Diostracus laetus, Zhu & Tang & Yang, 2023

Zhu, Yajun, Tang, Chufei & Yang, Ding, 2023, Six new species of Diostracus Loew (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Tibet, ZooKeys 1163, pp. 1-46 : 1

Diostracus laetus sp. nov.

Figs 12 , 13 , 14 , 15

Type material.

Holotype: China • ♂, China: Tibet, Shigatse, Yatung County (27°48'N, 88°90'E), 2700-3200 m, 2018. VII. 13, leg. Yajun Zhu.

Diagnosis.

MSSC: Wings with dark and yellow markings at middle. CI with a brown curved anterior spine at extreme apex; CII with row of four brown anterior spines along apical edge; fore trochanter with row of upwards curved bristles along basal edge. FI with short upwards curved ventral bristles on basal 1/4; TI thickened, with rows of pale ventral hairs on apical 3/4, and apically with two long wavy posterior bristles; FII with row of long av and posteroventral hairs.

Description.

Male (Fig. 12 ). Body length 7.4 mm; wing length 8.2 mm.

Head (Fig. 13A ) dark metallic green with pale brown pollinosity. Eyes separated; face widened towards clypeus. Hairs and bristles on head black; lower postocular bristles including posteroventral hairs pale. Ocellar tubercle distinct, with pair of oc (broken), pair of posterior hairs; vt weak, slightly shorter than pvt. Antenna black; scape without dorsal bristle; first flagellomere subrectangular, 1.3 × longer than wide; arista apicodorsal, 5.3 × as long as first flagellomere, nearly bare. Proboscis yellowish brown with blackish edge; palpus lobate, 2.3 × as long as broad, blackish with a purple luster, without distinctive bristle.

Thorax dark metallic green with pale brown pollinosity. Hairs and bristles on thorax black; six mostly hair-like dc except posterior most one dc longest and thick; acr absent; one h, one ph, two npl, one sa, one psa; scutellum with pair of long sc. Propleuron with two or three sparse short pale curved hairs on upper portion and two long pale curved hairs on lower portion.

Legs nearly entirely black except extreme apexes of coxae and trochanters brownish yellow; claws well developed, empodium and pulvilli reduced. Hairs and bristles on legs black. CI with short sparse pale hairs on anterior surface, and a brown curved anterior spine at extreme apex (Fig. 13D ); CII with row of four brown anterior spines along apical edge; CIII nearly bare. Fore trochanter with ridge and row of upwardly curved bristles along basal edge (Fig. 13D ). FI distinctly thickened, with short upwards curved ventral bristles on basal 1/4; TI thickened, with four ad, one pd at middle, rows of pale ventral hairs on apical 3/4, and apically with two long wavy posterior bristles (Fig. 13D ); It1 shortened, apex expanded, concave ventrally, anterior ventral margin expanded into a lobate, with comb of bristles on anterior surface (Fig. 13D ); It2 with a finger-like lobe at extreme base, with a posteroventral ridge on basal half (Fig. 13D ). FII thickened, with row of seven short av spines, row of three long anteroventral hairs and row of long posteroventral hairs (as long as FII depth, somewhat curved on basal 2/3) (Fig. 13C ); TII with two ad, apically with two long bristles. FIII without conspicuous hairs and bristles; TIII with three ad, two pd, without outstanding ventral bristle. Relative lengths of tibia and five tarsomeres: LI 5.5: 1.2: 3.0: 3.3: 1.8: 1.0; LII 10.2: 6.4: 3.2: 1.8: 0.9: 1.0; LIII 11.8: 6.2: 4.2: 1.8: 0.9: 1.0.

Wing (Fig. 13E ) hyaline, anterior half and area around crossvein m-cu yellowish, with dark cloud on middle of cell R2+3, and a stripe of dark cloud along M1 and expanding along posterodistal corner of distal cell, dark cloud in subapical portion of distal cell prominent; veins dark brown, R4+5 curved at middle, M1 curved at apical 1/3; crossvein m-cu acutely and deeply arched to vein M1, forming a hairpin curve, with a slender jet-black brand inside hairpin curve, accessory cellula 1.3 × longer than width. Squama brown with brown hairs. Halter yellow with blackish apex.

Abdomen (Fig. 13B ) nearly as long as head and thorax combined, dark metallic green with pale brown pollinosity, except edge of sternites, apex of epandrium and base of cercus pale. Abdomen with short sparse pale pubescence. Posterior edge of sternite IV forwards recurved with row of short curve spines (Figs 14A, B , 15A ). Lateroposterior corner of tergite V elongated into a triangular process. Sternite V split into pair of sclerites, each sclerite ginkgo leaf-like (Figs 14A, B , 15A ).

Male genitalia (Figs 14C, D , 15B, C ): Epandrium slightly longer than wide. Epandrial lobe and surstylus pale and lamellated. Epandrial lobe short, band-like, apically with one long and one short bristles. Surstylus irregular in shape, with irregular processes and bristles. Process of subepandrial sclerite exceeding epandrium margin, with short fine pubescence. Hypandrium thick, apically with a shallow, U-shaped incision. Cercus band-like, somewhat bent, with long dark yellow hairs around cercus.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Tibet).

Remarks.

The new species belongs to pulchripennis subgroup and is quite similar to D. emotoi . Both species have same chaetotaxy on FII and they are similar in wing style. However, the new species has no posterior bristles on FI, long ventral hairs and two wavy bristles on TI, and relatively smaller wing accessory cellula (2.5 × as long as wide).

Etymology.

The name of new species refers to the bright coloration of male wings.

Figures

Figure 12. D. laetus, male, lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Figure 13. D. laetus male A head, lateral view B abdomen, lateral view C base of FII, anterior view D LI, anterior view E part of wing. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 14. D. laetus male A abdominal Sternite IV and V, male genitalia removed, lateral view B abdomen, male genitalia removed, ventral view C male genitalia, lateral view D male genitalia, ventral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Figure 15. D. laetus male A abdominal Sternite IV and V, male genitalia removed, ventral view B male genitalia, lateral view C male genitalia, ventral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.