Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil, 1953

Shima, Hiroshi & Tachi, Takuji, 2022, A new species of Austrophasiopsis Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Nepal with systematic notes on the genus, Zootaxa 5190 (4), pp. 555-564 : 561

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CDA321E4-0841-4882-AFA8-55A182D924E0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7138537

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil
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Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil View in CoL

( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 11–18 )

Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil, 1953: 162 View in CoL .

Holotype male (ZMH, examined). Type locality: Philippines, Mt. Isarog.

Austrophasiopsis luteipennis: Crosskey, 1976: 195 View in CoL (conspectus of Oriental tachinids); Crosskey, 1977: 622 (catalog of Oriental tachinids); Dear & Crosskey, 1982: 132 (Philippine tachinids); O’Hara, 1996: 146 (tachinids described by Mesnil).

Type material examined. Holotype ♂: Philipp. / Mt. Isarog / IV. 1916 ( ZMH).

Diagnosis. Small brownish fly with reddish yellow legs, and with many yellowish white hairs on head, thorax, femora and abdominal base; vertex very narrow in male, about 0.08 of head width; mesonotum, except for scutellum, with fine black hairs mixed with whitish hairs, without distinct setae; scutellum with a pair of rather strong discal and a pair of fine and short parallel-sided apical setae; abdomen broadly brown-black in ground color.

Redescription. Body length: 5.5 mm.

Male. Mesnil (1953) mainly described this species comparing with A. formosensis , and we added here following characteristics. Head with dense, grayish-white pruinosity; frons at the narrowest point about 0.08 of head width; frontal vitta obliterated to a very narrow line on posterior 5/8; inner and outer vertical setae fine hair-like; ocellar and orbital setae absent; frontal setae fine, pale yellowish white; parafacial with 2–3 rows of whitish hairs, nearly as wide as postpedicel at middle height; gena about 0.15 of eye height; vibrissa absent, vibrissal area, subvibrissal area and subfacial with long whitish hairs; antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about 1/2 length of pedicel, postpedicel about 1.8 times as long as pedicel; occipital setae whitish; occiput without black hair; thorax without distinct setae except scutellum which bears rather long discal setae and several fine, rather long setae on posterior margin; thoracic dorsum with fine black hairs mixed with whitish hairs, pleura with only yellowish white hairs; wing orange yellow, paler posteriorly; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately as 5:11:7; petiole of wing vein R 4+5 slightly shorter than dm-cu crossvein (10:11); legs reddish yellow, fore femora and apical portions of tarsi darkened; femora mainly with yellowish hairs; abdomen black, with fine black hairs dorsally, venter of syntergite 1+2 and 3rd tergite with whitish hairs.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Philippines (Luzon Is.).

ZMH

Zoologisches Museum Hamburg

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tachinidae

Genus

Austrophasiopsis

Loc

Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil

Shima, Hiroshi & Tachi, Takuji 2022
2022
Loc

Austrophasiopsis luteipennis: Crosskey, 1976: 195

O'Hara, J. E. 1996: 146
Dear, J. P. & Crosskey, R. W. 1982: 132
Crosskey, R. W. 1977: 622
Crosskey, R. W. 1976: 195
1976
Loc

Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil, 1953: 162

Mesnil, L. P. 1953: 162
1953
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