''Proanoplomus tenompokensis'' is a species of fruit fly in the family

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. It is found

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Description

The species is known from a single male

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collected in 1959. The body is 5.5 mm. (0.22 in.) long and the wing is 6 mm. (0.24 in). It is distinguished from the similar species ''P. cinereofasciatus'', ''P. formosanus'', and ''P. nigroscutellatus'' by having dark brown to black postpronotal lobes with yellow margins.

Distribution

It has only been found in

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, Eastern Malaysia.

Etymology

Part of the label on the

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says: "British N. Borneo, Tenompok", which is the type locality from which the name is derived. The latin

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"-ensis" means "pertaining to" or "originating in".

References

Dacinae Insects of Malaysia {{Dacinae-stub