Lispe halophora Becker 1903

Lispe halophora Becker, 1903 (Figs. 1 F; 17; 18; 31 O) Lispa halophora Becker, 1903: 116. Lispe halophora Becker: Hennig, 1960: 436; Pont, 1986: 187. Material examined. Type material. SYNTYPES, 1 male, labeled (1) Alexandria/ 45033, V. [handwritten] [comment form Pont and Werner (2006): Becker notebooks: as for 45032, but 7 ex.]; (2) Lispa halophora Beck. 0 3 ♂ / Type / Th. Becker det. [first and second lines handwritten, third line printed]; (3) Typus [printed on red label]; (4) Zool. Mus. Berlin [printed]; 1 female, labeled (1) Alexandria/ 45032.V. [handwritten] [comment from Pont & Werner (2006): Becker notebooks: 3.V. 1899, Alexandria, near El Meks, on the bank of salt lake, not on the seashore, 4 ex.]; (2) Lispa halophora Beck. 0 3 ♀/ Type / Th. Becker det. [first and second lines handwritten, third line printed]; (3) Typus [printed on red label]; (4) Zool. Mus. Berlin [printed]. Both in ZMHU. Redescription. Male. Body length 6.2���6.4 mm (Fig. 17 A). Head (Figs. 17 B, C ): Eye bare, facet slightly expanded on anterior margin in median part; frons broad on vertex, becoming narrow anteriorly, median part about 0.33���0.34 times of head-width; frontal vitta and frontal-orbital plate with obvious boundary; frons, face and gena with dense silvery grey pollinosity; frontal vitta with thin silvery pollinosity, upper orbital setae 2, frontal setae 3 (developed) and with 5 short setae in 1 row on outer part; parafacial bare, slightly shorter than width of postpedicel; facial ridge low, slightly concave; antenna dark brown, pedicel with thin silvery pollinosity, postpedicel about 3.3��� 3.5 times as long as broad (1.9���2.1 times as long as pedicel), arista plumose, the longest setula equal to width of postpedicel; face planate, without facial carina; epistoma not projecting to vibrissal angle; vibrissae asymmetric, left one short while right one strong, right one longer than length of distance between them; genal height about 1 / 4 of eye height; postocular setae 3 rows, posteriormost row situated in occiput; postgena with black setulae; proboscis short, labella small, with 2 prestomal teeth on posterior margin, prementum shinning, about 5.3 times as long as broad; palpi dark grey, compressed, expanded in distal part, towards apex becoming spoon-shaped, both inner and outer surfaces setulose (more strongly than other species in the group) on apex. Thorax: Ground color black with dense silvery grey pollinosity; scutellum with brown pollinosity on posterior; acr 0+ 1 (thin); presutural 6 rows of acrostichal setulae; dc 2 + 3; ia 1 + 2, without pra; basal and apical scutellar setae all developed; scutellum bare on lateral surfaces and underneath; notopleuron bare; the median part of anepimeron with numerous bristles; prosternum, meron and katepimeron bare; spiracles brown, posterior one small and with 4 or 5 setae on posterior lower margin; katepisternal setae 1 + 2. Wings: Slightly hyaline; veins becoming brown apically; tegula and basicosta yellowish brown; subcostal sclerite yellow; costal spine about as long as crossvein r���m; vein C with ventral setulae; other veins bare; vein R 4 + 5, M and crossvein dm-cu straight; calypteres white; haltere yellowish; WIPs with 4 demarcated color bands (cyan, blue, magenta and yellow) at posterior part of the wing, of which yellow band at dominace (Fig. 30 O). Legs: Black except knees yellow; with dense silvery grey pollinosity; fore femur with 1 v row (which become shorter in basal 1 / 2) and 1 devoloped pd row; fore tibia with 1 preapical d and 1 apical ad; mid legs lost; hind femur with 1 av row (of which 4 setae on distal half developed), 1 developed pv row (of which 3 setae in basal 1 / 3 developed) and 1 close-set ad row; hind tibia with ununiformly-spaced short setulae rows on each surface, with 17- 19 different-sized developed setae in distal half on av and pv surfaces, with 1 developed preapical d; first hind tarsomere moderately swollen (Fig. 1 F), with 2 dense and long setulae rows on av surface, shorter than the summed length of other tarsomeres; tarsi shorter than tibia; claws and pulvilli small. Abdomen: (Fig. 17 D) Ground color black, oval, with silvery grey pollinosity; tergite 3 with brown patches, tergite 4 dusted with triangular dark brown patches on sides, tergite 5 with developed discal and marginal setae and pair of small dark brown patches on anterior margin which merge with patch on tergite 4. Female. Body length 6.6���6.8 mm. General characters as in male but differing from male in: frontal vitta, frontal-orbital plate and parafacial with brownish grey pollinosity; gena with silvery grey pollinosity; both vibrissae strong; fore tibia with 1 median p; mid femur with 1 comb-like av row and 5 developed pv in basal 1 / 3; mid tibia with 1 median ad, 1 median pd, 1 preapical ad and 1 apical d; hind tibia with 1 median ad, 2 v, 1 preapical d and 1 apical ad; first hind tarsomere not swollen. Distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia.
Published as part of Zhang, Dong, Ge, Ying-Qiang, Li, Xin-Yu, Liu, Xian-Hui, Zhang, Ming & Wang, Rong-Rong, 2016, Review of the Lispe caesia - group (Diptera: Muscidae) from Palaearctic and adjacent regions, with redescriptions and one new synonymy, pp. 43-72 in Zootaxa 4098 (1) on pages 57-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/257886
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