Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954

Chen, Xiaolin, Zhang, Yanzhou, Li, Jie & Zhu, Chaodong, 2010, A review of stalk-eyed fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae), Zootaxa 2654 (1), pp. 1-16 : 3

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scientific name	Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen
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Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen View in CoL

( Figs. 1 View FIGURES 1–9 , 10 View FIGURES 10–17 , 18 View FIGURES 18–25 , 26 View FIGURES 26–33 , 34 View FIGURES 34–42 , 43, 48 View FIGURES )

Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954: 307 View in CoL . Type-locality: Shaowu [Shao-Woo], Fujian [Fukien], China. Holotype male in IZCAS. — Hardy, 1977: 76. — Wang, 1996: 111.

Diagnosis. Head with lateral vertical and postpronotal setae present; eye stalk about as long as abdomen in male, shorter than thorax in female; thorax, legs and abdomen entirely yellowish-brown except for anatergite blackish; wing predominantly hyaline, tinged with pale yellowish-brown; cell sc reddish-brown, about 3/4 as long as cell c ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 26–33 ). Aculeus more or less pentagonal and parallel-sided in shape, apically tapered to a point and with 4 large, broad serrations on each side ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 34–42 ); three elongate oval, black spermathecae present ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES ).

Description. Body length 13.5–16.0 mm; wing length 12.5–14.0 mm. The body usually predominantly orange-yellow and sub-shining ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–9 ).

Head ( Figs. 10 View FIGURES 10–17 , 18 View FIGURES 18–25 ): Orange-yellow with 5 narrow brown bands: 1 extending across anterior edge of frons and anterodorsal portion of eye stalk; 1 on posterior side of stalk extending from base to midlength; 1 on anteroventral side of stalk; 1 across ventral margin of face and parafacial; and 1 on dorsal margin of face ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 10–17 ). Palpus spatulate, sparsely covered with fine, yellow setulae. Chaetotaxy reduced: head with medial vertical, lateral vertical and postocellar setae present; ocellar, orbital, frontal and genal setae absent. Antenna distinctly shorter than face, with 1 st flagellomere rounded dorsoapically, about twice as long as wide; arista plumose, longest ray shorter than width of 1 st flagellomere.

Thorax entirely orange-yellow except for anatergite blackish and scutum with two narrow obscure grayish-white microtrichose longitudinal stripes; 1 postpronotal, 2 notopleural, 1 anepisternal, 1 postsutural supra-alar, 1 postalar, 1 intra-alar and 1 apical scutellar setae.

Wing ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 26–33 ). Predominantly hyaline tinged with ill-defined pale yellowish-brown markings; pterostigma yellowish-brown, narrow and long, about 0.75–0.92 times as long as cell c. Vein R 4+5 setose from base to crossvein R-M.

Legs entirely orange-yellow, slender and long, mid tibia with black apical spine.

Abdomen predominantly orange-yellow, elongate, syntergite 1+2 slightly longer than the combined length of tergites 3 and 4.

Female terminalia: Oviscape 0.57 times as wide as long and 0.58 times as long as tergites 4–6 combined. Aculeus 2.43 times as long as wide, 0.60 times as long as oviscape, apically tapered to relatively sharp tip and with 4 large, broad serrations on lateral margin ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 34–42 ). Eversible membrane with 2 pairs taenia; taenia about as long as denticles part; denticles proximally with 2 columns in both dorsally and ventrally side, and denticles larger in medial and gradually decreasing in size marginally ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES ). Three elongate oval, black spermathecae ( Fig.43 View FIGURES ).

Male terminalia. Not dissected.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Sichuan, Taiwan). Taiwan is a new province record for this species.

Type data. Holotype ♁( IZCAS), CHINA: Fujian: Shaowu , 20 April 1943, C. C. Maa (examined, head missing); paratype: 1 ♀ ( IZCAS), same data as holotype (examined).

Other specimens examined. CHINA: Fujian: Chongan , 750 m, 24 June 1960, Y. R. Cheng, 1 ♀ ( IZCAS) . Sichuan: Mt. Emei , 21 July 1957, K. R. Huang; 26 May 1957, L. Y. Zheng, 2 ♀ ( IZCAS) . Taiwan: Alishan, Chiayi Hsien , 2270m, 8–9 April 1965, C.M. Yoshimoto, 1 ♀ ( BPBM) .