Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015

Lv, Hanhuiying, Xu, Yuanyuan, Liu, Shulin, Li, Linghui, Lin, Kejian & Zhang, Xiao, 2024, An updated review of the genus Toxorhina Loew, 1850 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Yunnan, China with a description of a new species, ZooKeys 1205, pp. 191-204 : 191-204

Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015

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Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015 in Zhang et al. 2015: 67. Type locality: China, Yunnan, Lvchun, Huanglianshan, Qimaba.

Specimens examined.

China • 1 ♂; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest Nature Reserve, Wangtianshu Scenic Spot ; 661 m a. s. l.; 21.5090 ° N, 101.6003 ° E; 9 July 2016; Qingxia Zhou leg.; light trap; CAU .

Diagnosis.

Prescutum and presutural scutum brownish-yellow with three broad dark brown longitudinal stripes. Pleuron dark yellow with two black longitudinal stripes. Wing with cell d closed. R 4 ending slightly beyond end of basal section of R 5, m-cu at or slightly before fork of M. Gonocoxite with 1 gonostylus. Gonocoxite dorsally with a blunt, basal lobe covered with numerous setae. Interbase elongated, rod-shaped. Tip of aedeagus bifid with arms short and divergent.

Description.

Male. Hypopygium (Fig. 3 ). Tergite 9 brown with dark brown setae, posterior margin medially with U-shaped deep incision and two translucent areas on both sides (Fig. 3 A, F ). Gonocoxite dark brown, conical with tip round; dorsal face with a blunt, basal lobe covered with numerous stout setae (Fig. 3 A, G ); setae on gonocoxite brownish-black (Fig. 3 A, B ). Gonostylus brown, curved inwards at middle, basal half stout with a longitudinal groove, distal half slender with tip round; outer side of middle with outwardly curved spine (Fig. 3 A, B, H ). Interbase dark brown, elongated, rod-shaped, about 10 times as long as wide; tip inflated and round (Fig. 3 A – C, E ). Parameres brownish-black, medially arched fused, distal connecting to base of interbase (Fig. 3 C – E ). Ejaculatory apodeme brown with middle brownish-black, sheet-like, base narrow (Fig. 3 C – E ). Aedeagus dark brown, stout at base, tip bifid with arms short and divergent (Fig. 3 A – C, E, I ).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan) ( Oosterbroek 2023).

Behavior.

The species can be attracted by light.

Remarks.

The species was originally described and illustrated by Zhang et al. (2015) based on material collected in China. A more detailed description and illustration of the male hypopygium of this species are provided in this study.

Figures

Figure 3. Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica A male hypopygium, dorsal view B male hypopygium, ventral view C aedeagal complex, dorsal view D aedeagal complex, posterior view E aedeagal complex, ventral view F posterior margin of tergite 9, dorsal view G setae at base of gonocoxite, dorsal view H gonostylus, dorsal view I tip of aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C – F, H); 0.05 mm (G, I).