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Keilbachia arrecta Vilkamaa, Komarova & Hippa, 2006, sp. n.

Description

Keilbachia arrecta sp. n.

Material studied. Holotype mal e (NRM): N.E. BURMA (MYANMAR), Kambaiti, 2000 m, 23.iv.1934, R. Malaise. Paratypes (NRM): Same data as holotype but 7000 ft, 15.iv.1934, 1 ɗ; same data but 1800 m, 23, vi.1934, 1 ɗ; South Shan States, 40 km E of Taung­gyi, 29.ix.­13.x.1934, R. Malaise, 1 ɗ.

Description (male). Head (Fig. 1 E). Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. Prefrons with 7 setae, clypeus with 3 setae. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta. Length/width of flagellomere 4 of antenna 1.50. Thorax. Anterior pronotum with 2 setae, episternum 1 with 7 setae. Wing. Length 1.55 mm, width/length 0.45, c/w not measured, R1/R 0.60. r­m non­setose. Legs (Fig. 4 D). Length of spur/width of front tibia 1.25. Abdomen. Sternite 8 with 21 setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 6 A–C). Female: Unknown.

Discussion. Keilbachia arrecta is similar to K. indigena Mohrig, described from Papua New Guinea, by having the subapical megasetae of the gonostylus slender (Fig. 6). Keilbachia arrecta differs from K. indigena by having the tegmen simpler, without distinct subbasal shoulders.

Notes

Published as part of Vilkamaa, Pekka, Komarova, Lyudmila A. & Hippa, Heikki, 2006, The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae) in a biodiversity hot spot: new sympatric species from Kambaiti, Burma, pp. 39-55 in Zootaxa 1123 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171760

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Biodiversity

Family
Sciaridae
Genus
Keilbachia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
arrecta
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Keilbachia arrecta Vilkamaa, Komarova & Hippa, 2006