Stenomicra castanea, Grimaldi, 2009

Grimaldi, David A., 2009, The Asteioinea of Fiji (Insecta: Diptera: Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Xenasteiidae), American Museum Novitates 3671, pp. 1-60 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/685.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5454772

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E21A0B-893B-FFBA-9453-FC16FBE26FA4

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Stenomicra castanea
status

sp. nov.

Stenomicra castanea View in CoL , new species

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DIAGNOSIS: Frons white; scutum and scutellum evenly light brown, without central longitudinal light stripe; light brown infuscation on dorsal portion of pleura. Wing hyaline. Abdominal tergites I–IV light brown. Besides the scutum coloration, best distinguished on basis of male terminalia: surstyli straight, not curved, with blunt apex, without microtrichia and few setulae; trunk of aedeagus straight, apex brushy; syntergosternite VII ventrally with median lobe on posterior margin.

TYPE: Holotype, male (dissected, no. 59), Viti Levu : Naitasiri Prov. , 4.8 km N Veisari Stlmt, log rd to Waivudawa , 300 m, 12.XII– 3.I.03. Malaise 1. Schlinger, Tokota’a, 18.075 ° S, 178.362 ° E, FBA 178234. ThL 5 1.20 mm; L rm / L between r-m and m-cu 5 0.50. Type is in good condition, with most of head and thoracic setae intact. In BPBM. GoogleMaps

ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin castaneus, for the color of chestnuts, in reference to the color of the scutum and scutellum.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Periscelididae

Genus

Stenomicra

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