Amiota (Amiota) cuii, On, 2001

Chen, Hong-Wei & Toda, Masanori J., 2001, A revision of the Asian and European species in the subgenus Amiota Loew (Diptera, Drosophilidae) and the establishment of species-groups based on phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Natural History 35 (10), pp. 1517-1563 : 1542

Amiota (Amiota) cuii sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. Vertical lobe of gonopod with dorsad-oriented, strongly sclerotized process apicomedially (figure 10C, D).

Description. Male: Ocellar triangle and frontal vitta dark brown; fronto-orbital plate brownish orange in upper part, dark brown in lower part. Face and gena brownish.

Wing with 22–23 minute, peg-like spinules on ventral surface of costal vein between R and R.

2+3 4 +5

Legs: Mid tarsus with a row of minute cuneiform setulae on posteroventral surface. Hind femur with about seven long setae posteroventrally; hind tibiae with about eight setae ventrally.

Sixth abdominal tergite laterally tapering, but reaching lateral margin of fi fth tergite, broadened dorsally.

M ale terminalia: Epandrium completely separated mid-dorsally, with 14–16 setae near posterior to ventral margins (figure 10A). Surstylus pubescent, not expanded posteroventral corner, with about four long prensisetae on distal margin and a few thin setae on ventral margin (figure 10B). Tenth sternite nearly bilobed, but not separated mid-dorsally, laterally narrowly fused to surstyli; lateral lobe-like process somewhat oblong (figure 10B). Anterior portion of hypandrium entirely thin (figure 10C). Parameres separated from each other, lobe-shaped, each with apical, large, strongly sclerotized and small, lateral unsclerotized processes and seven to eight sensilla on subdistal mesal surface (figure 10E). Aedeagus separated into a pair of simple rods, each fused to base of paramere (figure 10E). Ejaculatory apodeme: apical plate with four pits per side; stalk thick, long (figure 10G).