Drosophila (Sophophora) rhopaloa Bock & Wheeler, 1972

(Figure 1C, D, F, H, J, L, N, Figure 2B, D, F, H, Figure 3B, D, F)

Drosophila rhopaloa Bock & Wheeler, 1972:69; Singh & Gupta, 1977: 35; Okada & Carson, 1983: 137

Drosophila (Sophophora) coonorensis Reddy & Krishnamurthy, 1973: 262

This species has been extensively described by others, and the present work illustrates many aspects of its morphology in comparison to D. carrolli n. sp. Therefore, we have chosen to not include a redescription here.

Material examined. D. rhopaloa line BaVi 067 and BaVi 5327 from Vietnam, Hanoi Ba Vì, near Vân Hòa [21°04′N, 105°22′E], March 2005, H. Takamori leg.

Previous records. Malaysia: Borneo, Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu (Takada, Momma, & Shima, 1973). India: Meghalaya, Shillong (Singh & Gupta, 1977); Madras, Nilgiri, Coonoor (type of D. coonorensis Reddy & Krishnamurthy, 1973). Thailand: Khao Yai [14°26’21.03”N 101°22’20.95”E], type locality. Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province, Mt Kaindi, Kunai Creek (1500 m.), 3.XI.1977 (H. Carson leg.) (Okada & Carson, 1983). Okada & Carson describe these specimens from Papua New Guinea as “exceedingly” different from those of Java, being in particular darker. The identity of these specimens is therefore questionable, and they may be assigned to D. carrolli n. sp., or to another new taxon. Republic of Indonesia: Java, (Okada & Carson, 1983). Vietnam:

Vietnam, Hanoi Ba Vì, near Vân Hòa [21°04′N, 105°22′E], IX.2004 (line BaVi5327) and III.2005 (line BaVi067) (H. Takamori leg.) (Chen et al., 2014; Setoguchi et al., 2014).

Brake & Bächli (2008) also report D. rhopaloa from and Sri Lanka, without additional details.