Meoneura nepalensis Papp, 2013

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2016, Carnidae (Diptera) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (Ottawa), with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 4084 (4) : -

Meoneura nepalensis Papp, 2013

Material : NEPAL: 2♂, 26.iv.1985, Ghopta to Thari Pati, 3200 m, leg. A. Smetana ; 1♂, 23.–26.iv.1985, Nuwakot , Dis. between Ghopte and Thare Pati, 3200 m, leg. A. Smetana ; 3♂, 26.iv.1985, Thari Pati , Ghopte, 3200 m, leg. A. Smetana.

Only recently this species has been described from Nepal. The specimens reported here fit well the original description. Due to the yellow anterior frons, the yellow face, the shape of the surstylus and lamella ( Papp 2013: 217, figs. 10–12) it is close to Meoneura flavifacies . Meoneura nepalensis is distinguished by the pointed tip of the surstylus and the indistinctly hook-shaped postgonite ( Papp 2013: 217, figs. 14–15). One specimen has a distinct seta dorsobasally on the surstylus—this specimen resembles therefore Meoneura pseudoflavifacies Papp, 1997 but is distinguished by the shape of the postgonite.