Chamaemyia taiwanensis

Chamaemyia taiwanensis is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Taiwan and is the only known representative of its genus there.[2]

Chamaemyia taiwanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chamaemyiidae
Subfamily: Chamaemyiinae
Tribe: Chamaemyiini
Genus: Chamaemyia
Species:
C. taiwanensis
Binomial name
Chamaemyia taiwanensis
Papp, 2005[1]
Hehuanshan in Taiwan
Hehuanshan in Taiwan
Chamaemyia taiwanensis is known from Hehuanshan in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan

Taxonomy

The type series was collected from Hehuanshan (Mount Hehuan, also romanized as Hohuanshan) in Nantou County in July 1990 and September 1999. The types were found in the unsorted material of the Taichung Museum and subsequently described as a new species in 2005 by László Papp.[1]

Habitat

The altitude given for one of the paratypes is 3,100 m (10,200 ft) above sea level. Most of the types were collected with sweeping net.[1]

Description

Body length varies between 2.55 and 2.8 mm (0.100 and 0.110 in). The wings are clear with brown veins and measure between 2.5–2.7 mm (0.098–0.106 in) in length and 1.05–1.17 mm (0.041–0.046 in) in width. The halteres are whitish yellow. The antennae, arista, and tibiae are black; the first flagellomere of the antennae can seldom be very narrowly dirty yellow. The abdomen has large black spots. The clypeus is narrow and black, while the proboscis is yellow.[1]

References

  1. Papp, László (2005). "Some acalyptrate flies (Diptera) from Taiwan" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 51 (3): 187–213.
  2. Min-Yu Tsai. "Chamaemyia taiwanensis Papp, 2005". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. "Chamaemyia taiwanensis Papp, 2005". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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