TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of Medinodexia Townsend (Diptera
T2 - Tachinidae) from Japan, with a discussion on phylogenetic implications of the female postabdomen in Blondeliini
AU - Tachi, Takuji
AU - Huang, Yu Zen
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to H. Shima (Kyushu University Museum) and M. Maryati (ITBC) for their help with specimens, and to J.E. O’Hara (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa) for his comments on our manuscript and the loan of specimens of Celatoria spp. Our thanks are also due to Mr. W.-R. Liang (Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan), who kindly took digital images of the new species. We are grateful to two anonymous referees for their valuable comments. This study was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number No. 23570119 to T.T.
Funding Information:
We are grateful to H. Shima (Kyushu University Museum) and M. Maryati (ITBC) for their help with specimens, and to J.E. O'Hara (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa) for his comments on our manuscript and the loan of specimens of Celatoria spp. Our thanks are also due to Mr. W.-R. Liang (Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan), who kindly took digital images of the new species. We are grateful to two anonymous referees for their valuable comments. This study was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number No. 23570119 to T.T.
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PY - 2019/7/18
Y1 - 2019/7/18
N2 - Medinodexia japonica sp. nov. is described from Japan and an adult leaf beetle, Aulacophora nigripennis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is recorded as its host. A piercing-type ovipositor is one of the characteristics of the genus Medinodexia Townsend, but it is also found in other blondeliine genera. To evaluate the structural differences of the piercing-type ovipositor, the female postabdominal characters were examined within Blondeliini and their phylogenetic implications are briefly discussed. Females of Medinodexia are similar to those of Medina Robineau-Desvoidy for the presence of invaginations on tergite 6 and sternite 6 of the abdomen. Medinodexia exigua Shima and M. orientalis Shima are not treated here, because they are considered to belong to an undescribed genus due to differences in the male and female postabdominal characters distinguishing them from the remaining species of Medinodexia.
AB - Medinodexia japonica sp. nov. is described from Japan and an adult leaf beetle, Aulacophora nigripennis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is recorded as its host. A piercing-type ovipositor is one of the characteristics of the genus Medinodexia Townsend, but it is also found in other blondeliine genera. To evaluate the structural differences of the piercing-type ovipositor, the female postabdominal characters were examined within Blondeliini and their phylogenetic implications are briefly discussed. Females of Medinodexia are similar to those of Medina Robineau-Desvoidy for the presence of invaginations on tergite 6 and sternite 6 of the abdomen. Medinodexia exigua Shima and M. orientalis Shima are not treated here, because they are considered to belong to an undescribed genus due to differences in the male and female postabdominal characters distinguishing them from the remaining species of Medinodexia.
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.4.8
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.4.8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31712463
AN - SCOPUS:85069615523
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 4638
SP - 584
EP - 594
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 4
ER -