Homoneura (Homoneura) laticosta (Thomson, 1869)

Shi, Li & Yang, Ding, 2014, Supplements to species groups of the subgenus Homoneura in China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Homoneura), with descriptions of twenty new species, Zootaxa 3890 (1), pp. 1-117 : 32

Homoneura (Homoneura) laticosta (Thomson, 1869)

( Figs 12 , 147–151 )

Geomyza laticosta Thomson, 1869: 598 . Type locality: Malaysia, Singapore.

Sapromyza singaporensis Kertész, 1900: 261 .

Lauxania laticosta (Thomson, 1869) : Meijere, 1915: 136.

Homoneura (Homoneura) laticosta: Malloch, 1929: 80 . Shewell in Delfinado & Hardy, 1977: 204. Sasakawa, 1992: 181; 2001: 82; 2002: 56; 2003: 70.

Diagnosis. Frons wider than long. Antennal yellow; arista with ray long plumose, longest ray longer than height of 1st flagellomere. acr in 6 rows. Wing ( Fig. 12 ) brown extending from costal margin to tip of R4+5 or close to tip of M1; a brown stripe-like spot on dm-cu. Abdomen yellow. Male genitalia ( Figs 147–151 ): syntergosternite circular; epandrium broad apically; surstylus short knife-like; hypandrium narrow H-shaped, pregonite short and curved, postgonite narrow, fused with base of aedeagus in lateral view; aedeagus wide at middle and narrow apically with a deep incision in ventral view and curved backward in lateral view.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan Province: 5 ♂, 1 ♀ ( CAUC), Dan zhou City, Nada, 100–200 m, 7–8. V. 2007, Junhua Zhang; 1 ♂ ( CAUC), Dan zhou City, Nada, 100–200 m, 8. V. 2007, Kuiyan Zhang; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( CAUC), Ledong, Jianfengling National Reserve, South Tianch, Rainforest Valley, 700 m, 10. V. 2007, Junhua Zhang; 1 ♂ ( CAUC), Dongzhaigang, Mangrove Forest, 6. V. 2007, Junhua Zhang; 4 ♂ ( CAUC), Baisha, Yinggeling National Reserve, 430 m, 18–19. X. 2007, Xingyue Liu; 2 males ( CAUC), Wanning, 400 m, 13. V. 2008, Qifei Liu; 1 ♀ ( CAUC), Ledong, Jianfengling National Reserve, Sanfenqu, 800 m, 8. V. 2007, Qifei Liu; 1 ♂ ( SYSU), Ledong, Jianfengling National Reserve, Sanfenqu, 800 m, 25. II. 1982, Yongcheng Long.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan), Indonesia, Laos, Malayasia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Wing. 1. H. (H.) bicuspidata sp. nov.; 2. H. (H.) conspicua Sasakawa, 2001; 3. H. (H.) dadongshanica sp. nov.; 4. H. (H.) degenerata sp. nov.; 5. H. (H.) denticulata sp. nov.; 6. H. (H.) falcata sp. nov.; 7. H. (H.) fengyangshanica sp. nov.; 8. H. (H.) hamata sp. nov.; 9. H. (H.) hongmaoensis sp. nov.; 10. H. (H.) interrupta Sasakawa, 2001; 11. H. (H.) jianlingensis sp. nov.; 12. H. (H.) laticosta (Thomson, 1869).

FIGURES 147 – 151. Homoneura (Homoneura) laticosta (Thomson, 1869). Male. 147. syntergosternite and epandrium, lateral view; 148. syntergosternite, anterior view; 149. epandrial complex, posterior view; 150. aedeagal complex, ventral view; 151. aedeagal complex, lateral view. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.