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Impatiophila tumidivalva Fu & Gao, sp. nov.

Description

10) Impatiophila tumidivalva Fu & Gao, sp. nov.

(Fig. 20; Pl. 2A; Pl. 6I)

Diagnosis. Abdominal tergite dark brown to glossily black (Pl. 2A). Oviscapt valve strongly inflated in lateral view, strongly convex dorsosubapically (Fig. 20 A).

Description (♀). Head: Cibarium with 2−3 medial and 5 posterior sensilla per side.

Thorax (Pl. 2A): Postpronotum and pleura blackish brown; scutum and scutellum black.

Wing (Pl. 2A) hyaline; veins brown. C1 setae 2; ventral one shorter and thinner. Setae of middle row on 2nd costal section all weak, trichoid. Haltere pale yellow.

Legs (Pl. 2A) yellowish brown. Hindleg tibia with 2 black, apically blunt, stout spines at outer apex on underside.

Abdomen: Sternites grayish brown.

Female terminalia (Fig. 20 A, B; Pl. 6I): Oviscapt valve less expanded dorsomedially in lateral view, with 3−4 dorsal ovisensilla on strongly convex, dorsosubapical margin, 7 lateral ones and 9−12 distally increasing in size on nearly straight, ventral margin. Spermathecal capsule brown; introvert depth of duct about 1/2 of capsule height.

Measurements: BL = 2.52 mm, ThL = 1.15 mm, WL = 2.34 mm, WW = 1.05 mm.

Indices: arb = 2/1, FW/HW = 0.48, ch/o = 0.11, prorb = 0.98, rcorb = 0.68, orbito = 0.94, vb = 0.44, dcl = 0.59, dcp = 0.37, sterno = 0.71, m-sterno = 0.77, sctl = 1.05, sctlp = 1.00, C = 2.48, 4c = 0.91, 4v = 1.69, 5x = 1.68, ac = 2.29, M = 0.50.

Holotype. ♀ (#00376): Hanmi Village, Beibeng Town, Motuo County, Linzhi District, Xizang, China, 29°22′00′′N, 95°07′39′′E, ca. 2130 m, 26.ix.2010, ex Impatiens? arguta Hook. f. & Thoms. (Fig. 1 D) J.J. Gao (KIZ).

Distribution. China (Xizang).

Etymology. Referring to the strongly inflated (tumidus) oviscapt valve (valva).

Notes

Published as part of Fu, Zhao, Toda, Masanori J., Li, Nan-Nan, Zhang, Ya-Ping & Gao, Jian-Jun, 2016, A new genus of anthophilous drosophilids, Impatiophila (Diptera, Drosophilidae): morphology, DNA barcoding and molecular phylogeny, with descriptions of thirty-nine new species, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 4120 (1) on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4120.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/266831

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Impatiophila
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fu & Gao
Species
tumidivalva
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Impatiophila tumidivalva Fu & Gao, 2016