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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Limnophyes minerus Liu &amp; Yan, sp. nov., male 1 wing 2 humeral area of the thorax 3 thorax 4 hypopygium." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1011.58993.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/497783" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Figs 1-4</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Type material.</paragraph>
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male (BDN No. 13105), China: Sichuan Province, Kangding County, Wasi River,
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,
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, 3124 m a.s.l., light trap, 15.vi.1996, X. Wang.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Paratype</emphasis>
: 1 male, Sichuan Province, Daocheng County, Sangdui Town,
<geoCoordinate degrees="29.038" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="29.038">29.038°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="100.297" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="100.297">100.297°E</geoCoordinate>
, 3447 m a.s.l., sweep net, 11.vi.1996, X. Wang; 1 male, Hubei Province, Wufeng County, Houhe River,
<geoCoordinate degrees="30.199" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="30.199">30.199°N</geoCoordinate>
,
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, 1723 m a.s.l., sweep net, 1.vii,1997, B. Ji.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">The species can be separated from other members of the genus by having minute inferior volsella, virga consisting of one tapering spine, no lanceolate setae, and AR 0.24-0.27.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Etymology.</paragraph>
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From the Latin,
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, minute or tiny, referring to the reduced inferior volsella, adjective in the nominative singular.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Description.</paragraph>
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Male (
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= 3).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Total length 1.68-1.80 mm. Wing length 0.95-1.25 mm. Total length / wing length 1.44-1.76. Wing length / length of profemur 2.57-3.20.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Coloration</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen and legs brown. Wing nearly transparent.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Head</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Antenna with 13 flagellomeres. AR 0.24-0.27. Ultimate flagellomere 79-98
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long. Temporal setae 4-5, including 1 inner vertical, 1-3 outer verticals and 1-2 postorbitals. Clypeus with 10-21 setae. Tentorium 110-120
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long, 14-18
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
wide. Palpomere lengths (in
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): 17-20, 22-25, 42-55, 35-52, 79-95. Length ratio of palpomeres 5/3 1.73-1.91.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Wing</emphasis>
(Fig.
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). Anal lobe reduced. VR 1.22-1.30. Brachiolum with one seta. R with 1-3 setae. Costal extension 40-50
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long. Squama with 2-4 setae.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Thorax</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Limnophyes minerus Liu &amp; Yan, sp. nov., male 1 wing 2 humeral area of the thorax 3 thorax 4 hypopygium." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1011.58993.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/497783" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">3</figureCitation>
). Antepronotum with 2-4 median setae, and 2-3 lateral setae. Humeral pit (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Limnophyes minerus Liu &amp; Yan, sp. nov., male 1 wing 2 humeral area of the thorax 3 thorax 4 hypopygium." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1011.58993.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/497783" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">3</figureCitation>
) small, with sclerotized anterior margin. Dorsocentrals 14-16, with 0-1 non-lanceolate humeral, and 14-15 non-lanceolate dorsocentrals. Preepisternum with 3 setae in anterior and posterior respectively. Acrostichals 4, prealars 4-5, supraalar 1, posterior anepisternum II with 3-4 setae, epimeron II with 4 setae, median anepistenum II with one seta; scutellum with 9 setae.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Legs</emphasis>
(
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= 2). Spur of fore tibia 33-37
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long, of mid tibia 17-23
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
and 13-18
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long, of hind tibia 37-38
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
and 13-15
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long. Setae of tibial comb 28-30
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long, comb with 11 teeth. Width at apex of fore tibia 25-26
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
, of mid tibia 24-25
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
, of hind tibia 30
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
. Lengths and proportions of legs in Table
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Hypopygium</emphasis>
(Fig.
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). &quot;Anal point&quot; bluntly triangular, with 8-13 weak setae. Laterosternite IX with 2-3 setae. Phallapodeme 25-32
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long; transverse sternapodeme 63-75
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long. Virga 17-19
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long, consisting of one tapering spine. Gonocoxite 113-125
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long. Inferior volsella minute. Gonostylus 65-73
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long, with pointed crista dorsalis. Megaseta 10-16
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
long. HR 1.55-1.89, HV 2.58-2.73.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Figures 1-4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Limnophyes minerus</emphasis>
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Liu &amp; Yan, sp. nov., male
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wing
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humeral area of the thorax
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">3</emphasis>
thorax
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4</emphasis>
hypopygium.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Table 1.</emphasis>
Lengths (in
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) and proportions of leg segments of male
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Liu &amp; Yan, sp. nov. (
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">p1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">310-390</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">430-510</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">220-240</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">130-140</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">80-95</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">45-50</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">p2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">380-420</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">370-470</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">150-200</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">85-100</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">40-60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">40-45</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">p3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">390-450</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">420-510</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">230-280</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">110-120</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">95-130</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">50</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">ta5</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">LR</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">BV</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">SV</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">BR</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">p1</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">45-60</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">0.47-0.52</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">3.20-3.34</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">3.36-3.75</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">2.20-2.25</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">p2</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">35-50</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">0.43-0.47</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">3.92-5.45</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">4.45-5.00</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">2.00-2.33</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">p3</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">45-60</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">0.55-0.56</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">3.41-3.47</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">3.43-3.52</td>
<td colspan="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">2.50-2.67</td>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
The new species can be separated from other members of the genus by having a minute inferior volsella. The characters of the new species closely resemble
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, 1975 (
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1975
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,
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). However, the new species differs from the latter on the basis of following characters: (1) the humeral pit of the new species lacking lanceolate prescutellars, whereas in
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the humeral pit has lanceolate setae inside the margin; (2) virga consisting of three spines with the median much shorter in
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, whereas the new species has a single virga; (3) the AR of new species (0.24-0.27) is much lower than in
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(0.62-0.77).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">The new species was collected in a subtropical mountain area in Hubei and Sichuan Provinces in Oriental China.</paragraph>
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