Scaptodrosophila fuscilimba Liu & Chen 2018
- Dataset
- The genus Scaptodrosophila Duda part II: the coracina species group from East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence (Diptera, Drosophilidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Liu, Yi-Qin, Chen, Hong-Wei (2018): The genus Scaptodrosophila Duda part II: the coracina species group from East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence (Diptera, Drosophilidae). ZooKeys 736: 119-148, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.736.13682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.736.13682
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Drosophilidae
- genus
- Scaptodrosophila
- species
- Scaptodrosophila fuscilimba
description
Description. (♂, ♀) Head (Fig. 4 A): Frons brownish. Pedicel brown to dark brown; first flagellomere yellowish, margins black. Facial carina yellowish, long, and narrow, 1 / 2 as long as face. Thorax (Fig. 4 C, E): Mesonotum yellowish brown. Acrostichal setulae in ca. eight regular rows. Scutellum yellowish brown. Pleura yellowish brown. Abdomen (Fig. 4 C, E): Tergites II to V yellow with dark brown caudal bands; tergites VI yellow. Male terminalia (Fig. 9 A-D): Epandrium with ca. 16 setae near posterior and ventral margins per side. Surstylus with ca. nine peg-like prensisetae. Hypandrium lacking pubescence. Paramere with three medial and four basal sensilla. Gonopods roundly expanded in lateral view. Aedeagus lacking pubescence. Female terminalia (Fig. 9 E): Oviscapt triangle-shaped subapically, with six long subterminal trichoid ovisensilla, and 12 peg-like ovisensilla along ventral margin. Measurements [holotype ♂ (range in 3 ♂, 2 ♀ paratypes), in mm]: BL = 1.87 (1.70 - 2.13, 1.83 - 2.03), ThL = 0.80 (0.77 - 0.90, 0.83 - 0.90), WL = 1.63 (1.50 - 1.90, 1.73 - 1.83), WW = 0.70 (0.67 - 0.80, 0.70 - 0.77). Indices: arb = 3 / 2 (3 / 2), avd = 0.83 (0.67 - 0.80), adf = 2.00 (1.67 - 2.33), flw = 1.67 (1.67 - 1.83), FW / HW = 0.48 (0.48 - 0.52), ch / o = 0.13 (0.11 - 0.13), prorb = 0.86 (0.75 - 0.93), rcorb = 0.29 (0.29 - 0.38), vb = 0.40 (0.38 - 0.46), dcl = 0.38 (0.29 - 0.42), presctl = 0.25 (0.32 - 0.43), sctl = 1.07 (0.86 - 1.17), sterno = 0.57 (0.36 - 0.45), orbito = 0.38 (0.38 - 0.50), dcp = 0.30 (0.32 - 0.40), sctlp = 086 (0.86 - 1.08), C = 1.87 (1.65 - 2.00), 4 c = 1.36 (1.25 - 1.42), 4 v = 2.36 (2.33 - 2.50), 5 x = 2.00 (2.25 - 2.50), ac = 3.00 (2.73 - 3.40), M = 0.73 (0.75 - 0.90), C 3 F = 0.67 (0.67 - 0.80).
description
Figs 4 A, C, E, 9
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Paramere strongly curved in lateral view (Fig. 9 D); aedeagus inverted, triangle shaped, tapering dorsally in lateral view (Fig. 9 D).
distribution
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
etymology
Etymology. A combination of the Latin words fuscus and limbus, referring to the brown caudal margins of abdominal tergites.