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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![32. Forcipomyia hirtlpes do Meij. Cattlojmjon hirlqws de Mcijorc, Tijd. v. I'jdI,. i, ]). 2(»U, : Vailinia, I 1 $, 12.xii.l925 ; Apia, 2 $ sucking Noctuid larva {Othreis fulJonica L.), 3.vii.l924. Savaii ; Matavanu Crater, 2 13.V.1924 (Bryan). No distinctions from F. hirfipes are ap])arent, altliougli no males from the Oriental region are available for comparison, and the identity of the Samoan specimens is therefore not absolutely certain. The species has been recorded from Java, Ceylon, Assam and Bum ; the females sucking the juices of various smooth-bodied caterpillars. Kieffer’s F. australiensis, of New Guinea, is very similar to or perhaps identical with F. hirtipes. 33. Forcipomyia globularls, sp. n. $. Head dark grey above ; the small area immediately above antennae yellow. Rostrum not much shorter than height of head. Palpi blackish ; second segment much swollen on inner side almost to tip. Antennae with scape and last five segments of flagellum dark brown, rest lighter. First eight flagellar segments globular, some even slightly broader than long, without necks ; last five each 2-5-3 times as long as broad, and together quite 1-5 times as long as the first eight. Thorax blackish-brown, shoulders and pleural mem¬ brane lighter brown ; mesonotum dull, pleurae shining. Both long and short hairs of mesonotum golden. Abdomen dark brown ; cerci yellowish. Lateral membrane wfith scaly pubescence, some of which (towards tip of abdomen) is golden, the rest black. Ijegs yellowish ; posterior coxae dark brown ; middle and hind femora with a broad black ring just before tip ; hind tibiae with a narrow brownish ring at base. No obvious scales on legs ; bristles yellowish, except two or three below tip of first hind tarsal segment, which are black. First segment of middle tarsi slightly over one-third, of hind tarsi rather less than half as long as the second. Wings unmarked, except that the veins forming the radial cells are blackish. Hair all dark. Halteres yellow. Wing-lengi-h 1-7 mm. Upolu : Malololelei, 2,000 ft., 1 $, 21vi.l924. Forcipomyia glolmlaris resembles F. hirtipes in most respects, difi’ering chiefly in the antennae, the short basal segments of the flagellum approximating to the condition found in Atrichopogon.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29809071_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
