Dohrniphora densilinearis Yang & Liu

Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 3986 (3), pp. 307-331 : 320

17. Dohrniphora densilinearis Yang & Liu

( Figs. 33–34 , 60 )

Dohrniphora densilinearis Yang & Liu, 2012: 340 .

Head. Frons dark brown, sub-shining, with fine, sparse hairs. First row of bristles convex, antials 1.5 times as far apart as either is to an antero-lateral. Second row of bristles slightly concave, all four being equidistant. Postpedicels rounded-oval, brown. Palp of normal size, yellowish brown, with long, thick apical bristles and shorter, thinner ventral bristles. Thorax. Scutum, scutellum and pleuron yellowish brown. Scutellum with two pair of bristles, anterior bristles 1/2 times as long as posterior one. Wing length 2.29–2.31mm. Costa index 0.51; costa ratios 5.22: 2.00: 1.00; costa cilia 0.06–0.07 mm. Halter yellowish brown. Legs yellow. Fore tibia with 2 anterodorsal bristles. Fore tarsomeres slender. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends 2/3 (0.64) of its length. Hind coxal lobe light brown, with serrated hairs. Posterior face of hind femur with a group of about 12 short, subequal, peg-like bristles, which are arranged closely and irregularly in single row. Abdomen. Abdominal mainly brown, but along median thirds of tergites II–V and anterior half of tergite VI yellow. Venter of abdomen light yellow, with sparse hairs. Terminalia brown, except cercus yellow; apical bristles of cercus not enlarged. Body length 2.00– 2.20 mm.

Distribution. China (Hainan)

Specimens examined. 1♂ (holotype), Hainan Province, Diaoluo (18°39' N, 109°54'E, 900 m), 23-V-2004, Guang-Chun Liu. 2♂ (paratype), Hainan, Jianfeng (18°43'N, 108°48' E, 900 m), 18–20-V-2004, Guang-Chun Liu.

Remarks. In Disney’s key (1990a), the species runs out to couplet 39 with D. eilogoensis Disney. It differs from latter by the peg-like bristles which are subequal and arranged in an irregular row.

Figures

FIGURES 33 – 40. Hind femora, posterior view. 33 – 34. D densilinearis Yang et Liu; 35 – 36. D. separata sp. nov.; 37 – 38. D. prescherweberae Liu; 39 – 40. D. microtrichina sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 55 – 68. Hind coxal lobes. 55. D. cornuta (Bigot); 56. D. leei Disney; 57. D. capillaris sp. nov.; 58. D. longisetalis sp. nov.; 59. D. dentiretusa sp. nov.; 60. D. densilinearis Yang et Liu; 61. D. separata sp. nov.; 62. D. prescherweberae Liu; 63. D. microtrichina sp. nov.; 64. D. dilatata sp. nov.; 65. D. carinata sp. nov.; 66. D. insulana Liu; 67. D. cespitula sp. nov.; 68. D. triangula sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.1 mm; except for figs. 60, 61, 63 and 64, scale bar = 0.05 mm.