Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 80. (Budapest 1988)

Roháček, J. ; Papp, L.: A review of the genus Paralimosina L. Papp (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae), with descriptions of ten new species

emargination. S6 characterized by its bipartite, membraneous, finely tuberculate and haired lobe on its stripe-like ventral part. Genitalia — Periandrium (Figs 21, 22) large, irregularly ball-shaped, with narrow anal fissure and rather short setae. Subanal plate reduced, its caudal setae short and weak, paired scale-like setae flattened but not large. Gonostylus (Fig. 24) with large anterior flat lobe armed with a ventral tooth and bearing a finely haired anterior area; posterior lobe small and shortly setose and with several short spines anteroventrally. Aedeagal complex (Fig. 23) with short, ventrally recurved and somewhat projecting phallophore. Dorsal sclerite of distiphallus robust, with an apical large pointed process and a small dorsal process. Ventral sclerite connected with complex sclerites apically. Membraneous part of distiphallus laterally fringed and with fine setulae. Postgonite slender, pale, with 2 small teeth on apex and several minute setulae at anterior margin. Ejaculatory apodeme rather long but slender. Female. Similar to male but femora less thickened and t

2 with long va (Fig. 30). Total body length 1.38-1.81 mm, ratio t

2 : mt

2 — 1.74-1.77. Wing measurements: length 1.26-1.53 mm, width 0.60-0.70 mm, C-index = 0.96-1.02, ta-tp : tp = 1.20-1.83. Abdomen more shining than mesonotum, with similar fine greyish tomentum. Tergal bristles comparatively short and sterna rather narrow. Postabdomen (Figs 25-27) narrow with long sclerites. T7 simple, longer than S7. T10 pale pigmented, convex, relatively long but with reduced dorsal setulae. S8 large, as long as wide, with 2 long setae besides minute setulae. S10 wider than S8, very deeply and narrowly incised anteriorly. Spectacles-shaped sclerite (Figs 32, 33) with only medial part strongly sclerotized; rings large, situated aslant and pale pigmented. Spermathecae (Fig. 31) tyre-shaped, with apical and basal impressions, simple surface. Terminal parts of spermathecal ducts relatively long, slender and slightly bulbously thickened. Cerci rather small, widely separated, each with a long sinuate apical and shorter other hairs. Etymology — The name refers to the short body of the species. Distribution : Nepal. Discussion — The affinity of P. brevis sp. n. to other Paralimosina species is not clear. Perhaps species with similar pubescence on fore part of gonostylus (e. g. P. marsh alii sp. n., P. bracteata sp. n., P. ceylanica) could be more closely related to it. 5. Paralimosina ceyîanica (L. PAPP, 1979) comb. n. (Figs 34-46) Hackmaniella ceylanica L. PAPP, 1979: 369-370, Fig. 8. Type material — Holotype rf : Ceylan, [Sri Lanka], Central: Horton Plains, 2100 m, 15. II. 1970, No. 68, leg. Mussard, Besuchet et Löbl (MHNG) (examined). For paratypes see L. Papp (1979) (all examined). New records — Ceylon : Central Prov., Horton Plains, 7000 ft., 12 mis SSE NuwaraEliya, 7 rf 8 9 19. VII. 1962 (loc. 163), indigeneous forest, sifted in debris; 1 çf 19.-20. VII. 1962 (loc. 162), all Lund Ceylon Exp. (ZIL, HNHM). Description — An apterous species with brown, velvety dull M-shaped mark anteriorly reaching to frontal lunule; very short scutellum; whitish tarsomeres 2-5 of fore leg; broad, convex, shining black but finely reticulate terga with long pale setae. t

2 chaetotaxy (Figs 43, 44) not essentially different from other Paralimosina species, but with rather long va even in males. Male S5 (Fig. 37) simple, shortly setose. S6 with a short, transverse, finely pubescent membraneous lobe behind its stripe-like ventral part. Male genitalia — Periandrium (Figs 34, 35) relatively small, ball-shaped, shortly setose. Hypandrium short, asymmetrical but with robust ventral appendage. Subanal plate with much reduced caudal bristle and well developed scale-like ventral paired setae. Gonostylus (Fig. 36) with small posterior lobe, setose mainly ventrally and posteriorly. Anterior lobe of gonostylus large, flat, ventrally emarginate and anteriorly finely pubescent externally and with a row of short small internal spines. Aedeagal complex (Fig. 38) with ventrally pointed phallophore. Distiphallus with paired teeth on dorsal sclerite ; its ventral sclerite connected apically with finely serrate sclerites. Postgonite pale, slender, apically blunt, with a small tubercle and some 4 setulae at anterior margin. Ejaculatory apodeme rather large. Female postabdomen (Figs 39, 40) — 776 much wider and darker than 777. T10 pale, transverse but rather large, with 2 small dorsal setulae. S7 posteriorly tapered, transverse, narrower than