Meoneura nigrohalterata, Papp, 2013

Papp, L., 2013, New Species And Records Of Meoneura Rondani, 1856 From The Old World Tropics (Diptera, Carnidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3), pp. 213-227 : 223-225

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5736202

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA0376-FFB4-DA06-3307-FA6DFC30FA88

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Felipe

scientific name

Meoneura nigrohalterata
status

sp. nov.

Meoneura nigrohalterata View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 30–33 View Figs 26–33 )

Holotype male ( BMSA): Namibia, Brandberg , Wassarfallfläche, 21°10’48’’S 14°33’11’’E, 20.iii.2001, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs. Klipspringer dung. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 5 males ( BMSA, 1 m HNHM): same data as for the holotype GoogleMaps ; 1 male ( BMSA): ibid., Mason Shelter , 21°04’39’’S 14°05’43’’E, 09.iii.2002, 1750 m GoogleMaps . 1 female ( BMSA): ibid., Mason Shelter , 21°04’39’’S 14°05’43’’E, 05–14.iii.2002, 1750 m, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs & E. Marais, Malaise trap riverbed GoogleMaps ; 1 female ( BMSA): ibid., Lüderitz district, Klinghardt Mnts , at: 27°20’04’’S 15°46’00’’E, 27.viii.–3.ix.1998, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs & E. Marais, Malaise trap sample GoogleMaps . 1 female ( HNHM): RSA, Eastern Cape Prov., Shamwari Game Reserve, on elephant dung, Jan 11, GPS10, 33°24’47.0’’S 26°05’45.0’’E, 301 m, No. 14; L. Papp & M. Földvári GoogleMaps .

Measurements in mm: body length 1.24 (holotype) 1.06–1.35 (paratypes), wing length

1.04 (holotype), 1.07–1.27 (paratypes), wing width 0.44 (holotype), 0.43–0.52.

All body shiny black, microtrichia (tomentum) dark and sparse.

Frontal triangle black shiny, extended to 2/5 of the distance of anterior ocellus to frontal margin, anterior 1/3 of frons dirty yellow, this colour continued laterally to frontal triangle. Palpus slightly longer than flagellomere. Anterior genal setae short and thick, view, 33 = postgonite, lateral view. Scales: 0.2 mm for Fig. 26 View Figs 26–33 , 0.1 mm for Figs 27–33 View Figs 26–33 .

0.055–0.06 mm, medial one slightly more than half as long, lower genal seta comparatively strong upcurved, 0.07 mm. Mostly only 1 more posterior longer genal seta present. Eye 0.21 × 0.155 mm. Gena at lowest point of eye 0.08 mm. Arista 0.14–0.15 mm long with very fine pilosity.

Prescutellar acrostichal pair only 0.05–0.055 mm long, longest anepisternal seta 0.10 mm, longest katepisternal 0.09 mm.

Legs all black. Fore femur with 2 long posteroventral setae.

Wing membrane light yellowish (whitish), veins yellow. Knob of haltere black (actu- ally graphite grey), stalk in the same colour.

Epandrium with a pair of long dorsal setae, 0.11–0.12 mm. Subepandrial sclerite ( Fig. 30 View Figs 26–33 ) broad but not reaching most ventral part of epandrium in caudal view. Epandrium 0.075 mm long, longest caudal seta 0.07 –0.08 mm long but epandrial setae comparatively thick. Anal aperture of epandrium rather large, subcercal part with 2 pairs of short setae. Cercus rather thinly sclerotised. Surstylus ( Figs 31–32 View Figs 26–33 ) large and simple, i.e. broad without an apex; surstylar setae are short both on lateral and medial surfaces. No lamella developed at all. Postgonite ( Fig. 33 View Figs 26–33 ) longer than its basal width, apical part broadly rounded with a small anteriorly curved and not sharp apex.

Etymology. The specific epithet of the new species refers to its black haltere.

Meoneura nigrohalterata View in CoL sp. n. is an easily recognisable species. There are but a few species of Meoneura View in CoL with dark haltere (see Hennig 1937, SAbrosky 1959). Those two Nearctic species, M. nigrifrons Malloch, 1915 View in CoL and M. wirthi Sabrosky, 1959 View in CoL , as well as two Palaearctic species, M. elongella (Zetterstedt, 1838) View in CoL and M. perlamellata Hennig, 1937 View in CoL are not related at all (see SAbrosky 1959: figs 9–10, Hennig 1937: textfig. 70). There is a third species, M. alpina Hennig, 1948 View in CoL (= M. ungulata Carles-Tolrá et Ventura, 2002 View in CoL , synonymy by Stuke, 2009), where “Haltere brown”, but its male genitalia are definitely different (CArles- Tolrá & VenturA 2002: fig. 3). This is the first species of this kind in the Afrotropical region. The surstylus of the new species resembles to that of M. scutellata Deeming, 1976 View in CoL but contrarily to M. scutellata View in CoL , its antenna is dark and the knob of haltere in M. scutellata View in CoL is white.

BMSA

National Museum Bloemfontein

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Carnidae

Genus

Meoneura

Loc

Meoneura nigrohalterata

Papp, L. 2013
2013
Loc

Meoneura nigrohalterata

Papp 2013
2013
Loc

Meoneura

Papp 2013
2013
Loc

M. ungulata Carles-Tolrá et Ventura, 2002

Carles-Tolra et Ventura 2002
2002
Loc

M. scutellata

Deeming 1976
1976
Loc

M. scutellata

Deeming 1976
1976
Loc

M. scutellata

Deeming 1976
1976
Loc

M. wirthi

Sabrosky 1959
1959
Loc

M. alpina

Hennig 1948
1948
Loc

M. perlamellata

Hennig 1937
1937
Loc

M. nigrifrons

Malloch 1915
1915
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