Alluaudomyia simulata, Sinha & Mazumdar & Chaudhuri, 2005

Sinha, Saswati, Mazumdar, Abhijit & Chaudhuri, Prasanta K., 2005, New species of predaceous midges of the genus Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1913 (Insecta, Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from the coastal region of West Bengal, India, Zoosystema 27 (1), pp. 115-122 : 119-120

Alluaudomyia simulata n. sp. ( Fig. 3 )

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: West Bengal, Nandigram , 12.VIII.1990, S. Sinha coll., ( NZC) . Paratypes: same data as holotype, 3 specs ( MNHN) ; same data as holo-

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ETYMOLOGY. — “ Simulatus ” means similar wing spots.

DESCRIPTION

Male

Wing length 0.76 (0.76-0.78, n = 3) mm, breadth 0.32 (n = 3) mm.

Head brown. Vertex with 13 setae. Eyes contiguous. Antennal brown plume well developed.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Alluaudomyia simulata n. sp.,; A, maxillary palpus; B, legs; C, hind tibial comb; D, wing; E, genitalia. Scale bars: A, 0.05 mm; D, 0.4 mm; E, 0.1 mm.