Minilimosina (Svarciella) fanta Roháček & Marshall , 1988

Su, Lixin, Liu, Guangchun & Xu, Jie, 2015, A review of Minilimosina Roháček (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from China, Zootaxa 4007 (1), pp. 1-28 : 16

Minilimosina (Svarciella) fanta Roháček & Marshall, 1988

( Figs. 54–59 )

Minilimosina (Svarciella) fanta Roháček & Marshall, 1988: 249 [both sexes, phylogenetic notes, illustr.]. Type locality: Nepal, Katmandu, Pulchauki [6,800 ft]. HT male (CNCI).

Minilimosina (Svaeciella) fanta .— Su, 2011: 74–75 [redescription], 184 [ Figs. 38 a–h] [male]; Su et al., 2013: 16–18 [redescription, illustr.] [male].

Diagnosis. Body colour shining black. Eye 2.5 times as high as gena. Antennae yellow to brownish orange. Apical scutellar seta 1.3 times as long as scutellum length. All tarsomeres of fore leg brown, tarsi of mid and hind legs brown or reddish orange. Mid and hind tibiae black with yellowish distal and proximal ends. Cs2 0.7 times as long as Cs3. Abdomen with tergites 3–4 short and sclerotized. Tergite 5 divided into two dark sclerites. Sternite 6 of male simple. Sternite 5 of male ( Fig. 59 ) with separated posteromedial lobes apically more pointed, posteriorly projecting. Gonostyli ( Fig. 56 ) symmetrical. Tergite 10 of female with 2 setae on posterior half. Sternite 8 trapezoidal. Spermathecae smooth.

Materal examined. (LKLSU, in alcohol): 1 male: China, Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmu, Qianmutian, sweep, 1334 m, E 119°26′ 49.66″, N 30°23′ 48.20″, 2.Jul.2013, Lixin Su; 1 male: China, Shaanxi, City Shangluo, County Zhashui, Town Yingpan, Huanghualing, sweep, 1935 m, E 108°49′ 37.91″, N 33°46′ 53.04″, 14.Jul.2013, Yunlong Cai; 1 male: China, Shaanxi, City Hanzhong, County Foping, Longcaoping, sweep, 2185 m, E 107°57′ 58.57″, N 33°38′ 49.24″, 31.Jul.2013, Yunlong Cai; 4 males, 1 female: China, Yunnan, Tengchong, Laifengshan, sweep, 1750–1950 m, 7.Aug.2009, Lixin Su.

Distribution. Oriental: China (Shaanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Nepal.

Figures

FIGURES 54 – 59. Minilimosina (Svarciella) fanta Roháček & Marshall: 54, male genitalia, posterior; 55, male genitalia, lateral; 56, gonostylus, ventral; 57, gonostylus, lateral; 58, aedeagus and associated structures, lateral; 59, male sternite 5, ventral.

FIGURES 33 – 38. Minilimosina (Svarciella) archboldi Marshall: 33, male genitalia, posterior; 34, male genitalia, lateral; 35, gonostylus, anterior; 36, aedeagus and associated structures, lateral; 37, male preabdomen, ventral; 38, male sternite 5, posterior.