Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards.
- Edwards, F. W. (Frederick Wallace), 1888-1940.
- Date:
- [1928?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![nimMAT()( ioi;A. H.'i 'Two .spcciiiieii.s from New Hebrides (l^jspirit ii Siiiito I., linn ll.irboui) are verv siiiiilai’ to I), hujioni as described above, but an* Miiallt'r, and the niidillc tibiae' have only one snbdorsal bristle. The yenns Di’lop.sis is widi'lv distributed, but is inosl. exti'iisively devclop('<l in the tro})ics of the old world, d'lu' peenliar casi'-bi'aiinn larvait have been re])orted as haviny been found on tin; h'aves ol bamboo and othi'r plants ; pri'- sninably they feed n])on nionlds and not upon the leal itsell, but obseivations on this })oint are desirable. 7. Delopsis scutellaris, sp. n. Sex {(). flrad brownish-oehreons. hdrst hvi' or six anti'iinal segments oehreons, the rest dark brown. Palpi oclireons. T/iontx shininy black above, sentnm without ])ale collar. Seaitelluni wholly yellow. Pi’othoi'aeie sclerites brownish-oehi'eons. rest of ])lenrae black, 'riiree jirojilenral liristles, only one pteroplenral. Anepisternite very large, as in J). huxtoni, but the suture dividing it from the sterno})leiLrite nincli less distinct. {Ahfio)ne)i, missing in case ol type.) Leqs oehreons, bristles, spurs and tai'si dark. Mid-tibial bristles: o dorsal, 0 snbdorsal, 3 external, 2 very long and 1 short ventral, 0 internal. (Hind legs missing in case of tyjie.) llT/y/.v yellowish-tinged ; costa more dis¬ tinctly produced than in D. buxtoni. Halteres oehreons. Wing-length 2'3 mm. Hpolu : Malololelei, 2,000 ft., one broken specimen, xii.1925. Although the ty])e is nnfortnnately imperfect, the species should be recog¬ nised easily by the colour of the thorax and the cliaetotaxy of the middle tibiae. SCIARINAE. 8. Sciara radicum Brnnetti. Fauna Bril. Ind., Dipl, Xenial., j). llll.'J. Tutuila : Pago Pago, 1 1 $, 2.xii.l924, 14.xii.l925. Upoln : Apia, 2 $, bred from rotten gi’ass, iv.l925. Savaii : Safnne, 1 J'. -l.v.1924 (Bryan). Fiji ; Vanna Levn, Savnsavu, 2 9; 22.vii.1923 (C. L. Edwai'ds). Recorded by Brnnetti from Calcutta, the larvae attacking lily bulbs in gardens. J have compared the Samoan series with Indian s])eciniens received from Brnnetti, and can find no constant ditt’erential characters. All the Indian specimens have vein d/j indistinct at the base ; most, but not all, of those from Samoa have it distinct thronghout. Brnnetti has somewhat understated](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29809071_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
