Since 1002, articles relating to Iwtanical museum collections have been published in the Bulletin series under the title Contributions from, the United States Aation(d. To this day, the wine flies of the Ryu - kyus (including the island of Amiuni-Oshima) are known to consist of only seven species.
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-orbital bristles 2:2; ocular setae rather weak, parallel; inner occipital setae present, nearly half as long as postverticals; dorsocentrali slightly behind level of anterior supra-alars, sometimes a pair of long bristles located laterally of dorsocentra and posterior to prescutellars and nearly as long as last. Head relatively short, almost two-thirds long. Genus C'arpophlhoracidia, new genus Sliining brownish; forehead light or-inge yellow; fronto-orbitals 1:3; internal occipital bristles present; skirt with broad blackish rib band and two ray bands.
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Ill): femora a little deeper than tibiae; poorly marked laric blackish-ljrovvn patch on outer side of almnl iniihllc apic.-d half, ddrsnl apex blackish, pubescence r.-ithcr sparse and short; tibiae densely covered with black oblong, apical s[)ur a|)proximal 1 4 as long as finger tarsal scii'inent,. iwo distinct brush.s next to tiie spur; tarsi shorter than tibiae, first segnioni lonjier than the four followiuir toiretiier, wiiitisii, pubescence similar to tiiiil of anterior tarsi. A similar man, but has no poi-tioiisofIkkIs. sometimes smaller; lower fronto-orbital setae sometimes four, of which the lower three are closely connected; tiie su))ermimerarv lol)e wings iiotr dexel- o])ed, prolongation of anal cell nearly as long as.
16 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2G3 and black just, below the middle, wliere there is an
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Legs light yellow to yellow, hind tibiae sometimes brown, this coloration almost always gradually paler towards apex. Antenna light yellow to light reddish yellow, tip usually dark, not longer than face; first segment about as long as wide;.
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10, fiiX- 2) nioderatoly convex, yellow but very slightly brownish at median i)ortion, a row of sparse brownisli bristles on lateral margin of occipital foramen, long yellowish hairs on lower parts. Bristles black, genal bristles pale yellow; superior fronto-orbital longer from superior inferior-fron to-orbital than the distance between the two inferiors; ocellar minute;. post verlik missing; two pahs consjjicuous verticals;. occipital row consisting of about five mimetic bristles. ment becomes distinctly sortisli apically; third segment nearly four times as long as wide, distinctly constricted atape.x; second segment relatively short, approx. 1/3 as long as following, with rather long black bristles along apical margin.
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Ri suddenly bent tip atapical portion; R2+3 hardly wavy; R4+5 with eight distinct l^ristles from its base to r-m; m slightly curved and nearly parallel to R4+5 at apical half of et[)ic section; r-m straight and perpendicular, brøndbeyttnd middle of iMi;m-cu slightly convex, oblique, end well basad of whig margin, connected at right angle with cu; pterostigma 2/.3 as long as second costal cell, ape.x not pointed; anal cell distinctly shorter than basal cell, but with sharp, long inferior extension. Back of head rather strongly webbed below; cheeks 1/6 as high as eye, wiiich is .. narrowed below with fairly straight posterior border, microscopically pubescent.. of eye, much shorter than face; third segment rounded at apex; arista pubescent. Whigs relatively large, with a very broad costal band and two rays; R2+3 straight; Rj^^s nearly parallel to R2+3, but apical incisions slightly curved posteriorly, bristled.
32 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 63 iioarly tliroughout tlie whole length on both sides; r-ni
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34 UNCTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 63 by four veiy fine l)iistles; p(ei<)])lcural luul sleino-
Antenna light yellow with dorsal margin more or less brown, shorter than face; the second segment. whitish, with a conspicuous blackish central bristle, one row of blackish setae along parietal margin; the third. segment rather broad with rounded tip, twice as long as wide overall; arista black and shortly pubescent. All setae blackish brown or reddish brown: fronto-orbitals 2:3, lower upper ones thickest and longest; .. eyelets as long as n])])er superior, not divergent, but. Abdomen as long as the thorax, l)roader than the last, yellowish, whitish tomentose, blackish ])rescent, the third.
