Elaphropeza asiophila Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007

Grootaert, Patrick & Shamshev, Igor V., 2012, The fast-running flies (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) of Singapore and adjacent regions, European Journal of Taxonomy 5, pp. 1-162 : 88

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3730141
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scientific name	Elaphropeza asiophila Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007
status

Treatment

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Diagnosis

Occiput black, postpedicel nearly 6.0 times longer than wide, stylus about 1.5 times shorter than postpedicel; thorax wholly reddish yellow, acrostichal and dorsocentral bristles multiserial; tarsomere 5 of all legs dark brown, fore tibia and fore tarsomeres 2-4 brownish, hind tibia with 1 anterodorsal bristle near middle.

Material examined

SINGAPORE: 26 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Semakau (SMK05), 13 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29068, leg. P.G.); 2 ♀♀, Semakau (Semakau), 6 May 2009, mangrove, sweeping (reg. 29049, leg. P.G.); 2 ♂♂, Semakau (SMK02), 13 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29065, leg. P.G.); 6 ♂♂, Semakau (Semakau), 20 May 2009, beach forest, sweeping (reg. 29097, leg. P.G.); 3 ♂♂, Semakau (SMK02), 20 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29088, leg. P.G.); 10 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Semakau (SMK05), 20 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29091, leg. P.G.); 1 ♂, Semakau (SMK02), 27 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29116, leg. P.G.); 21 ♂♂, Semakau (SMK05), 27 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29119, leg. P.G.); 1 ♂, Pulau Ubin (PU02), 12 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29059, leg. P.G.); 4 ♂♂, PU02), 26 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29110, leg. P.G.); 6 ♀, Pulau Ubin (PU02), 2 June 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29135, leg. P.G.); 1 ♀, Pasir Ris (PSR01), 19 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29085, leg. P.G.).

Distribution

Malaysia, Singapore.

Habitat and seasonal occurrence

Originally this species was only recorded from Chek Jawa. It is now found quite abundantly in the mangroves at Semakau, Pulau Ubin and Pasir Ris, with all records from May.