Conicera kempi Brunetti

Liu, Guang-Chun, 2023, Revision of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 5380 (5), pp. 401-445 : 438-439

34. Conicera kempi Brunetti ( Figs. 27A–D , 30H )

Conicera kempi Brunetti, 1924: 106 (♀, India: Assam).

Description. Male. Body length 2.0 mm. Frons dark brown. Supra-antennal setae present. Lower fronto-orbital setae absent. Lower interfrontal setae 1/2 length of upper interfrontal setae, and the distance between each other a little shorter than that between upper interfrontal setae. First flagellomere brown, 0.30 mm long, with an aspect ratio of 3: 1; arista 0.40 mm long, 1.33 times as long as that of first flagellomere. Palpus dark brown, with 6 short setae apically.

Thorax dark brown. Mid and hind legs brown, fore leg yellowish brown. Fore tibia with 14 small near-dorsal setulae, the uppermost being longer than the rest. Mid femur ( Fig. 27D ) with basal half bare, and apical half with a long and relatively broad groove, which about 1/2 times as wide as width of femur. No apical process of mid femur present. Wing ( Fig. 30H ) length 2.18 mm. Costal index 0.48, costal ratio 1.85:1, costal setulae length 0.026 –0.027 mm long, second section with 10 setulae. Rs without basisetula. Halter dark brown.

Abdominal tergites dark brown. Terminalia ( Fig. 27A ) brown. Left surstylus ( Fig. 27B ) oval, with a small basidorsal process, and a lot of thick and pointed inner teeth. Right surstylus ( Fig. 27C ) with a lot of thick and pointed inner teeth, and with a long finger-like basidorsal process.

Specimens examined. 1♂, Shaanxi, Yangling , 4-Nov-1991, Guangchun Liu ; 1♂, Hainan, Mt. Jianfeng , 18- May-2004, Guangchun Liu ; 1♂, Hainan, Jianfeng , 19-May-2004, Guangchun Liu ; 2♂, Hainan, Mt. Jianfeng , 20- May-2004, Guangchun Liu ; 1♂, Guangxi, Mt. Daming , 10-May-2011, Jianfeng Wang ; 1♂, Guangxi, Mashan , Guxue County, 13-May-2011, Jianfeng Wang ; 2♂, Guangxi, Huajiang, Gaozhai Grand Canyon (440m), 20-Aug- 2011, Jianfeng Wang .

Distribution. China (Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Hainan, Guangxi), Russia, India.

Remarks. This species was firstly described by Brunetti (1924) from Indian female specimens. Disney (1982) described its male sex. This species is similar to C. rectangularis Liu, 2000 , it is different from the latter by a broader sensory groove of mid femur, longer basidorsal process of right surstylus and its larger inner teeth.

Figures

FIGURES 27A–D. C. kempi Brunetti, male. A. terminalia, dorsal view; B. left surstylus; C. right surstylus; D. mid femur, posterior view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 30A–H. Male wings. A. C. marginata sp. nov.; B. C. grandicaudata sp. nov.; C. C. schnittmanni Schmitz; D. C. obtusidentis sp. nov.; E. C. formosensis Brues; F. C. similis (Haliday); G. C. tibialis Schmitz; H. C. kempi Brunetti. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.