44 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2G3 a little longer than anterior notopleural, whicli is
46 I'MTED STATK.S NATIONAL MUSKUM BULLETIN 263 scopic pubescence, in proiilc, jjostei'ior inai'sin slightly
11, fig. 4) light brownish yellow, slightly. shorter than the face, with distinct central bristles; third segment nearly three times as wide, apex rounded;. arista blackisli, with basal part yellow, the black part distinctly black pubescent. 11, fig. 9) relatively large, nearly 2/3 as wide as long; costal vein distinctly reaching the end, bristles rather short, conspicuous costal pegs. and as long as basal bristles. Pterostigma ai)pro.\imately half as long as second costal cell; R4+5 distinctly but sparsely bristled from base to just above middle of ajiical.
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52 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 63 long as fifth; basal segment of ovipositor nearly 2/3
52 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 263long fifth; basal segment of ovipositor nearly 2/3 .. 54 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 263long as inner |)Osteri()r supni-alars; niPso[)leurals 2,.
54 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 63 long as inner |)Osteri()r supni-alars; niPso[)leurals 2,
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The dorsal surface with about five black long bristles, the ventral surface with very thin, moderately long bristles, in addition long black bristles on the apical fourth part; tibiae broadened about mid, median fourth of externodorsal nuirgin with one row.. of black bristly setae, internodorsal margin with one row of short black, external apex with short yellowish, spidery setae; tarsi clearly shorter than .. tibia, first segment noticeably longer than four subsequent segments combined, clearly shorter than .. as long as the length of the tibia, pulescence and setae, as in midtarsus. Eye. in profile oval, posterior margins moderately outwardly curved and anterior margin strongly convex, antero-superior nuirghi ahnost straight, 1.4 melodies as long as wide. All bristles black: fronto-orbitals 2:1, inferior almost as long as upper superior and directed inward; ocellars weak, moderately distinct; postverticals quite widely spaced, parallel, relatively strong, longer than ocellars, almost as long as the upper sui)erior fronto-orbital; inner vertical lines longest, slightly diverging The outer clearly shorter inferior superior fronto-orbital, a very short setae (occipital) that is clearly weaker and shorter than the setae of the occipital row;
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60 UNITKD STATES NATIONAL MUSEX'M BILLETIX 268 space liirlit l)r()wnish; third in apical third <if R, round,
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Dumbbells and scjuamulae light dh'ty yellow.. 25,. fig. 11) the shortest of all legs; femur very slightly longer than tibia, dorsal surface with two rows of long bristles, external ventral margin with about five long bristles; tibia aslongas tarsus; first tarsal segment very slightly shorter than four following segments together, bristly bristles on ventral surface yellowish and as long as pubescence on dorsal surface. 25, . fig. 10) (without ovipositor) almost always as long as thorax; sixth tergum very slightly shorter than, or as long as fifth, posterior niargui with two or three jiaires of conspicuous long black breast hairs;basal segment. of ovipositor longer than the three preceding terga together, shiny black, very finely pubescent, with distinct lateral margin; second segment brownish yellow;. ovipositor yellow, the tip needle-like. Femai.e.- Head as broad as chest, l.R times as broad. as lonsr, almost as long as high.
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Eyes of moderate size, posterior angle obtusely rounded in frontal view; in profile rather rectangular, posterior margin strongly convex. upper angle distinctly narrower than lower.. mostly black: ocelli divergent, as long as lower up front to orbit, but smaller; fronto-orbitals 2:2, the upper upper \ni'u-yellow is white and shorter than the lower upper; lower frontal orbitals as long as lower upper ones, directed inwards but not crossed; postverticals yellowish w'liite, almost always parallel, a little longer than upper upper frontal orbit; inner vertical bristles longest of all head bristles, nearly ijarallel, . outer verticals yellowish white, nearly half as long as inner ones; occiputs one pair, slightly directed inward, distinctly shorter than postvertical; bristles occii)ital. rows yellowish white, one to four, mixed with black weak setae; genal yellowish white. 74 BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATKS' 263miiToskopifally i)ul)esc'eiii.. j-eildwisli, long, altogether three times jis long as broad, slightly curved, nnuuled top, upii'al part with a. Legs reddisli yellow, l)lack ])ill, moderate. as posterior |)au's: femur as long as tibia, chuMil surface with two rows of black sjiarse bristly hairs, externoventral margin with one row of four or five black bristles; tibia almost as long as tarsus, pubescence on dorsal surface longer than elsewhere; first tarsal.
