Abstract
The collection of the scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) visiting flowers of Cryptogorynae crispatula (Araceae) caught in Yunnan, China were studied. They were identified to 24 species of which only five were known, seven species are hereby described as new to science and next 13 species cannot be named until linked to their opposite sexes. The following are described. Conicera species female YG, cannot be named until linked to its male. Dohrniphora guangchuni n. sp., Megaselia duolobata n. sp., M. excrispatula n. sp., M. interstinctus n. sp., M. leptotibiarum n. sp., M. menglaensis n. sp., M. shooklinglowae n. sp., Megaselia species Y1 female that cannot be named until linked to its male. The recognition of M. chippensis (Brues, 1911), described from a single female, is augmented. Males of 6 species (Y1-Y6) of Puliciphora Dahl, cannot be named until linked to their females and 5 species of Woodiphora Schmitz.
Highlights
Low Shook Ling (Paleoecology Group, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla) caught the insects visiting flowers of Cryptogorynae crispatula (Araceae) in Yunnan, China and sent me the scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) for identification. These represent 24 species of which 5 were known species, 6 are new species that are described below and 13 species that cannot be named until linked to their opposite sexes
The specimens are deposited in the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology (UCMZ)
Males of the Oriental species are keyed by Disney (1990c), supplemented by Disney (2009), Disney, Lizon å l’Allemand et al (2009), Zang & Liu, 2009); and the Chinese species are keyed by Liu (2000), who adds six new species, which are covered by Liu (2001)
Summary
Low Shook Ling (Paleoecology Group, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla) caught the insects visiting flowers of Cryptogorynae crispatula (Araceae) in Yunnan, China and sent me the scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) for identification. – wing, male; 18–21 – female: – head; – postpedicel and palp; – abdomen; – hind femur.
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