Lispe selena, Vikhrev, 2021

Vikhrev, Nikita E., 2021, Lispe (Diptera, Muscidae) of Africa, Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (3), pp. 369-400 : 386

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.33910/2686-9519-2021-13-3-369-400
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1FD5F19-4965-42CD-AAC6-4914E21FA70A
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3E49F00D-42DB-4B1F-9003-45730FDD9D3B
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:3E49F00D-42DB-4B1F-9003-45730FDD9D3B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lispe selena
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Lispe selena View in CoL sp. nov.

http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/3e49f00d-

42db-4b1f-9003-45730fdd9d3b

Figs 40, 41

Lispe flavipes Stein, 1913 View in CoL ( Vikhrev 2014), misidentification

Holotype, male, MADAGASCAR, Toamasina reg., Manambato , 18.75 ° S 49.15 ° E, 27–30 November 2012, A. Medvedev ( ZMUM). GoogleMaps

Paratypes 6♂, 7♀: the same data as the holotype GoogleMaps .

Description. Male. Body slender, length 5.1–5.6 mm ( Fig. 40). Head densely dusted: fronto-orbital plates yellow-white (without shining black spots on upper part as in L. scalaris ); interfrontalia dark grey; frontal triangle very distinct, wide, yellow; face and parafacials golden-yellow, gena whitish; occiput whitish-grey (without shining black spots on upper part). Fronto-orbital plates with 2(3) inclinate, 1 reclinate seta and several setulae in outer row. Parafacials narrow, with a row of minute hairs. Pedicel yellow, postpedicel black, yellowish at very base; aristal hairs half as long as antenna width. Palpi medium wide, yellow.

Thorax densely grey dusted, scutum with indistinct pair of narrow vittae along dorsocentrals. dc 2+3 all strong; prst ac hairs in 3 rows (anteriorly sometimes in 2 widely separated rows, posteriorly in 3–4); Katepisternals 1:2; anepimeron with 1–3 setulae; meron bare. Wings slightly brownish darkened in apical 1/3 from level of M-Cu crossvein ( Fig. 40). Legs. Trochanters, femora, tibiae and fore tarsus yellow, posterior tarsi darkened. f2 with 1 pd at apex and 1 pd at apical 1/3; f3 with short submedian ad (and ground setulae on pv surface elongated in basal half); t1 without setae; t2 with 1 p; t3 with a short ad.

Abdomen evenly grey dusted. Cercal plate as shown in Fig. 41.

Female similar to the male, differs as follows: f3 without av; wings hyaline.

Diagnosis. Lispe selena sp. nov differs from related L. scalaris by larger (5.1–5.6 mm) body; occiput, abdomen and scutum without shining black areas; abdomen without any dark pattern; yellow frontal triangle; darkened in apical 1/3 wings.

Etymology. Named selena to place the new species in the African list immediately below related L. scalaris .