taxonID	type	description	language	source
141A6AF01BA709BE5E921CF5F2B6F648.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Mesoscutum entirely yellow; scutellum entirely blackish; postnotum entirely blackish. Thoracic pleuron with only hypopleuron black except lower portion. Left surstylus large and broad; left cercus long with swollen apex.	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
141A6AF01BA709BE5E921CF5F2B6F648.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body length 2.4 - 2.6 mm, wing length 2.2 - 2.5 mm. Head black with pale gray pollinosity. Setulae and setae on head brownish yellow. Eyes contiguous on face. Ocellar tubercle with 2 oc and 2 short posterior setulae; 1 vt curved inward, slightly longer than oc. Antenna brown except scape and pedicel yellow; scape bare, shorter than pedicel; pedicel with circlet of blackish apical setulae; 1 st flagellomere short, conical, 2.0 times longer than wide, short pubescent; arista long (4 times longer than 1 st flagellomere), dark brown, short pubescent. Proboscis brownish yellow with blackish setulae; palpus yellow with blackish setulae and 1 blackish apical seta. Thorax mostly yellow with thin pale gray pollinosity; mesoscutum lacking dark spots; scutellum and postnotum blackish, laterotergite yellow; hypopleuron black except lower portion, metapleuron without spot. Setulae and setae on thorax blackish; mesoscutum with sparse setulae; h absent, 2 npl (posterior npl longer), 1 sa, 1 psa, biseriate acr, uniseriate dc and 1 long strong posteriormost dc; scutellum with two pairs of sc (basal pair very short, about 1 / 4 as long as apical pair). Legs yellow. Setulae and setae on legs blackish; fore coxa with 2 anterior setae at base, apically with 2 anterior setae; mid coxa apically with 3 anterior setae; hind coxa with 1 outer seta at apical margin. Fore femur 1.1 times as thick as mid femur, mid and hind femora subequal in thickness. Fore and mid femora each with 1 long thin pv at extreme base; mid femur with 1 preapical anterior seta; hind femur with 3 weak ad at base. Fore tibia apically with 1 av and 1 pv; mid tibia with row of short spine-like brown ventral setae, apically with 1 av and 1 pv; hind tibia with 2 ad, apically with 1 av. Hind tarsomere 1 without distinct ventral setae. Wing hyaline, veins dark brown, crossvein m-cu nearly vertical. Calypter brown with blackish setulae. Halter brown. Abdomen mostly yellow with thin pale gray pollinosity; tergite 1 wholly membranous; tergites 2 - 3 brown, each with pair of subtrianglur lateral sclerites brown, medially linear and interrupted; tergite 4 broadest and tergite 5 narrow, blackish; tergite 5 anteriorly with large, separated, bare, blackish sclerite hidden within tergite 4; hypopygium dark brownish yellow. Setulae and setae on abdomen blackish except tergites 4 - 5 each with group of short squamiform black setae laterally, tergite 7 with row of long setae at posterior margin. Male genitalia (Figs 5 - 7): Left epandrial lobe rather narrow in dorsal view, with surstylus large and broad in lateral view. Right epandrial lobe rather large in dorsal view, fused with apically narrowed surstylus. Left cercus long with swollen apex; right cercus rather short, about 1 / 3 as long left cercus. Female. Unknown.	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
141A6AF01BA709BE5E921CF5F2B6F648.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Taiwan).	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
141A6AF01BA709BE5E921CF5F2B6F648.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the yellow scutum.	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
657879E64FCD8C255F7410F91107ED6D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Arista thick with plumose pubescence. Mesoscutum with two small lateral spots and one large mid-posterior spot. Abdominal tergites 3 - 5 without short squamiform setae.	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
657879E64FCD8C255F7410F91107ED6D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangdong, Taiwan).	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
24A66203C161079A1BCF8C2D49AF7338.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Arista with distinct pubescence. Mesoscutum with three black spots. Hind tibia without ad. Left cercus rather large with 7 long strong apical setae.	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
24A66203C161079A1BCF8C2D49AF7338.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body length 2.3 mm, wing length 2.5 mm. Head black with pale gray pollinosity. Setulae on head yellow, setae brownish yellow. Eyes contiguous on face. Ocellar tubercle with 2 oc and 2 short posterior setulae; 2 vt curved inward, outer vt shorter than inner vt. Antenna dark brown except scape and pedicel yellow; scape bare, shorter than pedicel; pedicel with circlet of blackish apical setulae; 1 st flagellomere long, conical, 2.4 times longer than wide, short pubescent; arista long (3.6 times longer than 1 st flagellomere), dark brown, distinctly pubescent. Proboscis dark brownish yellow with blackish setulae; palpus yellow with blackish setulae and 1 blackish apical seta. Thorax mostly yellow with thin pale gray pollinosity; mesoscutum with three blackish spots, median spot running through entire scutum and wider anteriorly; scutellum and postnotum black; pleuron with posterior portion (including hypopleuron, metapleuron and posterior portion of pteropleuron) black, mesopleuron and sternopleuron each with a blackish spot. Setulae on thorax yellow, setae brownish yellow; mesoscutum with short dense setulae; h absent, 2 npl (posterior npl longer), 1 prsc, 1 sa, 1 psa, acr and dc multiseriate and uniformly short; scutellum with two pairs of sc (basal pair very short, about 1 / 4 as long as apical pair). Legs yellow except fore tibia and tarsus brown, mid tarsus and hind tarsomere 5 brownish yellow. Setulae and setae on legs blackish; fore coxa with 2 anterior setae at base, apically with 2 anterior setae; mid coxa apically with 3 anterior setae; hind coxa with 1 outer seta at apical margin. Fore femur 1.1 times as thick as mid femur, fore and hind femora subequal in thickness. Fore and mid femora each with row of short thin pv, and 1 long thin pv at extreme base; mid femur with 1 preapical anterior seta; hind femur with 3 weak ad at base. Fore tibia apically with 1 av and 1 pv; mid tibia with row of short spine-like black ventral setae, apically with 1 short av and 1 long pv; hind tibia without ad, apically with 1 av. Hind tarsomere 1 with 4 - 5 very short, irregular av. Wing hyaline, slightly uniformly tinged grayish; veins dark brown, crossvein m-cu oblique. Calypter brown with blackish setulae. Halter brown. Abdomen dark brown with thin pale gray pollinosity; tergites complete except tergite 1 linear; tergite 3 relatively board, blackish; hypopygium blackish. Setulae and setae on abdomen blackish except tergites 3 - 5 each with group of short squamiform black setae laterally, tergite 7 with row of long setae at posterior margin. Male genitalia (Figs 8 - 10): Left epandrial lobe rather narrow, with surstylus finger-like and apically curved inward in dorsal view. Right epandrial lobe rather large and broad, fused with surstylus of complicated shape. Left cercus rather long and large with 7 long strong apical setae. Right cercus very small (about 1 / 10 as long as left cercus), short finger-like. Female. Unknown.	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
24A66203C161079A1BCF8C2D49AF7338.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Taiwan).	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
24A66203C161079A1BCF8C2D49AF7338.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the mesoscutum with three spots.	en	Wang, Jinjing, Zhang, Lili, Yang, Ding (2012): Two new species and one newly recorded species of Elaphropeza Macquart from Taiwan (Diptera, Empididae, Tachydromiinae). ZooKeys 203: 15-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3284
