Palaearctic species of Thaumastoptera (s. str.) Mik (Diptera: Limoniidae)
Author
Starý, Jaroslav
Author
Oboňa, Jozef
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-14
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4394.2.5
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Key to Palaearctic
Thaumastoptera
(s. str.)
1. Upper branch of medial fork (M1+2) very long, about 8 times as long as its petiole, or longer (Fig. 2); femora and tibiae without any dark rings; aedeagus very long, about by one third its length longer than gonocoxite (
Figs. 7, 8
). For other details of wing and other structures of male terminalia, see Figs. 2, 7, 8....
Thaumastoptera
(
Thaumastoptera
)
intermixta
Savchenko, 1974
- Upper branch of medial fork (M1+2) at most 5 times as long as its petiole, or shorter; femora and tibiae with dark apical rings; aedeagus much shorter, at most two thirds the length of gonocoxite............................................. 2
2. Wing pattern little-distinct, restricted to darkened, (sub)vertical vein elements (Fig. 1). For other details of wing and male terminalia, see Figs. 1, 5, 6.....................................
Thaumastoptera
(
Thaumastoptera
)
calceata
Mik, 1866
- Wing pattern distinct, almost black, forming numerous spots and seams........................................... 3
3. Wing pattern with two black marks on costa: between tips of R1 and R3 and on R5; upper branch of medial fork (M1+2) about three times as long as its petiole (Fig. 4). For other details of wing and male terminalia, see Figs. 4, 11, 12.......................................................................... ..
Thaumastoptera
(
Thaumastoptera
)
spathifera
sp. n.
- Wing pattern without two marks above; upper branch of medial fork (M1+2) only slightly longer than its petiole (Fig. 3). For other details of wing and male terminalia, see Figs. 3, 9, 10.......................................................................................................
Thaumastoptera
(
Thaumastoptera
)
insignis
Lackschewitz, 1940