Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) minimum Lin, Qi, Zhang & Wang 2013

Male adult (n = 1). Total length 1.47 mm. Wing length 0.89 mm. Wing length/length of profemur 2.98. Coloration. Head, legs and abdomen yellow. Thorax yellow with brown vittae, postnotum and preepisternum. Head. AR 0.27. Antenna with 13 flagellomeres, ultimate flagellomere 93 μm long (Fig. 1). Frontal tubercles 38 μm long, 15 μm wide at base. Temporal setae 7, including 2 inner verticals, 4 outer verticals and 1 postorbital. Clypeus with 15 setae. Tentorium 70 μm long, 10 μm wide. Stipes 75 μm long, 10 μm wide. Palpomeres length (in μm): 18, 15, 38, 55, 103. L: 5th/3rd 2.73. Wing (Fig. 2). VR 1.54. Brachiolum with 1 seta, R with 11 setae, R1 with 6 setae, R4+5 with 15 setae. Squama with 6 setae. Thorax (Fig. 3). Acrostichals 8; dorsocentrals 11; prealars 3. Scutellum with 4 setae. Legs. Terminal scale (Fig. 4) of fore tibia rounded, 15 μm long, without spine. Spur of mid tibia 25 μm long, comb 10 μm long; unspurred comb 15 μm long. Spur of hind tibia 25 μm long, comb 10 μm long; unspurred comb 10 μm long. Apex of fore tibia 25 μm wide, of mid tibia 23 μm wide, of hind tibia 38 μm wide. Mid ta1 without sensilla chaetica. Lengths (in μm) and proportions of legs in Table 1. Lengths (in μm) and proportions of legs of Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) minimum sp. n.
p1 p2 p3 fe 299 365 374 ti 215 251 308 ta1 317 165 194 ta2 143 75 120 ta3 115 60 115 ta4 85 38 65 ta5 40 38 50 LR 1.47 0.66 0.63 BV 2.17 3.70 2.50 SV 1.62 3.73 3.52 BR 3.60 4.33 5.14 Hypopygium (Figs 5–6). Tergite IX with 4 strong median setae. Laterosternite IX with 1 seta. Anal point broad, 18 μm long, with swollen, rounded apex. Phallapodeme 34 μm long; transverse sternapodeme 13 μm long. Gonocoxite 62 μm long, with 2 long setae. Superior volsella (Fig. 7) 16 μm long, with 3 basal inner setae and 1 strong apical seta, without microtrichium; apicomedial projection 17 μm long, pointed at apex. Inferior volsella 41 μm long, with 10 dorsal setae and 1 prominent apical seta. Gonostylus 30 μm long, apex blunt, with 3 setae along inner margin and 1 apical seta. HR 2.07. HV 4.90.