Chalarus leticiae Kehlmaier, 2003

Kehlmaier, Christian & Assmann, Thorsten, 2008, The European species of Chalarus Walker, 1834 revisited (Diptera: Pipunculidae), Zootaxa 1936, pp. 1-39 : 25

Chalarus leticiae Kehlmaier, 2003

Chalarus leticiae Kehlmaier, 2003: 92 .

Diagnosis: Male unknown. Female with frontal facets greatly enlarged ( Fig. 77 ); frons at narrowest slightly less than 2.0 times diameter of largest frontal facet; flagellum dark brown; leg dark brown but base of femur, area around femoral-tibial joint and tarsi yellowish; pulvilli of front and mid legs twice the length of hind legs and longer than distitarsus; hairs on femora, thorax and abdomen yellow to light brown; abdominal tergites dark brown; ovipositor as in Figs 44 & 46 . See Table 1 for ITS2 barcode sequence accession number.

Annotations: The species was described from two females collected in northern Spain. Morphologically, it resembles C. juliae and C. elegantulus , judging from the shape of the ovipositor and other outer morphological features. Host species are unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 76 – 78. Females: heads in frontal view. 76. C. elegantulus (holotype); 77. C. leticiae (paratype); 78. C. saxonicus spec. nov. (paratype). Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 34 – 48. Female ovipositor. 34. C. pughi ventral view; 35. C. basalis ventral view; Abbreviation: s 7, sternite 7; 36. C. pughi dorsal view; Abbreviations: t 7, tergite 7; t 8, tergite 8; t 9, tergite 9; 37. C. basalis dorsal view; 38. C. pughi lateral view; 39. C. basalis lateral view; 40. C. fimbriatus lateral view; 41. C. fimbriatus Form A lateral view; 42. C. fimbriatus Form B lateral view; 43. C. juliae dorsal view; 44. C. leticiae dorsal view; 45. C. juliae lateral view; 46. C. leticiae lateral view; 47. C. elegantulus lateral view; 48. C. latifrons lateral view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.