. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. REVISION OF SPECIES OF STILOBEZZIA KIEFFER 123 Murachi's (1959) description of a female, esakii Tokunaga, that batonnets are mentioned on tarsomere V of the fore leg only; in the absence of female specimens from Micronesia, we are unable to verify this unusual condition for the group and suspect it is an error of observation. The allotype male of esakii in the USNM collection agrees in all respects with subviridis. Tokunaga's (1962) description of subviridis from the Ryukyu Islands may possibly refer to another species, since he mentions the
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. REVISION OF SPECIES OF STILOBEZZIA KIEFFER 123 Murachi's (1959) description of a female, esakii Tokunaga, that batonnets are mentioned on tarsomere V of the fore leg only; in the absence of female specimens from Micronesia, we are unable to verify this unusual condition for the group and suspect it is an error of observation. The allotype male of esakii in the USNM collection agrees in all respects with subviridis. Tokunaga's (1962) description of subviridis from the Ryukyu Islands may possibly refer to another species, since he mentions the presence of a second small round color- less spermatheca. 48. Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) tenuicolorata Das Gupta and Wirth, new species Figures 16, 90 Female.—Length of wing (, n=10) mm; breadth mm. As in subviridis Macfie with the following distinctions: General color pattern as in subviridis, but the brown of pale to medium in- tensity; halter dusky, but the flat end of the knob pale. Antenna (fig. 16) with lengths of III-XV as 15-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-25-26- 27-27-41; AR ; palpal segments as 5-12-23-13-22; mandible with 7 teeth. Mid and hind legs with femoral-tibial coloration as in figure 90a; hind leg with femur to V lengths as 94-89-44-21-7-6-15; TR ; hind tibial comb with 8-10 spines (av. , n=10). Wing (fig. 906) with CR Abdomen (fig. 90o) more petiolate, not as convex 3%M. Figure 90.—Stilobezzia tenuicolorata, new species (a-d, g, 9 ; e-f, h-j, c?)• a, femora- tibiae of mid and hind legs; b, wing; c, 9 genitalia; d, spermatheca; e-f, i, c? genitalia, g, abdominal terga I-IV, 9 ', h, same, d".. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsoni
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