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52. Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) claripes Das Gupta and Wirth, new species 



Figures 21, 94 

 Female. — Length of wing 1.45 mm; breadth 0.54 mm. 

 Structurally similar to tokunagai, new species, but readily separated 

 from it by the almost totally pale legs (figs. 94a, b), only the coxae, a 

 narrow knee spot on hind femur, faint broad subbasal band on hind 

 tibia, and faint apices of mid and hind tibiae brownish. Antenna in 

 poor condition, not measured; VI-XI shaped as in figure 21. Mandible 

 with 7 teeth. Wing (fig. 94c) faintly brownish anteriorly; CR 0.73; 

 r-m to stem M lengths as 1 :3. Halter knob not as dark as in tokunagai. 

 Hind tibial comb with 10 spines; TR 2.06. Abdomen (fig. 94j) as in 

 tokunagai, but hairs on II-IV forming a narrower median line; tergum 

 I with 5-6 setae on each side. Spermathecae (fig. 94a) as in tokunagai; 

 genital sclerotization as in figure 94A. 



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Figure 94. — Stilobezzia claripes, new species (a-d, h-j, 9 ; t-g, i, d 1 )- a, femur-tibia, mid 

 leg; b, same, hind leg; c, wing; d, spermathecae; e-g, c? genitalia; h, ? genitalia; i, ab- 

 dominal terga I-IV, c? 1 ; j, same, ? . 



Male. — Length of wing 1.5 mm. As in the female with the usual 

 sexual differences, including features of the abdominal terga (fig. 94i) . 

 Genitalia (fig. 94e-^) nearly identical with those of tokunagai, but 

 the dististyle more slender distally. 



Distribution. — Korea; Japan. 



