Author
Vilkamaa, Pekka
text
Zootaxa
2007
1556
31
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178251
905dea16-dd69-45f9-9fe2-5b1aa6af93b6
1175-5326
178251
Keilbachia acamptochaeta
sp. n.
(
Figs 1
A, 3D, 5A, B, C)
Material studied.
Holotype
male
(in
NRMS
). N.E.
Burma
(
Myanmar
), Kambaiti,
7000 ft
.,
8.6.1934
, R. Malaise.
Paratype
male
(in
NRMS
).
1 male
with same data as
holotype
but dated 12–17.6.
Male.
Colour
. The specimen is strongly faded because of treatment with KOH and is almost unicolorous pale yellowish-brown; the untreated wing is brownish.
Head
. Eye bridge
Fig. 5
A: 3–4 facets wide. The face (prefrons) is laterally compressed and invaginated in both mounts and the setae are difficult to observe, but at least 4 setae can be observed. Clypeus non-setose. Maxillary palpus (
Fig. 1
A) with one palpomere, with 1 lateral seta, with or without 1 apical seta; hyaline sensilla widely scattered on dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Antennal flagellum lost in the
holotype
, flagellomere
4 in
the
paratype
inflated in KOH, when non-inflated the flagellomere is apparently twice as long as broad.
Thorax
. Anterior pronotum with 1 seta. Episternum 1 with 1–2 setae.
Wing
. Length
2.23–2.46 mm
. Width/length 0.40–0.41. R1/R 1.26–1.33. c/
w 0.74
–0.79. r-m and bM almost equal in length, r-m/bM 1.11, r-m with 0–1 setae, bM non-setose.
Legs
. Fore tibia and tarsus lost in the
holotype
. Apex of fore tibia,
Fig. 3
D. Length of fore basitarsomere/length of fore tibia 0.77. Length of fore tibia/length of fore femur 1.55. Length of hind tibia/length of scutum+scutellum 2.02.
Abdomen
. Sternite 8 with ca. 30 setae, widely distributed.
Hypopygium.
Fig. 5
B, C: Gonocoxa with an apicomesial rounded lobelike angle. Gonostylus with 2 rather short and stout mesial megasetae arising from a common basal body, the megasetae curved, but on one side in the
holotype
they are unusually straight, with three additional megasetae between these and the apical tooth. Tegmen rather simple, unusually narrow. The tegmen very pale in both of the mounts and possibly partly misinterpreted.
Female unknown.
FIGURE 1.
Maxillary palpus.
A
,
Keilbachia acamptochaeta
sp. n.
(paratype).
B
,
K. flabellata
sp. n.
(holotype).
C
,
K. gigas
sp. n.
(holotype).
D
,
K. fasciata
sp. n.
(holotype).
E
,
K. foveolata
sp. n.
(holotype).
F
,
K. bicuspis
sp. n.
(holotype).
G
,
K. rima
sp. n.
(holotype).
H
,
K. filigera
sp. n.
(holotype).
I
,
K. oligonema
sp. n.
(holotype). Scale 0.10 mm.
FIGURE 2.
Antennal flagellomeres 3 and 4 (A) and flagellomere 4 (B–E).
A
,
Keilbachia bicuspis
sp. n.
(holotype).
B
,
K. oligonema
sp. n.
(holotype).
C
,
K. fasciata
sp. n.
(holotype).
D
,
K. filigera
sp. n.
(holotype).
E,
K. rima
sp. n.
(holotype). Scale 0.10 mm.
Discussion.
Keilbachia acamptochaeta
resembles
K. flabellata
in the completely one-segmented maxillary palpus, but otherwise the two species are not very similar. In
K. acamptochaeta
the number of the curved gonostylar megasetae is two and the setae are short, whilst in
K. flabellata
the number is five and they are very long; and in
K. acamptochaeta
there are three very strong megasetae between the curved megasetae and the apical tooth. The gonostylus of
K. acamptochaeta
has a strong superficial resemblance to many species of
Camptochaeta
, e.g. species such as
C. fulvicollis
(Tuomikoski)
(=
C. hirtula (Lengersdorf))
and
C. duplicata
Hippa &Vilkamaa
(see e.g.
Hippa & Vilkamaa 1994
). It differs by the two megasetae arising from a common basal body, whilst in
Camptochaeta
there is only one megaseta arising from a basal body, by lacking megasetae on the lateral side of the apical tooth and by lacking a mesial flagellate seta. In
Camptochaeta
the number of palpomeres is always three, there is a sensory pit on the first flagellomere and the patch of setae apically on fore tibia is bordered on the proximal side.