Paraclius abbreviatus Becker, 1922

Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding & Grootaert, Patrick, 2007, Paraclius (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Dolichopodinae) Of Singapore, With New Species From Mangroves, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (1), pp. 49-62 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5454637
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scientific name	Paraclius abbreviatus Becker, 1922
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Paraclius abbreviatus Becker, 1922 View in CoL

Paraclius abbreviatus Becker, 1922: 15 View in CoL . Type localities – 2 females: Assam , Sylhet (West Pakistan); Nepal, Tharbani (in Ind. Mus. Calcutta); 1 male, Singapore (Hung. Nat. Hist. Mus.).

Remarks. – Following diagnosis is compiled according to Becker’s description: Frons and face wide, latter not wider than first flagellomere. Antenna yellowish brown, first flagellomere 1.5 times as long as wide with apical half darkened. Postocular bristles yellowish. Legs including all coxae yellowish; hind femur with 2 preapical bristles. Vein M 1+2 with apical bent convex toward wing border and running parallel to it. Hypopygium small, yellowish brown, with 2 long strap-shaped appendages (cercus?). Length 3.5–4.0 mm.

We did not see the type material and suppose that the single male known, recorded from Singapore, is lost (pers. comm. by L. Papp). Evenhuis and Grootaert (2002) quote a number of specimens from Singapore identified as P. abbreviatus by D. H. Murphy ( ZRC). However none of these specimens fit to the description of Becker (1922) compiled above. They most probably represent a yet undescribed species and their revision is pending on the collection of fresh material .