Conicera spinifera Liu

Liu, Guang-Chun, 2023, Revision of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 5380 (5), pp. 401-445 : 412-413

9. Conicera spinifera Liu ( Figs. 9A–E , 29E )

Conicera spinifera Liu, 2000: 169 (♂, China: Guangxi).

Description. Male. Body length 0.9 mm. Frons dark brown. Supra-antennal setae present. Lower fronto-orbital setae absent. Lower interfrontal setae shorter than upper interfrontal setae and the distance between each other equaled to that between upper interfrontal setae. First flagellomere dark brown, 0.17 mm long, with an aspect ratio of 2.07:1; arista 0.24 mm long, 1.44 times as long as that of first flagellomere. Palpus dark brown, slender, with short setae apically.

Thorax yellowish brown. Fore and mid legs yellowish brown, hind leg brown. Fore tibia with 10 small neardorsal setulae, the uppermost being longer than the rest. Fore tarsus with posterodorsal setal palisade on all five tarsomeres. Mid femur without sense-organ. Wing ( Fig. 29E ) length1.0– 1.12 mm. Costal index 0.42, costal ratio 1.43:1, costal setulae length 0.026 –0.032 mm. Rs without basisetula. Veins brown, except A 1 +CuA 2 whitish gray. Membrane light grayish brown. Halter dark brown.

Abdominal tergites dark brown. Terminalia ( Figs. 9A–C ) brown. Left surstylus ( Figs. 9B, D ) square, dorsal corner with 3 long, pointed inner teeth. Right surstylus ( Figs. 9C, E ) paralleled basally, and beak-shaped apically, with 3 long, curved inner teeth.

Female. Unknown.

Specimens examined. 1♂ (holotype), Guangxi, Longsheng, 26-May-1992, Guangchun Liu, Min Wang ; 1 ♂, Guangxi, Mt. Daming , 14-Jul-2018, Jianfeng Wang .

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi).

Remarks. In the key of Disney (1990), this species runs to couplets 8, to C. torautensis Disney, 1990 , but it differs from the latter by a beak-shaped apex of right surstylus and its three long, curved inner teeth.

Figures

FIGURES 9A–E. C. spinifera Liu., male.A–C. terminalia; A. posterior view; B. right view; C. ventral view; D. left surstylus; E. right surstylus. Scale bars= 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 29A–J. Male wings.A. C. dauci (Meigen); B. C. gracilis Michailovskaya; C. C. obtusifinis sp. nov.; D. C. petalina sp. nov.; E. C. spinifera Liu; F. C. angusta sp. nov.; G. C. tortuosa sp. nov.; H. C. triangularis sp. nov.; I. C. palmata sp. nov.; J. C. quadrata Mostovski et Disney. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.