Abstract
Two new species of Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827 are described from the northeast coast of Bali (Indonesia): Elaphropeza triseta sp. nov. belonging to the ephippiata-group and E. balinensis sp. nov. belonging to the biuncinata-group. A COI Neighbour-Joining tree is given for the Southeast Asian Elaphropeza species showing large genetic distances between the species. The morphological characterisation of the ephippiata-group and the biuncinata-group sensu Shamshev & Grootaert 2007 is confirmed.
Highlights
Shamshev & Grootaert (2007) revised the genus Elaphropeza in the Oriental Realm, reporting 79 species
Apart from the redescription of the holotypes of previously known species, 51 new species were described mainly from Singapore. These new species were the result of a one-year collecting campaign with Malaise traps in various biotopes in Singapore, e.g., swamp forest, secondary rain forest and mangrove
Evolutionary analyses were conducted in MEGA6 (Tamura et al 2013)
Summary
Shamshev & Grootaert (2007) revised the genus Elaphropeza in the Oriental Realm, reporting 79 species. Apart from the redescription of the holotypes of previously known species, 51 new species were described mainly from Singapore. These new species were the result of a one-year collecting campaign with Malaise traps in various biotopes in Singapore, e.g., swamp forest, secondary rain forest and mangrove. Three species were described from Vietnam by Grootaert & Shamshev (2009) These species were remarkable in having brush-like clusters of long hairs in the intertergal spaces between tergites 3 and 4 and sometimes 4 and 5 as well. These brushes might help in the evaporation of pheromones secreted by the glands below the tergites
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