Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1

Cothornobata uniseta Li, Marshall & Yang, 2015, sp. nov.

Description

Cothornobata uniseta group

Including: C. atra sp. nov., C. curva sp. nov., C. elegantula sp. nov., C. longigonite a sp. nov., C. mentogensis sp. nov., C. nigrigenu (Enderlein, 1922), C. uniseta sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Only 1 strong fronto-orbital seta. Apex of genital fork with dense, long setulae; basal tubercle often present, bearing a cluster of setulae; medial tubercle often strong, bearing a cluster of setulae; genital fork divergent basally, convergent and inflated apically. Distiphallus usually distinctly longer than phallapodeme, filaments relatively straight. Pregonite not lobed apically. Postgonite without apical seta.

Discussion. This species group is distributed in southwestern China and northern Vietnam, and is the largest species group of Cothornobata.

Notes

Published as part of Li, Xuankun, Marshall, Stephen A. & Yang, Ding, 2015, A review of the Oriental species of Cothornobata Czerny (Diptera, Micropezidae, Eurybatinae), pp. 201-246 in Zootaxa 4006 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/243797

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Micropezidae
Genus
Cothornobata
Species
uniseta
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Enderlein, G. (1922) Klassifikation der Micropeziden. Archiv fuer Naturgeschichte Berlin Abt A, 88 (5), 140 - 299.