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Acidiostigma subpostsignatum Chen and Zhao, sp. nov.

Description

Acidiostigma subpostsignatum Chen and Zhao, sp. nov.

(Figs 29–34)

Diagnosis. The wing pattern resembles A. postsignatum Chen from China, but differs by having no narrow black band over vein DM-Cu, cell br with a large hyaline spot, the dark mark in cell dm not situated at the middle, and mediotergite entirely yellow.

M ale. Head (Figs 29, 30). Predominantly yellow to yellow-brown, frons slightly darker; 3 pairs of frontal and 2 pairs of orbital setae; ocellars moderately developed, about same length as posterior orbitals. The 1st flagellomere rounded at apex; arista pubescent. Thorax (Fig 31). Yellow-brown, a narrow vague ivory-yellow stripe extending from postpronotal lobe along upper margin of anepisternum to wing base; mediotergite entirely yellow. Body setae black, dorsocentral setae situated behind line of postsutural supra-alars. Legs (Fig 32). Entirely yellow, fore femora each with 8 posteroventral setae; mid tibia with 1 strong apical spur. Wings (Fig 34). The pattern is not Hemilea - like; cells bc and c partly brown; cell r1 predominantly hyaline with one narrow black band over the anterior 1/3; cell sc entirely brown, distinctly longer than cell c; cell br with a large hyaline spot; dark mark in cell dm situated at the posterior part, lobe of cell bcu short; vein R4+5 setose slightly over crossvein R-M, the latter situated well beyond the middle of cell dm. Abdomen (Fig 33). Tergites 1+2 yellow to yellow-brown with vague irregular black marks, tergites 3–4 each with 2 black marks on sides, tergite 5 almost completely black but with a small yellow mark at the middle of posterior margin; Epandrium yellow to yellow-brown with long, dark brown setae, posterodorsally pubescent; surstylus yellow-brown, somewhat apically pointed in lateral view; inner surstylus with subapical prensiseta smaller than apical prensiseta (other parts of male genitalia not visible because not dissected). Length. Body, 7.2 mm; wing, 8.1 mm.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Type material. Holotype ♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Pingbian, Mt Dawei, 22º54′57″N, 103º41′46″E, 2026m, 5–8. July 2011, Zhe Zhao (IZCAS).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin “ sub ”, meaning under, and “ postsignatum ”, meaning A. postsignatum Chen, referring to the species’ similarity with A. postsignatum Chen.

Notes

Published as part of Chen, Xiaolin, Zhang, Lijie & Zhao, Mingshui, 2016, Three new species of Acidiostigma Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) and an updated key to species from the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, pp. 401-413 in Zootaxa 4092 (3) on pages 410-411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/270935

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Chen and Zhao
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Acidiostigma
Species
subpostsignatum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Acidiostigma subpostsignatum Chen & Zhao, 2016