Bicellaria flavipes Kato

Barták, Miroslav, Plant, Adrian & Kubík, Štěpán, 2013, Species of Bicellaria (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Asia, Zootaxa 3710 (3), pp. 233-256 : 240

Bicellaria flavipes Kato

Bicellaria flavipes Kato, 1971: 280 .

Diagnosis. The species has broadened hind basitarsus, legs brownish yellow, all body setae pale, hypandrial processi moderately long and rather broad, with rather long setae on apex. Phallus and postgonites illustrated in Figure 27 .

Distribution. Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).

Remarks. Bicellaria flavipes is a member of B. nigra complex of species as proposed by Chvála (1991) characterized by swollen hind basitarsus, short posteroventral setae on hind tibia, and narrow face. It may be distinguished from remaining three Palaearctic species of this complex ( B. nigra , B. nigrita , B. halterata ) by pale legs and pale setae on body.

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 28. Phallus and postgonites (paratypes, photographs by T. Saigusa). 27. Bicellaria flavipes Kato. 28. B. japonica Kato.