Goniurellia lacerata ( Becker, 1913 )

Goniurellia lacerata ( Becker, 1913) View in CoL

( Figure 6A, B, E & F View FIGURE 6 )

Trupanea lacerata Becker, 1913: 644 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: A small sized ( 2.97 mm) dark greyish species with well developed chaetotaxy on head and thorax. Three frontal setae and 2 orbital setae, posterior orbital stubby white and shorter than anterior, ocellar setae crossed forming X-pattern, outer vertical stubby white and postocular thick stubby white. Thorax dark grayish, setose, with 3 darker lyrate vittae, full complement of thoracic setae except lacking apical scutellar setae. Entire scutum and abdomen covered in whitish setulae. All legs yellowish fulvous. Wings ( 2.75 mm) hyaline except reticulate pattern on wing apex. Dark black spot present in cell r2+3 confluent with vein R 4+5, circular oval spot present in cell r4+5 beside 6 irregular shaped hyaline spots ( Figure 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Apical Y-shaped fork present in cell r4+5 and outer arms confluent with vein R 4+5 and M. Abdomen black except lateral margins of tergites I and II brownish. Narrow brownish band present on posterior end of tergites II–V, 5–6 long setae present on posterior margin of tergite V.

Genitalia: Epandrium elongated oval in posterior view, epandrium higher than proctiger, lateral surstylus longer than median surstylus, latter with dark spiny prensisetae, aedeagus 0.29 mm long excluding glans ( 0.12 mm) and apical lobe ( 1.28 mm), the latter unusually elongate ( Figure 6E & F View FIGURE 6 ).

Material examined: 1 ♂, on Bidens pilosa L., INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, Nauni, 30°51’47” N 77°10’7”. 5.vi.2024, Maneesh Leg. at Zoological Survey of India ( HARC, Solan) .

Host plant: Not recorded in the region (possibly Pulicaria sp. ).

Distribution: Egypt: Sinai ( Freidberg & Kugler, 1989), Iran ( Mohamadzade Namin et al., 2018), and India: Himachal Pradesh ( first record).