Nepalomyia brevifurcata (Yang & Saigusa)

Wang, Mengqing, Chen, Hongyin & Yang, Ding, 2013, Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae), Zootaxa 3691 (4), pp. 436-442 : 437-438

Nepalomyia brevifurcata (Yang & Saigusa)

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Neurigonella brevifurcata Yang & Saigusa, 2001: 377 . Type locality: China: Shaanxi, Zuoshui. Nepalomyia brevifurcata (Yang & Saigusa) : Runyon & Hurley, 2003: 412.

Diagnosis. First flagellomere wider than long; halter yellow. Epandrium bearing no lateral tubercle; hypandrium slender, with shallow incision; cercus with distinct basal tubercle.

Specimens examined. HOLOTYPE 3, Shaanxi: Zuoshui, Yingpan Linchang (1850 m), 10.VII.1997, Toyohei Saigusa; 2 3, Taiwan: Pingdong, Dahanshan Mountain (1500–1600 m) (22°67' N, 120°48' E), 7.VI.2011, Xiaoyan Liu.

Distribution. Taiwan (Pingdong), Beijing (Xiaolongmen), Henan (Luanchuan), Shaanxi (Zuoshui, Zhouzhi). Remarks. This species is recorded from Taiwan for the first time. See Yang and Saigusa (2001) for description of this species.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Nepalomyia brevifurcata (Yang & Saigusa, 2001), male. (1) First flagellomere; (2) Genitalia, lateral view; (3) Hypandrium, ventral view. Abbreviations: C—cercus; H—hypandrium; P—phallus; SDL—surstylus dorsal lobe; SMLsurstylus middle lobe; SVL—surstylus ventral lobe; V—ventral. Scale bar: 1 = 0.5 mm; 2 – 3 = 0.1 mm.