Pygophora longicornis
Creators: name: Yoshizawa, Satoshi
name: Tachi, Takuji
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Pygophora
Pygophora longicornis

description: <i>Pygophora longicornis</i> (Stein, 1918) (Figs. 6a–d, 11b, 12) <i>Coenosia longicornis</i> Stein, 1918: 161. Holotype male (Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, Müncheberg, Germany). Type locality: Tapani, Taiwan. <i>Pygophora simplex</i> Hennig, 1952: 58. <i>Pygophora trimaculata</i> Karl, 1935 (misidentification): Shinonaga, 2003: 290. <b>Redescription. <i>Male.</i></b> Differing from <i>P. boninensis</i> as follows: first flagellomere 5.0–5.3 times as long as pedicel; wing brownish hyaline without brown spot; fore tibia with 3–4 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with 5–7 anterodorsal, 4–6 posterodorsal setae and without posteroventral seta; abdominal tergites 3 and 5 with three black spots; abdominal tergite 5 without dorsal keel; abdominal sternite 5 long, concave at middle with several setae apically in ventral view; surstylus long, slightly curved ventrally with several setae in lateral view, nearly straight with strong setae apically in dorsal view; cerci broad basally and slender with many setae apically in dorsal view; postgonite slender and slightly curved dorsally at apical 2/5, apical part round; distiphallus broad and nearly triangular with large membranous areas laterally. <i>Female.</i> Differing from male as follows: first flagellomere shorter than male, 2.3–2.5 times as long as pedicel. <i>Female terminalia.</i> Very similar to <i>P. boninensis</i> except by hemitergite 8 short. <i>Body length.</i> 4.3–5.2 mm. <b>Material examined.</b> JAPAN: 2 females (BLKU), Onoaida, Yakushima town, Yakushima Is., Kumage-gun, Kagoshima pref. [N 30°14’39” / E 130°33’30”], 7–9. III. 2013; 2 males (BLKU), Gusuku, Sumiyo town, Amami city, Kagoshima pref., 3–4. VII. 2013; 1 male (BLKU), Gogayama, Imakiri Vil., Kunigami-gun, Okinawa pref. [N 26°39’23” / E 127°57’40”], 21. VI. 2013; 1 male (BLKU), Hama, Kunigami Vil., Kunigami-gun, Okinawa pref. [N 26°42’32” / E 128°10’54”], 22. VI. 2013; 1 male (EUM), Ohara, Taketomi town, Iriomotejima Is., Yaeyama-gun, 15–16. XI. 1963; 2 males (BLKU), Urauchi river, Taketomi town, Iriomotejima Is., Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa pref. [N 24°24’15” / E 123°46’56”], 22. VI. 2011. <b>Distribution.</b> Japan (Kyushu, Ryukyu), Taiwan, Malaysia. <b>Bionomics.</b> This species was found and collected by the first author in a forest. <b>Remarks.</b> This species is distinguishable from other species by having 5–7 anterodorsal and 4–6 posterodorsal setae on the hind tibia in both sexes.
description: Published as part of <i>Yoshizawa, Satoshi &amp; Tachi, Takuji, 2018, Taxonomic review of the genus Pygophora Schiner of Japan (Diptera: Muscidae), pp. 449-468 in Zootaxa 4418 (5)</i> on pages 457-460, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1244994
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