Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil, 1953
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.4.5 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7138537 |
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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.).
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Zoologisches Museum Hamburg |
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Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil
Shima, Hiroshi & Tachi, Takuji 2022 |
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 |
Austrophasiopsis luteipennis Mesnil, 1953: 162
Mesnil, L. P. 1953: 162 |