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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![to liavo a 13-so_oiiionte(1 Jlarfelhan. and most of tlio. otliei' s])e(‘ies included ])y tliis aiitlior in his genus also agree with Ih ioieUia in this respect. I lie davanosi' sjiecies that I havi' recently described as Brunctlia {Para- brutietiui) trinucra Iielongs to this genus. 03. Lepidopsychoda tinelformls, sp. n. Q. Head clothed mainly with small, flat, close-lying whitish scales, those on face rathei’ longer and more ei'ect. Sensory organs of antennae apparently simple, forwardly directed and not (piitc reaching base of succeeding segment, d liree small terminal segments suliequal in size, 14 and 15 well separated from 13 and 10 but not far Irom one another. Thorax with rather short erect whitish scales in front : shorter, close-lying, ci'eamy ones on disc ; and long dark brown scales behind. A tuft of long dark lu'own scales on ])leiirae. Abdomen clothed densely with rather dark bronzy-brown scales which lie almost flat, those at sides of last few segments longer. Hypopygium concealed, except the long ventral appendages, which have two terminal spines. Legs mainly dark brown ; outer sides of front tibiae and tips of all the tarsal segments white. Middle and hind tibiae with long dense outstanding scales on outer side, dark brown in colour except a tuft of yellow ones close to tip of hind tibia ; first hind tarsal segment similarly clothed with huig dark brown scales. Wings clothed with ])U]']dish-brown ami dark bronzy-brown scales irregularly mixed. Fringe rather short, dark brown except romid the tip, where it is almost white. Halteres with dark knobs. Wing-length 2-7 nun. $. Similar to but posterior tibiae and tarsi without dense scale-tufts ; scales on front of thorax not distinctly white, and (in perfect specimens) the area of close-lying scales on mesonotum less obvious. Upolu : Apia, 1 ^ (type), 29.hi.1924 ; Malololelei, 2,000 ft., 1 20.vi.1924. Fiji : Loloti, 1 2 $, 14.iv.l922 (Greenwood). This species rather closely resembles L. trimicra (Edw.), described from a single female from Java. The chief difference is in the antennae, L. trimicra having segments 14 and 15 well se2>arated and almost globular, like segment 10 ; further, the scales on the front of the mesonotum and on the tips of the tarsi are whiter, and the wing-lringe seems shorter. Tt is possible that these differences are individual only, and that the Samoan s])ecies is the same as the Javan one.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29809071_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
