Siphona (Aphantorhaphopsis) perispoliata ( Mesnil, 1953 )

Tachi, Takuji & Shima, Hiroshi, 2023, Systematic study of the subgenus Aphantorhaphopsis of the genus Siphona in East Asia and the Oriental Region (Diptera: Tachinidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 63 (1), pp. 213-247 : 216-220

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scientific name	Siphona (Aphantorhaphopsis) perispoliata ( Mesnil, 1953 )
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Siphona (Aphantorhaphopsis) perispoliata ( Mesnil, 1953)

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Actia perispoliata Mesnil, 1953: 108 . Type locality: China, Guangdong, Guangzhou [as “Canton”].

Actia mallochiana Gardner, 1940: 178 . Nomen nudum.

Siphona (Asiphona) perispoliata : MESNIL (1954: 10).

Siphona (Aphantorhaphopsis) perispoliata : O’HARA et al. (2020: 799).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J ( NHMUK), CHINA / Canton / W.E. Hoffman.

Additional material examined. CHINA: HONG KONG: 8 JJ 5 ♀♀ ( BPBM), Kowloon, 20,26. vi.1965, 20,24,29. vii.1965, 10,19.viii1965, 21.ix.1965 (Malaise & Light trap), Lee Kit Ming & Hui Wai Ming. YUNNAN: 1 J 1 ♀ ( KUM), Honghe Hekou, 200 m, Nanxi, 28.ii.1995, H. Shima & T. Saigusa. TAIWAN: 1 J 1 ♀ ( BLKU), Fushan (400–600 m), Wulai-hsiang, Taipei-hs., 28.xi.1997 (Malaise trap), K. Masunaga & K. Yoshizawa. THAILAND: TRANG PROVINCE: 3 JJ ( BPBM), Khaophappha, Khaochang, 200 m, 1–3, 9–11, 11–15.i.1964, G.A. Samuelson.

Diagnosis. Abdomen shining black in ground color; legs blackish; vein R

setulose dorsally on apical half.

Redescription. Body length 3.0– 3.3 mm. Male and female. Head whitish in ground color; fronto-orbital plate light gray, with yellowish pruinosity; frontal vitta reddish brown; antenna with scape, pedicel, and arista orange; postpedicel brownish; palpus orange. Vertex 0.34–0.36 of head width; parafacial subequal in width to length of 2nd aristomere at middle height; gena 0.18–0.20 of eye height; anterior reclinate orbital seta situated posterior to middle of fronto-orbital plate; fronto-orbital plate with a row of setulae; antenna with postpedicel subrectangular, approximately 2.3 times as long as wide, and approximately 4.5 times as long as pedicel; 2nd aristomere approximately twice as long as wide; 3rd aristomere thickened in basal 1/3; palpus somewhat clavate; prementum 3–4 times as long as wide and approximately 0.4 times as long as eye height; labella pad-like.

Thorax. Dorsum gray, with yellowish pruinosity; apical 1/4 of scutellum yellowish; pleura blackish, with grayish pruinosity. Three presutural and 4 postsutural dorsocentral setae; scutellum with a pair of discal setae.

Wing. Tegula blackish; basicosta light yellow. Relative lengths of costal sectors two, three, and four approximately 1: 6: 3; ultimate section of M 4 approximately 0.8 times as long as penultimate section, and approximately 2.2 times as long as crossvein m-cu; R 1 setulose dorsally on apical half, bare ventrally.

Legs blackish in ground color. Fore tibia with 4–5 anterodorsal, 2–3 posterodorsal, and 1 posterior setae; hind tibia with 4 anterodorsal, 4 posterodorsal and 2 ventral setae.

Abdomen shining black in ground color; anterior 1/4 of tergites 3–5 with whitish pruinosity. Syntergite 1+2 without lateral marginal setae; tergite 3 with a pair of lateral marginal setae; sternite 5 with a pair of rounded median lobes on inner edge; inner side of apical lobes pointed medially.

Male postabdomen. Surstylus fused basally with epandrium, nearly straight and broad on basal 2/ 3 in lateral view; cerci curved dorsally at middle, apex curved ventrally in lateral view; pregonite fused basally with hypandrium, apex slightly broad in lateral view; distiphallus broadly sclerotized in lateral view with some spinules ventrally, apex membranous dorsally.

Female postabdomen. Tergite 5 nearly square with setae; tergites 6–7 absent; sternite 6 subrectangular with setae; sternite 7 with very short anterior apodeme; tergite 8 slightly slender and narrowed to anterodorsal part in lateral view, anterior parts narrowly fused in dorsal view; sternite 8 with some strong lateral setae; epiproct strongly reduced with some long setae.

Host. Lepidoptera : Hesperiidae : Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798) ( CROSSKEY 1976) .

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Yunnan), India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand * ( O’HARA et al. 2020).