Lispocephala pectinata (Stein)

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34. Lispocephala pectinata (Stein)

Coenosia pectinata Stein, 1900b: 147 . Holotype male, Madang, P.N.G., destroyed; formerly HNHM ( Pont, 1969b: 87). Pectiniseta pectinata ; Shinonaga et al., 1991: 333.

Diagnosis. Head brown, densely grey dusted; antenna brownish, long, reaching epistoma; palpus yellow, brown at base; scutum brown, grey dusted, slightly shining, with three brown vittae and a discrete brown line along dorsocentral rows; calypters and halter whitish; legs with coxae and femora brown and tibiae yellow; posteroventral series of setae on fore femur of same length; abdominal syntergite 1+2 yellow, tergites 3–5 with brown lateral marks; male sternite 5 as in Figs 21 and 21a , and cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 24–27 of Pont (1972).

Material examined: MNHN: New Caledonia: Col d’Amieu : Sarraméa, 412 m, 21°34.407S 165°45.674E, 5–19.xii.2008 , piège Malaise, 1 ♀, T. Théry. Côte Est au sud de Hienghène: Vaillé de Que , Hava, affluent de La Tinpindjé, 20 m, forêt littorale dégradée à Cyas, vii–ix.1993 , 1 ♀ ( BMNH), P. Bouchet. Rivière Bleue: Parc 5, 168a, 19.xi–04.xii.1985 , 1 ♂ ( MNRJ) , 2 ♀ (1 MNRJ, 1 OUMNH), L.B. dL., J.C.; 226a, 20.xii.1985 – 08.i.1886 , 1 ♂, L.B.dL., J.C.; Parc 6, 20–31.i.1987, 1 ♀, L.B.dL., J.C., A.S.T.; Parc 6, 357a, 31.i–12.ii.1987.

NSMT: New Caledonia: Col d’Amieu : 20 km SW Canara, 20.ii.1978, 2 ♂, H. Kurahashi. Col de Pétchécara: 15 km W Thio, 19.ii.1978, 3 ♀, S. Shinonaga. Hienghène: 21–22.ii.1978, 1 ♀, H. Shima .

BPBM: New Caledonia: Between Plum & Yati: 25.iii.1968, 1 ♀, T.C. Maa. Col des Roussettes : 450–550 m, 4–6.ii.1963, 1 ♂, Malaise trap, C.M. Yoshimoto & N.L.H. Krauss. Hienghène: 0–50 m, i.1969, 1 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss. La Crouen: 31.i.1963, 1 ♀, C.M. Yoshimoto & N.L.H. Krauss. Poindime: 26.xi.1958, 1 ♀ ( BMNH), C.R. Joyce ; 0–50 m, i.1969, 1 ♂, N.L.H. Krauss. Paita: 13.x.1928, 2 ♀, C.R. Joyce; 6 Km of Paita , 25.i.1963, 1 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss. Pouébo : 20–100 m, 3.ii.1964, 1 ♀, R. Straatman. Rivière Bleue: 35 km SE of Nouméa , 160–180 m 14.ix.1963, 1 ♂, R. Straatman. Yahoue: 2.iii.1978, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ); ii.1976, 1 ♂ ( BMNH) ; 60–100 m, ii.1980, 1 ♂ ( MNRJ), N.L.H. Krauss .

Comments. First recorded from three localities by Shinonaga et al. (1991). Pont (1972) redescribed the species and illustrated the male and female terminalia.

Distribution. Australia (Qld), Belau, French Polynesia (Society Is), Guam, Indonesia (Maluku), Micronesia, New Caledonia ( New Caledonia), PNG (Bismarck Arch., PNG), Rennell I., Solomon Is, Western Samoa; Afrotropical and Oriental Regions.

Figures

FIGURES 17–26. Dichaetomyia shinonagai, sp. nov. 17–20. Male terminalia. 17. Sternite 5. 18. Cercal plate and surstylus, dorsal view. 19. Cercal plate and surstylus, lateral view. 20. Aedeagus, lateral view. 21–22. Female. 21. Ovipositor, dorsal view. 22. Ovipositor, ventral view and spermathecae. 23–26. Larva. 23. Anterior segments. 24. Posterior segments. 25. Cephalopharyngeal skeleton. 26. Posterior spiracle.

FIGURES 27–34. 27–33. Helina flavoextrema, sp. nov. 27–30. Male terminalia. 27. Sternite 5. 28. Cercal plate and surstylus, dorsal view. 29. Cercal plate and surstylus, lateral view. 30. Aedeagus, lateral view. 31–33. Female. 31. Ovipositor, dorsal view. 32. Ovipositor, ventral view and spermathecae. 33. Egg, lateral view. 34. Limnophora longiantennata, sp. nov., ovipositor, lateral view and spermatheca.