Sobarocephala hirsutiseta (Frey)

Lonsdale, Owen, 2014, Revision of the Old World Sobarocephala (Diptera: Clusiidae), Zootaxa 3760 (2), pp. 211-240 : 221

Sobarocephala hirsutiseta (Frey)

Fig. 21

Allometopon hirsutiseta Frey, 1928: 107 .

Sobarocephala hirsutiseta . Lonsdale In: Sasakawa, 2011: 11.

Redescription (Fig. 21). Male. Unknown.

Female. Body length 3.0mm. Arista plumose with hairs dense on basal 2/3. Setae dark brown. Ocellar seta well-developed. Presutural intra-alar seta absent. Two well-developed dorsocentral setae. Acrostichal seta absent. One pair of lateral scutellar setae. Head predominantly yellow; first flagellomere with strong dorsal stripe; ocellar tubercle brown (sometimes surrounded by large triangular spot continuing onto back of head); face and clypeus light brown, or clypeus and quadrate facial spot dark brown; gena shining. Scutum yellow with lateral margin behind postpronotum and long central vitta brown; central vitta sometimes continuing to anterior margin as lighter stripe. Scutellum and katatergite brown; anatergite and mediotergite piceous or brown. Pleuron yellow with anepisternum, anepimeron, proepisternum and katatergite dark brown. Legs yellow with fore tibia and tarsi dark brown, and mid coxa with small light brown spot medially. Halter entirely white. Wing very lightly clouded. M1+2 ratio 3.0. Abdomen mostly dark brown, yellow to light brown past segment 7.

Holotype: PHILIPPINES. Samar, Catbalogan , iv.1915 (1♀, NHMW).

Additional material examined: PHILIPPINES. Mt. Malindang , 8.x.1981, T. Borromeo, “misamis occidental, 1000m ” (1♀, BMNH).

Comments. This species was recombined in Sasakawa (2011) based on observations of the type specimen made by the present author. While male genitalic features are not present to confirm this combination, external characters of the wing, head and bristle number and arrangement correspond exactly to species here considered to belong to the Sobarocephala plumicornis species group as discussed above.