Ensiferella kanmiyai Nartshuk, 1993

Riccardi, Paula Raile & Ang, Yuchen, 2024, New species and new records of Chloropinae from Singapore (Diptera: Chloropidae), Zootaxa 5458 (1), pp. 83-92 : 89

Ensiferella kanmiyai Nartshuk, 1993

Figs. 4A–C

Examined specimens. 2 ♀ SINGAPORE, NUS Bukit Timah Campus : Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology ( CUGE), 1°19’10.100’’N, 103°48’59.200’’E, 12 m, urban area (managed vegetation), Malaise trap, 08.xii.2017, SDE Insect Survey 2017 leg. ( ZRCBDP0293734 ; ZRCBDP0292813 ) ; 1 ♀ idem, except 29.xii.2017 ( ZRCBDP0292618 ) ; 1 ♂ idem, except 15.xii.2017 ( ZRCBDP0303532 ) .

Diagnosis. Large triangular yellow area at the base of abdomen; scutellum black; ocellar triangle shiny, not metallic, with deep longitudinal sulcus and pointed anterior apex; male terminalia with anal sclerites arched distally; surstylus with round apex; mesolobus quadrate; pre- and postgonites about the same length.

Barcode. Cytochrome oxidase I (COI) partial-cds (313 b.p.; GenBank accession code OR776890) as follows:

A A A T A A G T G T T G G T A T A A A A T T G G A T C C C C A C C T C C T G C A G G G T - C A A A A A A G G A A G TAT T TA G AT T T C G G T C T G T TA A A A G TAT T G TA ATA G C T C C T G C T A ATA C A G G C A G T G ATA A A A G TA ATA ATA A A G C A G TA AT TA C TA C T G AT C A G A C A A ATA - AAGGTATTCGGTCAAAAGTAATTCCTGTAGATCGTATATTAATTACTGTAGTAATAAAATTTACTGCTCCTAAAATTGATGAAATACCTGCTAAATGTAAGGAAAAAATAGCTAAGTCAACTGATGCTCCCCCATGTGCAATAATTGAAGAAAGT

Remarks. Here we provide the first photo and DNA barcode of Ensiferella kanmiyai . The species was identified using Liu & Yang’s (2012) key to the species of Ensiferella and its original description ( Nartshuk 1993).

Distribution. China, Singapore *, Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Ensiferella kanmiyai Nartshuk diagnostic features. A, habitus (modified from: https://singapore.biodiversity. online/species/A-Arth-Hexa-Diptera-002634). B, male terminalia, profile. C, male terminalia, ventral. Abbreviations: an sc, anal sclerite; ba, basiphallus; di, distiphallus; ep, epandrium; hy, hypandrium; me, mesolobus; ph, phallapodeme; pr, pregonite; po, postgonite; su, surstylus.