The flower fly genus Citrogramma Vockeroth (Diptera: Syrphidae): illustrated revision with descriptions of new species
Author
Mengual, Ximo
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00750.x
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00750.x
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CITROGRAMMA PINYTON
MENGUAL
SP. NOV.
Description
See description of
C. pintada
above. Morphologically,
C. pinyton
and
C. pintada
are identical, with the same variation in males and females. The only differences between them are the male genitalia (see
Figs 155, 156
) and that specimens of
C. pinyton
have more black hairs on anepisternum than those of
C. pintada
.
Length (N = 5):
Body, 9.2–10.1 (9.7) mm; wing, 8.9–9.3 (9.0) mm.
Geographical distribution:
New
Guinea
.
Etymology:
The specific epithet is derived from the Greek
pinytos
meaning discreet, cautious (
Brown, 1956: 457
). Species epithet to be treated as neuter adjective.
Differential diagnosis:
As mentioned above,
C. pinyton
and
C.
pintada
belong to the same species group, but they can only be separated by male genitalia. The females of
C. pinyton
were separated based on the locality and dates because of the lack of morphological differences with females of
C. pintada
.
The
three males
of
C. pinyton
were collected in
Bome
(
Goilala District
,
Central Province
,
PNG
) during
March
and
April
with other
three females
.
The
males of
C. pintada
were collected in
Wau
and surroundings (
Bulolo District
,
Morobe Province
,
PNG
) from
June
to
December
, mainly in October. The localities of
Wau
and
Bome
are located at each side of
Owen Stanley Range
, which divides the south-eastern part of
PNG
in two slopes facing
Coral Sea
south and
Solomon Sea
north.
This
central mountain-chain has several high mounts, such as
Mount Victoria
(
4072 m
),
Mount Chapman
(
3376 m
), and
Mount Albert Edward
(
3990 m
). In some way, Owen Stanley Range might have separated these two species in the past so that they share adult morphology but not male genitalia
.
Holotype
male deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Honolulu,
Hawaii
,
USA
) and labelled: ‘NEW
GUINEA
: PAPUA/Owen Stanley Range/ Goilala: Bome,
1950 m
/
III–16–31–1958
’ ‘W.W. Brandt/ Collector/BISHOP’ ‘
HOLOTYPE
/
Citrogramma
/
pinyton
/det. X. Mengual 20
10
’ [red, second and third lines handwritten].
Type locality:
Papua New Guinea
:
Central Province
,
Goilala District
,
Bome
,
1950 m
,
8°16′S
,
147°4′E
.
Material examined:
Type material.
Holotype
, as above.
Paratypes
.
Owen Stanley Range
,
Goilala
,
Bombe
,
1950 m
,
16–31.iii.1958
,
W.W. Brandt
[
1♂
2♀
,
BPBM
];...,
16–30.iv.1958
,... [
1♂
1♀
,
BPBM
]
.