Pygophora macularis (Wiedemann, 1830)

(Figs. 7a–d, 12)

Coenosia macularis Wiedemann, 1830: 438 . Holotype female ( Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark). Type locality: E. Indies.

Diplogaster nigricauda Bigot, 1886: 14 .

Redescription. Male. Differing from P. boninensis as follows: abdominal sternite 5 broad posteriorly in ventral view; surstylus broad and nearly straight in dorsal view; phallus nearly straight apically. Female. Differing from male as follows: first flagellomere shorter than in male, approximately 2.8 times as long as pedicel; wing without brown spot; hind tibia without posteroventral seta and apical lobe; abdominal tergite 3 with three black spots; abdominal tergite 5 without dorsal keel. Female terminalia. Very similar to P. boninensis .

Body length. 5.5–7.0 mm.

Material examined. JAPAN: 1 male (BLKU), Mt. Hôkyô, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki pref., 6. VIII. 2013 ; 1 male (EUM), Yorii town, Ôsato-gun, Saitama pref., 24. VI–2. VII. 2007 ; 1 male (BLKU), Tatsugaya, Ogose town, Iruma-gun, Saitama pref., 11. II. 2012 ; 1 male (EUM), Imperial Palace, Tokyo, 14. III. 2002 ; 1 female (BLKU), Mt. Futagoyama, Zushi city, Kanagawa pref., 19. X. 2008 ; 1 male (BLKU), Kashihara, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka pref., 6. IV. 1996 ; 1 female (BLKU), Onoaida, Yakushima town, Yakushima Is., Kumage-gun, Kagoshima pref. [N 30°14’39” / E 130°33’30”], 9. III. 2013 ; 3 males and 3 females (BLKU), Gusuku, Sumiyo town, Amami city, Kagoshima pref., 1, 3, 5. VII. 2013 . THAILAND: 2 females (EUM), Khao Yai 30 Km, S. of Pak Chong, 25–26. XII. 1975 . INDONESIA: 1 male (EUM), Noongan 50 Km S. of Menado, 2–10. XII. 1973 .

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Kyushu), China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Bionomics. This was found and collected by the first author in a forest.

Remarks. This species resembles Pygophora boninensis and P. maculipennis Stein, and it is distinguished from them only by the following male morphological characters: hind tibia with 1 posteroventral seta, and surstylus broad in dorsal view. This is the first record of the species from Japan.