Revision of the South African endemic genus Edenophorus Smith (Diptera: Empididae)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
text
African Invertebrates
2002
2002-12-31
43
109
122
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7666039
2305-2562
7666039
Key to species of
Edenophorus
1 Cell dm present, crossvein dm-cu present (
Fig. 4
) ............................................... 2
– Cell dm absent, crossvein dm-cu absent (
Fig. 5
) .................................................. 4
2 Postpronotal lobe with 3 stout anterior bristles and 1 posterior bristle; length of proboscis at least 1.5 times height of head (
Fig. 2
) .........................
spinosus
sp. n
– Postpronotal lobe with 1 anterior and 1 posterior bristle; length of proboscis slightly longer to less than height of head (
Fig. 1
) ............................................................ 3
3 Proboscis less than height of head; basal 2 antennal segments yellow, contrasting strongly with dark postpedicel (
Fig. 1
) ............................................
knysna
Smith
– Proboscis more than height of head; basal 2 antennal segments slightly paler than dark postpedicel ..................................................................................
irwini
sp. n.
4 Legs dark .......................................................................................
nigricans
sp. n.
– Legs pale ............................................................................................................... 5
5 Antenna yellow, except for dark apex of postpedicel and style .....
hiemalis
sp. n.
– Antenna dark......................................................................................................... 6
6 M
1
strongly arched towards wing margin, divergent from R
4+5
; male terminalia held horizontally, such that the cerci are positioned dorsally (
Fig. 9
) ..........
simplex
sp. n.
– M
1
gently arched towards wing margin, not divergent from R
4+5
; male terminalia held upright, such that the cerci are positioned anteriorly (
Fig. 10
) ....
stuckenbergi
sp. n.