Rhipidia (Rhipidia) hypomelania Alexander 1936

Main Authors: Zhang, Xiao, Li, Yan, Yang, Ding
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2014
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6127934
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  • Rhipidia (Rhipidia) hypomelania (Alexander, 1936) (Figs. 30–33) Limonia (Rhipidia) hypomelania Alexander, 1936: 236. Type locality: Mt. Omei, Sichuan (China). Diagnosis. Male antenna with eight bipectinate flagellomeres. Mesonotum uniformly brownish yellow; pleuron brownish black with dorsal part brownish yellow. Wing pale yellow with numerous very pale brown spots; most spots very indistinct and making wing almost unicolor; Sc 1 ending beyound one-third length of Rs, basal section of CuA 1 proximad of fork of M. Lobe of gonostylus with five or six rostral spines. Description. Male. Body length 6.8 mm, wing length 7.8 mm. Head (fig. 31). Black, dusted with grayish white. Antenna 1.3–1.5 mm long. Scape and pedicel brownish black, flagellomeres one to eleven grayish white with basal enlargements and branches dark brown, terminal flagellomere dark brown. First flagellomere stout basally; each of flagellomeres two to nine inclusive with two branches which are the longest at fourth or fifth flagellomere and nearly one-half longer than corresponding flagellomere; flagellomeres ten and eleven inclusive with single short branch; terminal flagellomere longated, exceeding penultimate. Proboscis and palpus black. Thorax(fig. 30). Generally brownish yellow to brownish black, dusted with grayish white. Mesonotum uniformly brownish yellow. Pleuron brownish black with upper part brownish yellow. Coxae brownish black; trochanters brownish yellow to brownish black; femora yellow with bases darker; tibiae yellow; tarsi yellow with terminal segments brownish yellow. Wing (fig. 32) pale yellow; all cells with numerous very pale brown spots; most spots very indistinct and making wing almost unicolor; similar in size but darker spots at middle area of cell Sc, origin of Rs, fork of Sc, and wing tip;veins yellow, darker in clouded areas. Venation: Sc 1 ending beyound onethird length of Rs, Sc 2 near its tip; basal section of CuA 1 proximad of fork of M. Halter 0.7–0.8 mm long, yellow with knob darker. Abdomen. Tergites and sternites brownish yellow. Hypopygium (fig. 33). Gonocoxite with a single simple ventromesal lobe. Clasper of gonostylus arched at 2 / 3 length, suddenly narrowed to apical spine. Lobe of gonostylus medium-sized; rostral prolongation long with five or six long spines near tip. Paramere with mesoapical angle brownish yellow. Female. Unknown. Specimens examined. Holotype male (USNM), China: Sichuan, Mt. Omei (1676–3353 m), 1934. VIII. 16– 20, Graham. The hypopygium is mounted on a similarly labeled microscope slide. Three legs are still attached or affixed to the body, and the remaining three legs are absent. Distribution. China (Sichuan). Remarks. For description and illustration of this species, also see Alexander (1936).
  • Published as part of Zhang, Xiao, Li, Yan & Yang, Ding, 2014, A review of the genus Rhipidia Meigen from China, with descriptions of seven new species (Diptera, Limoniidae), pp. 201-239 in Zootaxa 3764 (3) on pages 215-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/253335