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Tethina dunae Munari 2007

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Tethina dunae Munari, 2007

(figs. 21‒23)

Tethina dunae Munari, 2007: 104 [Oman. Ra’s al Ghubbah (20°07'N, 57°49'E; at light); HT ♂, NMWC].

Distribution. Afrotropical: Oman.

Diagnosis. Body length 1.5‒2.1 mm; pale yellow species with grey mesonotum; scutellum with brown spot (fig. 21); setal vestiture golden yellow; wings with pale yellow membrane and veins. Head subquadrate, about as long as high; ventral face not protrudent; eye oblique, markedly oblong, its longest diameter 2.7 times as long as genal height; gena yellow, evenly microtomentose or with weak trace of translucent patch; mouth parts with labella about as long as the length of the buccal cavity; palpus long and narrow; thorax yellowish grey, mesonotum distinctly darker; 2-4 rows of acrostichal setulae on anterior half of scutum; prescutellar acrostichals moderately long; both proepisternal and proepimeral setae present; legs pale yellow, apical tarsomere of mid and hind legs slightly infuscated; crossveins of wings with no trace of white halo; abdomen predominantly yellowish, each tergite showing a proximal, narrow, brown stripe becoming triangular in the middle; male terminalia (figs. 22‒23) with surstylus moderately long, large mesal lobe visible in posterior view.

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Published as part of Munari, Lorenzo, 2016, The Canacidae of the Arabian Peninsula (Diptera: Brachycera: Carnoidea), pp. 489-517 in Zootaxa 4092 (4) on pages 501-503, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/264498

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Scientific name authorship
Munari
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Canacidae
Genus
Tethina
Species
dunae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tethina dunae Munari, 2007 sec. Munari, 2016