Teloneria apicata ( Edwards, 1919 ) Sepúlveda & Souza & Echeverry & Marinoni & de Carvalho, 2020

Sepúlveda, Tatiana A., Souza, Diego de S., Echeverry, Angela, Marinoni, Luciane & de Carvalho, Claudio J. B., 2020, Revalidation and taxonomic revision of Teloneria Aczél (Diptera, Neriidae), with description of two new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 717, pp. 70-89 : 73-75

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.717.1099
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:82367188-7A82-4319-8BF2-A7982657C252
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14371610
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E76EB568-7206-C450-FD97-DFC2FECCF312
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Teloneria apicata ( Edwards, 1919 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Teloneria apicata ( Edwards, 1919) View in CoL comb. nov.

Figs 1A, C View Fig , 2A View Fig , 3 View Fig A–B, 7J, N, 8G, J, 9

Telostylus apicatus Edwards, 1919: 53 View in CoL .

Telostylinus apicalis Enderlein, 1922: 143 .

Telostylinus apicalis – Hennig 1937: 270 (key), 271 (notes), 279 (catalogue). — Steyskal 1977: 9 (synonymy).

Telostylus apicatus View in CoL – Hennig 1937: 269 (catalogue). — Steyskal 1966: 5 (key). — Mello & Ziegler 2012: 149 (type material).

Teloneria apicalis – Aczél 1954: 510 (type species); 1955: 30 (key, redescription), 36, fig. 6 (thorax), 40, figs 28–30 (head).

Chaetonerius apicatus View in CoL – Steyskal 1977: 9 (combination).

Diagnosis

Teloneria apicata and T. bimaculata can be differentiated from T. juceliae sp. nov. and T. ladyae sp. nov. by the general darker color and the inner vertical and outer vertical setae of almost the same length. All Teloneria species have the gena and postpronotal lobe yellow, but only T. apicata have the frontoorbital plate, occiput, mid coxa and femora black. Also, T. apicata and T. bimaculata bear a mostly black frontal vitta, with a small anterior area yellow. The head of T. apicata is at most slightly elongate and not evidently elongate as in T. bimaculata and T. juceliae sp. nov., and the anterior fronto-orbital seta is well-developed but less than half the length of the posterior fronto-orbital seta. Males of T. apicata bear an anteroventral row of long, spine-like setae.

Material examined

Lectotype of Telostylus apicatus Edwards, 1919 (here designated)

THAILAND • ♀; “ SYNTYPE [blue perimeter label] // Siam: Bulsit Besar. H. C. Robinson & N. Annandale, 1916-21 // SYNTYPE, Telostylus apicatus Edwards ,det. J. E. Chainey, 1995// NHMUK010240951 About NHMUK ”; NHMUK ( Fig. 3A View Fig ) .

Lectotype of Telostylinus apicalis Enderlein, 1922 (here designated) INDONESIA • ♂; “Ober-Langkat, Deli, Sumatra, 1894, M. U. de S. // Type [red label] // Telostylinus apicalis ♂, Type Enderlein, Dr. Enderlein det. 1921 // Zool. Mus. Berlin // SYNTYPE, Telostylinus apicalis Enderlein, 1922 , det. Mello & Ziegler 2010 [red label]”; ZMHB ( Fig. 3B View Fig ) .

Paralectotypes of Telostylus apicatus Edwards, 1919

THAILAND • 1 ♀; “Siam: Bulsit Besar. H. C. Robinson & N. Annandale, 1916–21 // SYNTYPE, Telostylus apicatus Edwards , det. J. E. Chainey, 1995 // NHMUK010240952 About NHMUK ”; NHMUK .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “ SYNTYPE [blue perimeter label] // TYPE, Telostylus apicatus Edw. [red perimeter label] // 1916. Scolak Daras, 65. W. Sumatra, 1914. (Robinson & Kloss) // SYNTYPE, Telostylus apicatus Edwards , det. J. E. Chainey, 1995 // NHMUK010240950 About NHMUK ”; NHMUK .

Paralectotype of Telostylus apicalis Enderlein, 1922 INDONESIA • ♀; “Ober-Langkat, Deli, Sumatra, 1894, M. U. de S. // Type [red label] // Telostylinus apicalis ♀, Type Enderlein, Dr. Enderlein det. 1921; Zool. Mus. Berlin // SYNTYPE, Telostylinus apicalis Enderlein, 1922 , det. Mello & Ziegler 2010 [red label]”; ZMHB .

Other material (2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀)

MALAYSIA • 1 ♂ (dissected); W Malaysia, Pahang, Bukit Tinggi forest ; alt. 1300 ft; 26 Dec. 1972; A.E. Stubbs leg.; BMNH 1974-87; NHMUK 1822 About NHMUK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; NHMUK 1626 About NHMUK • 1 ♂; Borneo, Sabah, Penampang District, Crocker Range , Kipandi Butterfly Park ; 5°52′20″ N, 116°14′53″ E; alt. 720 m; 15 Oct. 2011; S. Gaimari and M. Hauser leg.; SDG11-15 ; CSCA 2807 About CSCA GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; CSCA 2808 About CSCA GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Borneo, Sarawak, S Gunung Buda, 64 km S of Limbang; 4°12′ N, 114°56′ E; 20 Dec. 1996; S.L. Heydon and S. Fung leg.; UCDC 1821 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Redescription

Male

MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.7–5.0 mm. Wing length 4.7–4.9 mm and width 1.2–1.5 mm.

HEAD ( Fig. 1A View Fig ). First flagellomere ovate, narrowing on distal half, with broad apex ( Fig. 7J View Fig ). Anterior margin of frons slightly convex, projecting over small antennal base without surpassing anterior margin of parafacial ( Fig. 7N View Fig ). Fronto-orbital plate broad and shiny, sometimes with three or four fronto-orbital setae. Parafacial pale brown. Vertex and median occipital sclerite blackish-brown; outer vertical seta aligned with four postocular setae, almost of same size; row of 2̄5 occipital setae very short.

THORAX ( Figs 1C View Fig ; 8G View Fig ). Dorsal longitudinal stripe of faint gray pruinescence; anterior notopleural seta subequal to posterior notopleural seta. Femora entirely brown; fore femur with several long anteroventral setae, diminishing in size distally and absent on distal third; ventro-apical surface of fore fourth tarsomere with four very thick setae.

ABDOMEN. Dark brown with several long setulae laterally on posterior half of syntergite 1+2. Syntergosternite 8 protrudes basally, with two distal setae; epandrium twice the length of syntergosternite 8, reaching posterior half of third segment ventrally; surstylus narrow linear; cercus broad linear, slightly narrowing on distal third, with broad round apex; length of cercus half length of epandrium and twice length of surstylus; distiphallus partially sclerotized, flattened and bifurcated, with distal and coiled membranous area bearing a sclerotized spike ( Fig. 2A View Fig ).

Female

Body length 4.6–5.6 mm. Fore femur and fourth tarsomere without thick ventral setae. Oviscape brown and shiny.

Distribution

Thailand, Malaysia * (Pahang, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra).

Remarks

Despite being a syntype labeled as TYPE, we are hereby designating the male specimen in the most complete condition of preservation as lectotype to stabilize the taxonomic concept of this species and its name.