Drosophila (Sophophora) curta Chassagnard & Tsacas, 1997

Figs 1–2, 4 E–F, 5C, 6E–F

Drosophila (Sophophora) curta Chassagnard & Tsacas in Chassagnard et al., 1997: 93 .

Diagnosis

Male and female body pigmentation including halters and legs yellow (Fig. 4 E–F); male abdominal tergites T2–T4 with a broad black stripes expanding towards the margins, T5 and T6 completely black (Fig. 4E); dorsalmost surstylus prensiseta not on the same axis with remaining prensisetae; hypandrial median process truncated and serrated; aedeagus spatulate (Fig. 5C); female T2 with a thin black stripe expanding on the middle and fainting towards the margin, T3–T5 with a broad black stripe and an expanding grayish area on the margin (Fig. 4F); oviscapt fourth posterior peg-like outer ovisensillum on the same axis with the third and fifth ovisensilla (Fig. 6C), with anterior ovisensilla long and thin, almost setiferous (Fig. 6D).

Type material

Holotype

MALAWI • ♂; Cape Maclear; 14°01′ S, 34°51′ E; 30 Mar. 1991; D. Lachaise leg.; MNHN. Other material

MADAGASCAR • 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Andasibe; 17°20′ S, 48°54′ E; 16–17 Feb. 2008 (ex-laboratory strain Jul. 2014); J.R. David & A. Yassin leg.; ZUAC .

Description

As in Chassagnard et al. (1997).

Distribution

Malawi (type) and Madagascar (new record).

Remarks

Yassin et al. (2016) included a Kenyan strain of D. curta in their phylogenetic analysis. However, the strain turned out to be a likely new species belonging to the ‘ D. tsacasi species complex’ depicted in Figs 1–2 as D. aff. tsacasi (see below). In Madagascar, D. curta was collected only from Andasibe during the expedition of 2008. Females have two color morphs (Yassin et al. 2016).