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Conicera longicilia Liu 2000

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22. Conicera longicilia Liu (Figs. 19D–H)

Conicera longicilia Liu, 2000:166 (♂, China: Sichuan).

Description. Male. Body length 1.6 mm. Frons dark brown. Supra-antennal setae present. Lower fronto-orbital setae absent. Lower interfrontal setae shorter than upper interfrontal setae and the distance between each other slightly shorter than that between upper interfrontal setae. First flagellomere dark brown, 0.21 mm long, with an aspect ratio of 2.1:1; arista 0.25 mm long, 1.20 times as long as that of first flagellomere. Palpus dark brown, with short setae apically.

Thorax dark brown. Mid and hind legs dark brown, fore leg brown. Fore tibia with 11 small near-dorsal setulae, the uppermost being longer than the rest. Mid femur without sense-organ. Wing length 1.88 mm. Costal index 0.40, costal ratio 1.90:1, costal setulae length 0.10–0.12 mm. Vein Rs with basisetula. Veins brown, except A 1 +CuA 2 whitish gray. Halter dark brown.

Abdominal tergites dark brown. Terminalia (Fig. 19D) dark brown, with long setulae. Left surstylus (Figs. 19E, G) palmate, very thin basically and concave on apical edge, with 10–12 long and pointed inner teeth on dorso-apical corner. Right surstylus (Figs. 19F, H) with 8–10 palmate, concave on apical edge, pointed inner teeth on ventro-apical corner and 14–20 similar inner teeth on dorso-apical teeth.

Female. Unknown.

Specimens examined. 1 ♂ (holotype), Sichuan, Mt. Gongga (3000m), 15-Aug-1992, Min Wang; 1 ♂ (paratype), Sichuan, Mt. Gongga (3000m), 15-Aug-1992, Min Wang.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Remarks. In the keys of Disney (1990) and Michailovskaya (2000) the species will not run out to any species. It is a little similar to C. chayuensis sp. nov., it differs from the latter by the shapes of surstyli, its long setae and larger body size.

Notes

Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2023, Revision of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from China, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 5380 (5) on pages 426-427, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10254359

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Biodiversity

Event date
1992-08-15
Verbatim event date
1992-08-15
Scientific name authorship
Liu
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Phoridae
Genus
Conicera
Species
longicilia
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Conicera longicilia Liu, 2000 sec. Liu, 2023

References

  • Liu, G. C. (2000) Taxonomic study on Conicera Meigen (Diptera: Phoridae) from China. In: Zhang, Y. L. Study on the Insect Fauna. Beijing: China Agriculture Press, 162 - 173.
  • Disney, R. H. L. (1990) A revised key to Australasian and Oriental Conicera (Diptera: Phoridae), with three new species. Entomologica scandinavica, 21, 339 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631290 X 00265
  • Michailovskaya, M. (2000) Review of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from Russia. An International Journal of Dipterological Research, 11 (1), 9 - 13.