Aphasmaphleps sp. A

Capellari, Renato S. & Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2012, Review of the Afrotropical genus Aphasmaphleps Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 35-35 : 43

Aphasmaphleps sp. A

Fig. 9

Diagnosis: Male. Antennal stylus with enlarged apical lamella, silvery at base. Veins R 4+5 and M slightly diverging apically, M evanescent. IIt 1 with ventral and anterior rows of stiff hairs, IIt 2 shorter than IIIt 3.

Description:

Very similar to A. paulyi in all respects including morphology of hypopygium, except for the following features.

Male.

Body length 1.5 mm. Antenna 1.7 mm. Wing 1.4 mm long, 0.6 mm wide.

Head. Antenna ( Fig. 9 ): 6, 3, 7, 12, 87; apical lamellae of stylus larger than in A. paulyi , laterally flattened and silvery at base.

Wing. CuAx proportion 0.1.

Legs. I: 1.9, 1.7, 0.4, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1. II: 2.1, 2.2, 1.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.4, 0.2. III: 2.4, 2.9, 0.9, 0.8, 0.5, 0.3, 0.2.

Female. Unknown.

Material examined: MADAGASCAR: 1♂ Mahajanga, NP Tsingy de Bemahara, 3.4 km E Bekopaka, Tombeau Vazimba , 19°08'31"S 44°49'41"E, 6–10 xi.2001, 50 m, Fisher et al., tropical dry forest ( CAS). Labelled as “Unnamed species A | Capellari & Grichanov 2012” .

Comments: Since just a single male specimen with one broken antenna has been found, we prefer to keep it unnamed until more material is available for study.

Figures

Figs 5–11. Antennae and tarsi of Aphasmaphleps spp., transmitted light: (5–9) antennae: A. paulyi sp. n., male (5); A. stuckenbergi sp. n., male (6); A. bickeli sp. n., male (7) and female (8); (9) A. sp. A, apex of male stylus; (10, 11) male mid tarsus: A. paulyi sp. n. (10), A. stuckenbergi sp. n. (11). Scale bars = 0.2 mm (5, 6), 0.1 mm (7–11).