Amiota guiensis, 2013

Zhao, Feng, Xu, Xiaoyang, Jiang, Jianjun, He, Xiaofang & Chen, Hongwei, 2013, Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Amiota apodemata and Amiota sinuata species groups (Diptera: Drosophilidae), with descriptions of four new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168 (4), pp. 849-858 : 853

AMIOTA GUIENSIS XU & CHEN SP. NOV. ( FIG. 2 )

Specimens examined: Holotype male ( SCAU 121736 ) and six male paratypes ( SCAU 121737–121742 ), China, Fushui, Chongzuo , Guangxi, 230 m a.s.l., 23 August 2004, H.W. Chen.

Etymology: Pertaining to shortened form Guangxi of the type locality.

Diagnosis: This species is slightly similar to A. lambirensis in the shape of the distal part of the paramere, but can be distinguished by the following characters: in lambirensis the distal part of the paramere is distinctly longer than the basal part in ventral view, and is basally triangularly expanded in lateral view ( Chen et al., 2007: figs. 18, 19).

Description: Male. Thorax nearly entirely brown. Abdominal tergites dark brown, except for first to third yellow medially. Male terminalia: epandrium pubescent except for ventral margin, with ~11 setae near posterior margin on each side of the body ( Fig. 2A ). Surstylus with several setae and roughly eight prensisetae ( Fig. 2B ). Paramere distally with about five sensilla and slightly curved, submedially with about six sensilla arranged in a small patch, apparent in lateral view ( Fig. 2D ). Vertical lobe of gonopod broad, arched, slightly sclerotized ( Fig. 2C, D ). Aedeagal apodeme longer than wide ( Fig. 2D ). Female: unknown.

Figures

Figure 2. Amiota guiensis Xu & Chen sp. nov., male terminalia: A, epandrium and cercus; B, surstylus; C, D, hypandrium (hypd), parameres (pm), gonopods (gon; pr, arcuate basal process), aedeagus (aed), and aedeagal apodeme (aed a) (ventral and lateral view). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.