Pipinnipons chauncyvallis, Shaun L., Winterton, 2011

Shaun L., Winterton, 2011, Revision of the stiletto fly genera Acupalpa Kroeber and Pipinnipons Winterton (Diptera, Therevidae, Agapophytinae) using cybertaxonomic methods, with a key to Australasian genera, ZooKeys 95, pp. 29-79 : 55

Pipinnipons chauncyvallis sp. n. Fig. 25

Type material.

Holotype male, AUSTRALIA: Tasmania: Bagdad, Chauncyvale Wildlife Sanctuary [-42.614°, 147.256°], 18-19.xii.1998, D. Yeates, S. Winterton (ANIC29_021139) (ANIC). Paratypes: AUSTRALIA: Tasmania: 3 females, same data as holotype (ANIC29_021136, 021137, 021140) (ANIC).

Diagnosis.

Wing banded; pleuron black; femora yellow [hind femur dark]; tibia yellow, darker apically]; abdomen black, segments 6-8 orange [female].

Description.

Body length= 7.0-10.0 mm. Head. Frons wider than ocellar tubercle in female, equal in male, profile flat to rounded above antenna, pubescence absent, frontal vestiture as numerous elongate setae (longer in male), surface texture as irregular longitudinal striations or transverse striations; gena with pale setae; parafacial overlain with silver pubescence; palpus yellow-orange; occiput glabrous, glossy black; antennal base raised; antenna longer than head; scape yellow, length shorter than flagellum, with sparse black setae; flagellum dark yellow (darker basally), base of flagellum with short dark setae. Thorax. Scutum uniform grey-black with white pile and overlain with sparse grey pubescence; scutellum overlain with dense, matt-black pubescence; pleuron black, overlain with sparse silver-grey pubescence; wing markings banded infuscate; haltere knob white, dark basally; coxae black; hind femur dark, rest yellow with dark patch; tibia yellow (apices sometimes darker); tarsi yellow orange, dark distally, fore-basitarsus white. Scutal chaetotaxy: np, 3-4; sa, 1; pa, 1; dc, 2; sc, 1. Abdomen. Black, segments 6-8 orange in female; terminalia pale.

Comments.

Pipinnipons chauncyvallis sp. n. is known only from a small conservation area near Bagdad, Tasmania. This species differs from all other Pipinnipons by the body colouration and the numerous pale setae on the frons.

Etymology.

This species is named after the type locality, Chauncyvale Wildlife Sanctuary, owned by the Chauncy family who established and maintain the sanctuary.