. Fig. 18. Ops glaberrima, n. sp., wing. Scutellurn in the form of a nearly equilateral triangle with rounded angles: very flattened on the dorsum; a pair of short black converging terminal bristles; metanotum shining black. Wings (Fig. 18): venation normal, the distal part of the fourth vein being much less distinct than the other veins; extreme base of costa blackish and slightly swollen. Halters with bright canary yellow knobs, stalks blackened beneath. Legs pale yellow including the tarsi, which have minute black claws. Abdomen. First and second segments reddish yellow, the latter with the
. Fig. 18. Ops glaberrima, n. sp., wing. Scutellurn in the form of a nearly equilateral triangle with rounded angles: very flattened on the dorsum; a pair of short black converging terminal bristles; metanotum shining black. Wings (Fig. 18): venation normal, the distal part of the fourth vein being much less distinct than the other veins; extreme base of costa blackish and slightly swollen. Halters with bright canary yellow knobs, stalks blackened beneath. Legs pale yellow including the tarsi, which have minute black claws. Abdomen. First and second segments reddish yellow, the latter with the usual two tiny black spots on the extreme margin, sides paler. The third shining black including the sides to the belly. Fourth yellowish with a broad black stripe interrupted in the centre, the breadth of stripe and interruption varying somewhat in different specimens. Fifth yellow with two elongate black basal side spots, the remainder being pale yellow. Size. 2 to 2^ mm.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectdiptera, bookyear1912
