The fast-running flies (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) of Singapore and adjacent regions
Author
Grootaert, Patrick
Author
Shamshev, Igor V.
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2012
2012-01-06
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2012.5
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Elaphropeza asiophila
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007
Elaphropeza asiophila
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007: 85
.
Diagnosis
Occiput black, postpedicel nearly 6.0 times longer than wide, stylus about 1.5 times shorter than postpedicel; thorax wholly reddish yellow, acrostichal and dorsocentral bristles multiserial; tarsomere 5 of all legs dark brown, fore tibia and fore tarsomeres 2-4 brownish, hind tibia with 1 anterodorsal bristle near middle.
Material examined
SINGAPORE
:
26 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
, Semakau (SMK05),
13 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29068, leg. P.G.);
2 ♀♀
, Semakau (Semakau),
6 May 2009
, mangrove, sweeping (reg. 29049, leg. P.G.);
2 ♂♂
, Semakau (SMK02),
13 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29065, leg. P.G.);
6 ♂♂
, Semakau (Semakau),
20 May 2009
, beach forest, sweeping (reg. 29097, leg. P.G.);
3 ♂♂
, Semakau (SMK02),
20 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29088, leg. P.G.);
10 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
, Semakau (SMK05),
20 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29091, leg. P.G.);
1 ♂
, Semakau (SMK02),
27 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29116, leg. P.G.);
21 ♂♂
, Semakau (SMK05),
27 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29119, leg. P.G.);
1 ♂
, Pulau Ubin (PU02),
12 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29059, leg. P.G.);
4 ♂♂
, PU02),
26 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29110, leg. P.G.);
6 ♀
, Pulau Ubin (PU02),
2 June 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29135, leg. P.G.);
1 ♀
, Pasir Ris (PSR01),
19 May 2009
, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29085, leg. P.G.).
Distribution
Malaysia
,
Singapore
.
Habitat and seasonal occurrence
Originally this species was only recorded from Chek
Jawa
. It is now found quite abundantly in the mangroves at Semakau, Pulau Ubin and Pasir Ris, with all records from May.