Hemeromyia leucoptera Ozerov et Krivosheina, 2022

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2022, To the fauna of Carnidae (Diptera) of Asia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (1), pp. 87-91 : 89-90

Hemeromyia leucoptera Ozerov et Krivosheina , sp.n.

Figs 1–5.

MATERIAL. Holotype ♂, Turkmenistan: Repetek (38.563ºN 63.178ºE), 16.IV.1990, A.L. Ozerov ( ZMUM). Paratypes 55 ♂♂, 18 ♀♀, same labels as holotype, 14–18.IV. 1990, 4 and 12. V .1990 ( ZMUM).

DESCRIPTION. Male ( Fig. 1). Female. Length of body 1.6–2.1 mm.

Head. Frontal vitta and fronto-orbital plate subshining; frontal triangle black, shining, reaching anteriorly about half of distance from anterior ocellus to frontal margin; face black; gena and postcranium black, subshining. Height of gena below eye approximately 1/3 times as long as vertical diameter of eye. Setae: 2 orbitals, 2 frontals, 1 short ocellar, 1 short convergent postocellar, 1 inner vertical, 1 outer vertical; gena with three pairs of setae, including vibrissa. Antenna black; postpedicel circular in lateral view; arista black, bare. Palpus black, filiform.

Thorax completely black, subshining. Acrostichals absent, 4 dorsocentrals, no intra-alars, 2 supra-alars (presutural seta present), 1 postpronotal, 2 notopleu-

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rals and 2 postalars. Anepisternum with 1 seta in upper posterior corner and 1 strong seta near lower border. Katepisternum with 1 strong long seta near upper bor- der. Scutellum black, subshining, with a pair of strong basal scutellar and a pair of strong apical scutellar setae.

Legs black in ground colour, but fore tibia, apexes of mid and hind tibiae and tarsi yellowish. Fore femur apically with 2 strong posteroventral setae. Mid femur with a row of anterior setae in apical half. Hind femur apically with 1 strong anteroventral seta.

Wing whitish with whitish yellow veins. Halter whitish or yellowish.

Abdomen black, subshining. Male sternites 3–5 transverse, sternite 5 1/2 times as long as wide ( Fig. 2 ); epandrium with short conical protuberances, surstyli narrow pointed ( Fig.3 ), curved at the most apex in lateral view ( Fig. 4 ). Aedeagus long and thin, covered with dense hairs dorsally ( Fig. 5 ).

REMARK. The specimens of this species were collected on the flowers and the trunk of Tamarix sp.

DISTRIBUTION. Turkmenistan.

Figures

Figs 2–5. Hemeromyia leucoptera sp.n.: 1 — male sternites 3, 4 and 5 (upper); 3 — epandrium, cerci and surstyli, dorsal view; 4 — same, lateral view; 5 — epandrium, cerci, surstyli and aedeagus, lateral view. Рис. 2–5. Hemeromyia leucoptera sp.n.: 2 — стерниты 3, 4 и 5 (вверху) самца; 3 — Эпандрий, церки и сурстили, сверху; 4 — то же, сбоку; 5 — Эпандрий, церки, сурстили и Эдеагус, сбоку.