Portschinskia himalayana, GRUNIN, 1962

PORTSCHINSKIA HIMALAYANA GRUNIN, 1962 View in CoL

Portschinskia himalayana Grunin, 1962: 91 View in CoL . Type locality: India: Sikkim.

Portschinskia himalayana View in CoL : Grunin (1965: 54); Zumpt (1965: 192); Padmanaban et al. (1990); Pont (1973: 701); Soós & Minář (1986: 246); Colwell et al. (2006: 262).

Diagnosis: Hair-like setae on frons and facial ridge dark brown or black. Abdomen with yellow setae anteriorly, black setae in the middle in male and reddish setae posteriorly, and in female with predominantly black setae in anterior and reddish setae on last two segments.

Redescription: Male: Body length 18.8 mm; wing length and width 15.5 mm × 6.2 mm (N = 1). Female unknown. Large compound eye, height relative to head ≥ 1/2. Antennal pedicel broader than long, with a distinct concavity in the middle of the distal margin ( Fig. 5D View Figure 5 ). Width of frons ~1/7 width of head in dorsal view in male. Hair-like setae on frons and facial ridge dark brown or black ( Fig. 5D View Figure 5 ), on presutural area of scutum, postpronotal lobe, anepisternum, postalar callus and scutellum yellow. Abdomen with yellow setae anteriorly, black setae in the middle and reddish setae posteriorly in male, and in female the abdomen with predominantly black setae anteriorly, followed by reddish setae on last two segments ( Figs 1D View Figure 1 , 3D View Figure 3 ). Wing hyaline or light brown; vein M strongly curved at the level of dm-cu; cell r 4 + 5 closed with a short petiole ( Fig. 9D View Figure 9 ).