Cymatopus malayensis Parent 1935
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Cymatopus malayensis Parent, 1935
Figs. 1, 2
Parent, 1935a: 208 (figs 26–31).
Material examined. THAILAND: Gulf of Thailand (South China Sea): 16 males, 16 females, Laem Kho Kwang, Chumphon Province, 17 February 2015, sweep netting, 10°30′48.7″N, 99°15′52.0″E; 13 males, 13 females, Ban Thong Tom Yai, Sawee, Chumphon Province, 19 February 2015, sweep netting, 10°12′39.2″N, 99°12′21.4″E. (PSUNHM). Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean): 8 males, 4 males, Tarutao Island, Langu, Satun Province, 9 January 2015, sweep netting, 6°44′19.2″N 99°38′45.4″E, coll. Abdulloh Samoh; 1 male; 4 females, Nang thong beach, 8°38′40.46′N, 98°14′47.71″E, Phang-Nga Province, 4 November 2017, hand collecting on concrete wall on the beach, leg. P. Grootaert & I. Van de Velde. (RBINS).
NGS barcodes see annex 1.
Diagnosis. A large species with modified fore leg. Fore tibia anteriorly with a black foliaceous bristle and metatarsus (tarsomere 1) elongated with a distorted tip bearing strong twisted bristles. Fore tarsomeres 4 and 5 flattened and brown. Wing with hind margin deeply indented (Fig. 1) and fields of enlarged microtrichia on wing membrane.
Bionomics. The adult flies are found in the splash zone of rocky shores.
Distribution. Shores of the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand (Grootaert & Meuffels, 2001). Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- PSUNHM , RBINS
- Event date
- 2015-01-09 , 2015-02-17 , 2015-02-19 , 2017-11-04
- Verbatim event date
- 2015-01-09 , 2015-02-17 , 2015-02-19 , 2017-11-04
- Scientific name authorship
- Parent
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Dolichopodidae
- Genus
- Cymatopus
- Species
- malayensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cymatopus malayensis Parent, 1935 sec. Samoh, Satasook & Grootaert, 2018
References
- Parent O (1935 a) Dipteres Dolichopodides conserves au Museum des Etats Malais Confederes. Annals & magazine of natural history, (10) 15: 194 - 215, 354 - 369, 426 - 441, 519 - 531.
- Grootaert P & Meuffels H (2001) Notes on Marine Dolichopodid Flies from Thailand (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 49 (2): 339 - 353.