Drosophila glabra Chen & Gao, 2015

Remarks. The new species is distinguishable from other Old World members of the obscuragroup by the combination of the following characters: (1) palpus has a relatively acute apex, giving the entire palpus a somewhat triangular shape in lateral view; (2) scutum without any clear longitudinal stripe; (3) foreleg 1st and 2nd tarsomeres with moderately sized sex-combs (with 8–10 teeth), both slightly oblique against the axes of respective tarsomeres; (4) foreleg 2nd tarsomere approximate 3/4 lengthof 1st tarsomere; (5) surstylus without hook-shaped projection at dorso-caudal corner; (6) median sections of 10th abdominal sternite broad, somewhat trapeziform; (7) median membrane ofaedeagus hairless (not hirsute).

Distribution. China (Guangxi).

Reference: Ji-Min Chen, Jian-Jun Gao, A new species of Drosophila obscuraspecies group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from China, Zoological Systematics, 40(1): 70–78 (January 2015).