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?]

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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$Ni-:MA'ro(’i<:i{A. iiioro short hnsth's iii ;i loiiu closi'-st'l I'ow iilonii; hiisiil loiirtli IxMK'utli. Il’/h/Vs almost (“h'ai'. slioma hardiv indicatocj, V(*iiis modcMatcly dark, ('ross- voiii /• phuaal about its own Icnutli ladori* lorlc t»l Ab i-;t. Discal (‘ell lidly t\vi<‘(^ as hum as its ^r('at(‘st hi'i'adth ; l)as(' ol ('(dl .!/•[ i'(‘tract(M| about oiu'-thii'd huiyth of discal (‘('ll. ('h\(I at or just Ixdoi'i' bas(' of discal cell, t'uj luccdiuji; A>i at a distance (Ujual to about half its huiyth from wiuy-maryiu. Ilalt('r(“s brownish. Wiim-lcuuth o*,')-?-.’). l'])olu : Maloloh'Ici, ‘2,(>()() It., o 2 .*>()..\i.i!l2t..21 .iv, 1 !)2.'). According to Skiisc's dcsc?‘ij)tiou, T. s/)nnihf<’r(( must Ix' vci'y near T. aus(r((l((>ti<((’ Skusc ((^luccnslaud), but the latt(*r is said to have an ochreous thorax and tibiae narrowly white at the basin Slciise do('s not mention th(' femoral })i‘istles. 100. Trentepohlla (Mongoma) pacifica Alexander. lixU. BrooLIi/ti Enl. Sue., xvi, j). 13, l'J2l. Upolu : Apia, 10 s])ecimens in all, i.-iv., vi., xi. ; Aleij)ata, 1 2 10.iv.1024. Ifecm’ded by Alexander from 2 $ from A])ia (I)oane.) Diagnostic features : Thorax reddish-brown, hardly darker above. Femora pure white at tips for over 1 mm. ; tibiae narrowly white at base, and pure white for about 2 mm. at ti])s ; tarsi white. Front femora vdtli a few bristles beneath near base ; posterior femora without any. ^Vinfjs almost clear, stigma hardly indicated. Wing-length 5-5-7 mm. LIST OF TEXT-FIGURES. Text-fig. »> J J 1. Mdcrocerd iiiloist, sp. n. Wing. 2. Hvp()])ygium of Mruiola, spp. ; (n) M. oriniUilis Senior-White ; {!>) M. jlavipes End. ; (c) M. pxcijicd, .sp. n. Left half from heneatli ; right lialf from above, with ela.s])('r (hUacln'd and si'on in side view. 3. Hypopygiiini of Esrchid Ixhtcva, s[>. n. Left half from above, also middle part of ninth sternite. -1. Aedcs (Finhnpi) kocJii Don. var. .svo/mn/n; Griiid). 9 ui ])rofil(‘, showing projecting scales of sternites. ~j. Fordpoiin/l(( pioicllpe.^, sp. n. Q. b. Cniicoidcs jiiolh.s, sp. n. 9. 7. ('Ixnio pdcijiciif^ Ldvv. ,j. (n) antenna further enlarged. [Re])roduccd by per- mi.ssion of the Zoological Society of London.] 8. Ponloiiii/lii nalniis Edw. <7 and 9- [Reproduced by jiermission of the Zoological Society of London, j !). ('liiroHoiinis ih(’I<ihoc)I('iiiis, sp. n. 9-$

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