C. circumdatus Kieffer

Synonym: C. plumatistigerus Tokunaga,1945 (Martin and Saxena (2009)

In BOLD Bin: BOLD:AAG5483


Male terminalia of C. circumdatus.
Anal point relatively narrow, superior volsella strongly curved at the tip.

Adult:

Male:
AR about 3.5.
Frontal tubercles about 38 micron
Mesonotal vittae forming narrow dark stripes.
Wing length: 2.80 mm; wing width 0.67 mm.  VR about 1.0
Wings without darkening of the crossvein.
Leg lengths (microns) and proportions as follows:

 
Fe
Ti
Ta1
Ta2
Ta3
PI
1075
1030
1520
800
700
PII
1120
1000
660
380
260
PIII
1240
1215
980
500
395
 
Ta4
Ta5
LR
F/T
BR
PI
580
280
1.48
1.04
1.78
PII
165
115
0.66
1.12
 
PIII
225
140
0.80
1.01
 

Anal point narrow at base, TIX with 7 setae.  Superior volsella of the D-type, closest to e of Strenzke (1959), but tip may be more bent.

Female (based on Sasa 1978):
Wing length 2.8 mm.
Antennal proportions (micron): 80 : 190 : 120 : 120 : 130 : 280.
Frontal tubercle short and stout, 24 micron long and 17 micron wide.
Palpal proportions (segs. 2-5) (mm): 60 : 240 : 250: 540.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adult female of C. circumdatus from Australia. (from BOLD)
Leg lengths (microns) and proportions as follows:


 
Fe
Ti
Ta1
Ta2
Ta3
PI
1440
1150
2050
1000
930
PII
1630
1340
810
410
290
PIII
1490
1490
11500
560
460
 
Ta4
Ta5
LR
F/T
Ta5/Ti
PI
880
410
1.79
1.25
0.36
PII
180
150
0.60
1.31
0.11
PIII
270
180
0.77
1.00
0.12



Abdominal tergites almost entirely dark brown, with narrow apical pale bands on tergites I to VII.

DNA Sequence:
mtCO1: sequence is in GenBank for India (acc. no. KX271850), Pakistan (acc. no. KJ768129), Malaysia acc. no.), Thailand (acc. nos. GU944724, JQ287743-51, KT212956 - 977), Singapore (acc. no. KJ530964-69, KP462069-74, KP462468-69, KP462389-94,68-70, KP462650, 53-56, 59, 62-70, 84), Australia (acc. no. AF19225), China (acc. no. KP902724-29), Japan (acc. no. LC050935).
There are also sequences in the BOLD database (see above).

Found: Type locality - Tainan, Yentempo, Takao, FORMOSA (TAIWAN)
            New Guinea - Lake Wisdom (5.33°S, 147.10°E), Long Island, Madang District
            Also found in northern Australia, India, Malaysia, Thailand and Pacific Islands.

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Modified: 30 November 2022
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