Terrilimosina capricornis Su & Liu, 2009

Cao, Wenqiang, Dong, Hui & Yang, Ding, 2025, A review of Terrilimosina Roháček, 1983 (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from China with new records and three new species, ZooKeys 1241, pp. 139-169 : 139-169

Terrilimosina capricornis Su & Liu, 2009

Figs 1 i , 6 , 7

Terrilimosina capricornis Su & Liu in Su et al. 2009: 808. - Su 2011: 115–116, 212 [redescription, illustr.]; Dong et al. 2016: 81 [illustr.]; Dong et al. 2020: 431 [Species Catalog of China].

Material examined.

China: - Chongqing: • 4 ♂; Wuxixian, Yintiaoling, Guanshanmaizitang ; 2168 m, 17.viii.2022; Xulong Chen . - Fujian: • 1 ♀; Wuyishan National Park, Tongmu, Gaoqiao ; 609 m, 24.viii.2023; Xiaoyan Liu; (L) . - Guizhou: • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Suiyang, Kuangkuoshuizhongxinzhan ; 3.vi.2010; Yan Li . - Hubei: • 2 ♂, 3 ♀; Shennongjia, Qianjiaping ; 1707 m, 8.vi.2023; Jiuzhou Liu . - Shaanxi: • 3 ♂, 10 ♀; Ningshan, Huodigou ; 2034 m, 14.viii.2022; Bing Zhang . - Xizang: • 1 ♀; Motuo, Damuxiang ; 1530 m, 24.vi.2018; Qicheng Yang . - Yunnan: • 1 ♂; Lushui, Fengxueyakou ; 3105 m, 13.viii.2023; Qicheng Yang . - Zhejiang: • 1 ♀; Tianmushan, Qianmutian ; 30.vii.2011; Tingting Zhang . (all EMCAU).

Diagnosis.

Sternite 5 with patch of posteromedial setulae and long setae at the posterior edge (Fig. 7 d ) Surstylus with an anteroventral process (with long anterior process above and a dense comb-like row of bristles at apex) and a triangular posteroventral process (Fig. 7 a – c ).

Type locality.

China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Maoer Mountain [1800 m].

Distribution.

China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Comments.

Previous Chinese records of this species are from Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang ( Su 2011; Dong et al. 2016, 2020). Here we newly record it from Chongqing, Fujian, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Tibet, and Yunnan. Dong et al. (2020) recorded authorities of this species which are different from the authors of the publication.

Figures

Figure 1. Terrilimosina wings. a. T. bicruris sp. nov.; b. T. dentata sp. nov.; c. T. parasmetanai Su & Liu; d. T. brevipexa Marshall; e. T. parabrevipexa Su & Liu; f. T. maoershanensis Su; g. T. schmitzi (Duda); h. T. deemingi Marshall; i. T. capricornis Su & Liu; j. T. longipexa Marshall; k. T. paralongipexa Hayashi; l. T. nana Hayashi; m. T. unio Marshall; n. T. digitata sp. nov. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Figure 6. T. capricornis Su & Liu, 2009 habitus. a. Male lateral; b. Female lateral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 7. T. capricornis Su & Liu, 2009 structures of male postabdomen. a. Terminalia posterior; b. Terminalia lateral; c. Phallus and associated structures lateral; d. S 5 ventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.