Abstract
Odontomyia ochropa Thomson, 1869, is redescribed and found to be identical with O. dorsoangulata Brunetti, 1920, which is proposed as a new synonym. The female holotype of O. ochropa from the Philippines was examined and compared with specimens from India, Thailand and Singapore. Terminalia and other diagnostic characters of both sexes are illustrated. The larva of O. ochropa is described in detail. The larval characters are in accordance with the characters of O. dorsoangulata mentioned by Brunetti (1920). The larva of O. ochropa is compared with that of O. cyanea described by Mathur (1933). Cuticular structures and diagnostic characters of both larvae are documented by drawings and SEM micrographs. A new identification key to larvae of Odontomyia known from the Oriental Region is provided.
Highlights
According to Woodley (2001) there are 215 species of Odontomyia Meigen, 1803 worldwide, 25 of which are recorded from the Oriental Region
The larval characters are in accordance with the characters of O. dorsoangulata mentioned by Brunetti (1920)
The female holotype of O. ochropa was compared with material from India, Thailand and Singapore, fitting the description of O. dorsoangulata
Summary
According to Woodley (2001) there are 215 species of Odontomyia Meigen, 1803 worldwide, 25 of which are recorded from the Oriental Region. The majority of these species are poorly known and need a modern taxonomic revision. Brunetti (1923) published an identification key to 34 “Oriental” species, but 10 of them, according to present knowledge, occur only in the Australasian Region. Three of Brunetti’s “Oriental species of “Odontomyia” belong in the genus Oplodontha Rondani, 1863 and one to the genus Afrodontomyia James, 1940. Two additional Oriental Odontomyia species were described by E. Lindner: O. quadrata (Lindner, 1937) from southern India and O. bipunctifacies (Lindner, 1951) from Sumba (Indonesia). Rozkošný & Kovac (1994) described a new species, O. latitibia, from East Malaysia
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