Pterogrammoides baloghi Papp, 1972

Kuwahara, Gregory K., Marshall, Stephen A. & Luk, Stephen P. L., 2025, A revision of Parapterogramma Papp and Pseudopterogramma Papp, with a review of the Parapterogramma genus group of the Pacific and Indomalayan regions (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae, Limosininae), European Journal of Taxonomy 998, pp. 1-124 : 115-118

Pterogrammoides baloghi Papp, 1972

Figs 70–71

Pterogrammoides baloghi Papp, 1972: 105 . Pterogrammoides baloghi – Marshall 1989: 606. — Papp 1989: 329. — Roháček et al. 2001: 216.

Type material

Holotype

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • ♂; Wau; 25 Sep. 1969; J. Balogh leg.; litter with humus of decaying Tradescantia sp. on bank of small valley near Field Station , Berlese funnel; HNHM.

Paratypes

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; HNHM • 1 ♂; Beier River ; 4 Sep. 1969; J. Balogh leg.; lower rooty horizon below litter near big trees on higher (not moist or marshy) ground of virgin forest, Berlese funnel; HNHM • 2 ♂♂; Keravat , near Rabaul; 12 Sep. 1969; J. Balogh leg.; mainly ginger litter in secondary (three years old) forest, Berlese funnel; HNHM • 1 ♂; Wau ; 10 Sep. 1968; J. Balogh leg.; very moist litter without humus of big tree with pilose leaves in lateral depression of valley, Berlese funnel; HNHM • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; detritus and roots of hygrophilous vegetation on bank of stream in valley at Field Station , Berlese funnel; HNHM .

Material examined

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♂; 19.3 km N of Wau; 400 m a.s.l.; 30 May 1974; S. Peck leg.; DEBU • 1 ♂; Wau; 1219 m a.s.l.; 29 Jun. 1974; S. Peck leg.; DEBU.

Distribution

Australasian/Oceanian: Papua New Guinea.

Remarks

Pterogrammoides baloghi is easily recognizable by its short wings ( Fig. 70A,C ). Wings of other species of Pterogrammoides extend beyond the apex of the abdomen.

Figures

Fig. 70. Pterogrammoides baloghi Papp, 1972 (DEBU). A. Male habitus, lateral view. B. Male head, anterior view. C. Left wing. Scale bars: A, C = 0.50 mm; B = 0.25 mm.

Fig. 71. Pterogrammoides baloghi Papp, 1972 (DEBU). A. Male epandrium, lateral view. B. Aedeagus and associated structures, lateral view. C. Male S5, S6+7, and S8, ventral view. Scale bars: A–C = 0.10 mm.