Chelipoda species D

Plant, Adrian R., 2009, Diversity Of Chelipoda Macquart, 1823 (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) In Northern Thailand With Discussion Of A Biodiversity ‘ Hot Spot’ At Doi Inthanon, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57 (2), pp. 255-277 : 271-272

Chelipoda species D

Material examined. – THAILAND: Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon National Park, Checkpoint 2, 18°31.554'N 98°29.940'E, 1,700 m, Malaise trap, coll. Y. Areeluck, 3 females, 2–8 July. 2006 ( NMWC, T56 ) 7 females, 15–22 Jul.2006 ( NMWG, T73 ) ; Loei, Phu Ruea National Park, Ma Kraow Ditch , 17°29.652'N 101°21.020'E, 1,167 m, pan trap, coll. P. Tumtip, 1 female, 10–11 Noc. 2006 ( NMWC, T1113 ) ; Khonkaen, Nam Pong National Park Office, 16°37.341'N 102°34.467'E, 324 m, Malaise trap, coll. K. Jaidee, 1 female, 19–26 Jul.2006 ( NMWC, T109 ) .

Diagnosis. – In the absence of male specimens, this species will not be formally described in the present work and it is included in the key and mentioned here only to prevent confusion with other species. Variation in antennal colour and intensity of markings on the scutum may indicate that more than one species is involved.

Head black with paler dusting and antenna yellow to brown, poped 2.5× long as wide. Thorax yellow including area between and behind front coxae; scutum with strong rather broad median stripe (0.3× width of scutum), sometimes more diffuse and fading in prescutellar depression; anterior dc strong, three pairs of much smaller postior dc; sa minute; postalar present, minute. F 1 strongly inflated, spines yellow, double row of denticles black. Abdomen dark above, whitish yellow below.