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78 UNITKD STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 203 densely covered with yellowish white, siiort but stout
FRUIT FLIES OF THE RYUKYU ISK^NDS 79 segment shorter than tlie four i'ollowhig respectively. The striped mesonotum, the evenly black abdominal . terga, the comjjaratively long third antennal segment, and the com])aratively small genitalia are other distinguishing features; characters. All hairs black except postvertical; the outer vertical, occipital and hairs of the occipital row yellowish; ocellar hairs divergent, nearly as long as lower superior fronto-orbital, distuistically finer than the latter; fronto- orbitale 2:3, the superior paii-s stronger than inferior, upper superior shorter tlian the latter, lowest inferior con-.
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Male: i, right arm; 2, head, profile; 3, head, from above; 4, head, from front; 5, right antenna; 6, left palpus; 7, thorax, from above; 8, chest, from the side; 9, apical part of abdomen, from above; II, left foreleg; 12, right middle; 13, left hind leg.
84 UNITKD STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 63 as bristles of occipilnl row, pliicetl nlmosl exactly hehiiul
FRUIT FLIES OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS 85. than the four basal tarsal segments together, with a black apical spur and very short black hairs at the apex;. first tarsal segment nearly as long as the three following segments combined, external ventral margin with black short hairs, mternoventral surface yellowish with brush-like hairs. Back of head (pi.32, fig. 2) moderately swollen, upper part flat, black-brown or black, . eye margins except the middle portion, u])i)er angle, and lower margin broadly yellowish, entu-eally gray to-mentose, ventral margin with three or four long yellow hairs, posterior margin with short yellowish bristles; cheeks relatively narrow, yellowish, whitish tomentose, genital groove distinct and relatively wide, vibrisal margins with short jellied bristles. All hair black, excej)! upper superior fronto-orbital, postvertical, outer vertical, genal and hairs of oc|)ital row flowing white.
86 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 63 Thorax 1.4 limes us long as wido, sliiilitly limocr than
Second to sbcth abdominal terga each with a i)lug of .. brown spots; last tergum as long as or very slightly longer than the preceding, with a transverse triangularly curved sulcus, its posterior part yellowish and glabrous and its anterior part pubescent than the preceding terga, with three pairs of long black marginal hairs; fifth.. tergum with two pairs of black long marginal hairs. Eye large, inner margin in front view rather strongly convex, in ])rophyll complete 1.3 tunes as long as wide, somewhat oblique, anterior margin broadly rounded. Thorax distinctly longer than wide, as wide as high, uniformly blackish and conspicuously obscured by gray tomentum, pubescence whitish and rather sparse.
90 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 263 mesopleiiroii willi l)liiiit whitisli setae on dorsal por-
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WATER Flies OF THE LIYUKYU ISLANDS 93 Wing (pi.. nearly 2.8 times as long as wide, sides rather parallel, apex evenly rounded; costal vein rather strongly curved at apex, with two black costal spines, one of wliich is very short;. Ri moderately curved upwards, so that tip of pterostigma is sharply pointed; Ra+s near^ straight, rather divergent from straight R4+.5, the latter nearly parallel to m; r-ni and m-cu. straight, parallel and perpendicular , earlier nearer to middle of IM2 than to its apex; pterostigma more than two-thirds as long as second costal cell; anal cell distinctly shorter than basal cell, apical margin. Basal segment of ovistor as long as four preceding ai)doniinal lerga together, with distinct lateral margins, strongly shining reddish yellow, rather finely iiubescent, with black posterior margin, two small medium black spots at base.
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Legs yellow, black ])ul)escenl, with a blackish-brown ring near the ti|) and base of each fennir and near base of each tibia, but in forelegs very faint and traceable order on the external surface, the basal fermoral ring entu'ely obsolete, the basal ring in the fotu- posterior femora incom|)lete. Dacm (s 1 ) with descriptions of new genera and species. flies of the genus Da^ussensulatiore of the PlHlipi)ine Islands. 34;'7851 ^eLid'uneclassificationgenerale etsynoptiquede I'Ordre.Ics insectesDipteres, VII Ann. Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region, Part II.
DOLESCHALL, C L
GUETTAKD, J. E
Studies in Oriental and Australian Trypetidae, 3: Adraniinae and Dachuie of New Guinea, Celebes, Aru Island and Pacific Ocean.
SCHRANK, F. VON P
VAN DER WULP, F. M
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