Scaptomyza paralobae Hardy, 1965

Rampasso, Augusto Santos & O’Grady, Patrick Michael, 2025, Review of Hawaiian Elmomyza species (Diptera, Drosophilidae, Scaptomyza). I. The cyrtandrae, exigua, and obscuricornis species groups, with the descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 5729 (1), pp. 1-42 : 39

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5729.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17907809

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scientific name

Scaptomyza paralobae Hardy, 1965
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Scaptomyza paralobae Hardy, 1965 View in CoL

( Fig. 28 View FIGURE 28 )

Scaptomyza paralobae Hardy, 1965: 725 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Male terminalia dark. In posterior view, the surstylus has two conspicuous lobes. The dorsal lobe extends posteriorly into a broad and blunt projection, which is much longer than the other terminal sclerites in lateral view. The ventral lobe extends medially and presents a group of long bristles. A marginal row of nine surstylar teeth in found in the middle portion of the surstylus.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Hawaiʻi.

Ecology. Unknown.

Types. The holotype male (6546, on pin) and allotype female (6546a, on pin) are deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Mauna Loa , Hawaiʻi, 4,272 ft. [ 1,302 m], Aug 1956, D. E. Hardy col.

Material Examined. Paratype. 1 ♂ ( UHIM2015.01770 ). Pauahi , Hawaiʻi, 4,300 ft. [ 1,310 m], Aug 1956, D. E. Hardy col., 1962 D. E. Hardy det.

Scaptomyza recta Hardy, 1965: 740 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Surstylus has two conspicuous lobes in posterior view. The dorsal lobe extends posteriorly into a broad and blunt projection, which reaches a similar length as the cecal plates in lateral view. The ventral lobe extends medially and presents a group of long bristles. A marginal row of surstylar teeth is found in the middle portion of the surstylus.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Maui.

Ecology. Unknown.

Types. The holotype male (6554, on pin) and allotype female (6554a, on pin) are deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Puʻu Kukui, Maui, 20 Dec 1928, O. H. Swezey col.

Notes. We did not have access to any specimen of this species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Drosophilidae

Genus

Scaptomyza

Loc

Scaptomyza paralobae Hardy, 1965

Rampasso, Augusto Santos & O’Grady, Patrick Michael 2025
2025
Loc

Scaptomyza paralobae

Hardy, D. E. 1965: 725
1965
Loc

Scaptomyza recta

Hardy, D. E. 1965: 740
1965
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