REVISION OF SPECIES OF STILOBEZZIA KIEFFER 27 



Wing (fig. 45/) : Without pattern but distinctly infuscated, especially 

 along veins; r-m nearly always weak in midportion; CR 0.76; r-m to 

 stem M lengths as 10:17. Halter (fig. 45e) brownish at neck, otherwise 

 dull whitish. 



Abdomen: Ventral and lateral aspects yellowish; tergum I with 

 cluster of 10-13 hairs on each side; terga with brown color pattern 

 as in figure 45i; II dark on extreme sides only as longitudinal bars; 

 III-VI each with broad brown bands, narrowly broken in middle; 

 distal terga almost totally pale; terga sparsely setose, as figured. 

 Spermathecae (fig. 45g) ovoid, distinctly tapering to the short scle- 

 rotized necks, slightly unequal, measuring 0.060 mm by 0.044 mm 

 and 0.051 mm by 0.039 mm, rudimentary third spermatheca minute, 

 spherical in shape. Female genital sclerotization as in figure 45j. 



Male. — Length of wing 1.07 (1.03-1.15, n=10) mm. 



Similar to the female with the usual sexual differences; antennal 

 plume yellowish brown; claws resembling those of female, one long 

 claw with long basal tooth; tarsomere V with 2 subbasal batonnets 

 on all legs. Genitalia (fig. 45fc-m) with submedian lobes of tergum IX 

 each with 4 papilliform subdivisions; dististyle with slender, bent, 

 sharp distal point; aedeagal sclerite with large expansion at disto- 

 median end; main body of paramere elongate, slender and straight, 

 with strongly spiculose, pointed, distal expansion. 



Distribution. — Malaya; Ceylon, Thailand. 



Types. — Holotype male, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaya, Jan. 

 1960, H. E. McClure, light trap (USNM 69447). Allotype female, same 

 but 8 Aug. 1958, R. Traub. Paratypes, 21 males, 34 females, all col- 

 lected in light traps. CEYLON: Colombo, Kulataluwewa, 19 Feb. 

 1958, Med. Res. Inst., 3 females. MALAYA: Pahang, Kuala Sing- 

 gora, 18 July 1958, R. H. Wharton, 1 male. Pahang, Kuantan, Gudang 

 Rasan, Jan. -Feb. 1959, R. Traub, 1 female. Pahang, Tasek Bera, 11 

 Oct. 1961, R. H. W^harton, 1 male, 1 female. Perlis, Kangar Rest 

 House, 12 July 1958, R. Traub, 1 male. Selangor, same data as types, 

 except dates Aug. 1958, Apr.-Sept. 1959, 5 males, 3 females. THAI- 

 LAND: Bangkok, Thonglo, Jan.-Mar. 1963, J. Scanlon, 3 males, 1 

 female. Chiang Mai, Apr.-May 1958, V. Notananda, 1 female; Ampur 

 Muang, Nov. 1962, J. Scanlon, 1 male. Cholburi, Bangphra, Jan. 

 1963, J. Scanlon, 3 females. Khon Kaen, Ban Pai, and Choom Pae 

 Dists., May 1959, Manop R., 1 male, 4 females. Loei, Dan Sai, and 

 Thai Li Dists., June 1959, Manop R., 4 males, 2 females. Minburi, 

 24 Dec. 1958, Manop R., 2 females. Nakhon Prathom, 18 Dec. 1958, 

 Manop R., 2 females. Nakhon Ratchasima, 5-7 July 1959, Manop 

 R., 1 male, 1 female. Nonthaburi, 20 Dec. 1958, Manop R., 1 male, 

 1 female. Pechaburi, 27 Dec. 1958, Manop R., 1 male. Sakon Nakhon, 

 25-27 June 1959, Manop R., 1 male. Udonthani, Ampur Muang, 



