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Poecilosomella aciculata

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Description

Poecilosomella aciculata (DEEMING, 1969)

Material studied: SRI LANKA (Ceylon, NMNH): 10 males, 11 females (1 male, 1 female in HNHM): Bad. Dist., Kande-ela Reservoir, 6200’, Kan. Dist., Thawalamtenne 2200 ft., Udawattakele Sanct. 1800 ft., Kandy, Peradeniya 2300 ft., Upper Hantane Hill, N.E. Dist., Hakgala Botanical Gardens 6000 ft., Jan, Apr, Sep to Nov; Nepal: 1 male (HNHM): Royal Chitwan National Park, Bandarjhola Island – Jungle Island Resort, 84°10’ E, 27°35’ N, 150 m, 1995. 10. 30. – swept on Elephas maximus dung, leg. L. Peregovits. India: 1 female (NMNH): Yercaud., S. India, Shevaroy Hills 4500’, III. 1955, P. Susai Nathan.

Known from Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia (W. Flores, Lombok), see PAPP (1991 a) for male genitalia figures.

Notes

Published as part of Papp, L., 2002, Eighteen New Oriental Species Of Poecilosomella Duda (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), pp. 107-156 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (2) on pages 108-109, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12587600

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMNH, HNHM
Scientific name authorship
DEEMING
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Sphaeroceridae
Genus
Poecilosomella
Species
aciculata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Poecilosomella aciculata (DEEMING, 1969) sec. Papp, 2002

References

  • DEEMING, J. C. (1969) Diptera from Nepal. Sphaeroceridae. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History), Entomology 23: 53 - 74.
  • PAPP, L. (1991 a) A review of the Oriental species of Poecilosomella Duda (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta zool. hung. 37 (1 - 2): 101 - 122.