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Trichoclinocera pakistanensis sp. nov. (Figs 11–12, 16, 27–28, 38, 41) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5AF5E4C7-9802-4F63-9297-E3780DCD499C Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: “(PAKISTAN)/ Naran/ Kagan V./ 1800 m/ 22.vii.1987 / K. Kanmiya ”; “[HOLOTYPE]/ Trichoclinocera / pakistanensis / Saigusa & Sinclair [red label]” (KUMF). PARATYPES: PAKISTAN: same data as holotype [34°54′ N 73°39′ E] (1 ♀, CNC; 1 ♀, KUMF). Recognition. This species is distinguished by the pair of long spine-like setae at the base of the fore femur, very short anteroventral setae at mid-length of fore femur hidden within pile, giving appearance of a broad gap, pale yellowish-brown legs and clear wings. Description. Wing length 3.9–4.3 mm. Male. Pale grey-blue pruinescence and pale yellowish-brown legs (Fig. 11). Head pointed ventrally, compound eyes oval; facets enlarged anteroventrally. Face greatly narrowed medially, less than width of antennal socket, with bright whitish pruinescence for full length; lower margin of face with short, narrow cleft, lacking carina; gena one-seventh as wide as eye height. Frons greyish brown; vertex and ocellar triangle dark brown, lower postocciput brown, gena lightly pruinescent. Ocellar setae longest among cranial setae; occiput with 3–4 pairs of setae posterior to ocellar triangle; postocular with row of short setae along margin of eye, upper 3–4 setae dark, stouter than lower setae. Arista lost in type series. Palpus pointed apically, ca. one-fourth height of eye. Pleura grey with pale grey-blue pruinescence; scutum brown with pale, somewhat bluish lateral margins and median paler stripe extending full length of scutum; postpronotal lobe and postalar callus paler brown; faint dark vitta along inner edge of dc in dorsal view. Thoracic setae long, some subequal to width of eye; acrostichal setulae lacking; 5 pairs dc; 1 very short, pale pprn, one-fourth length of dc; 1 presut spal; 2 npl; 2 psut spal; 1 pal; 2 pairs sctl, lacking setulae; several pale setulae on postpronotal lobe and notopleural depression. ... |