Nematode-induced demasculinization of Nearctic Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with five new synonyms
Author
Runyon, Justin B.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-01-24
5092
5
545
558
journal article
2447
10.11646/zootaxa.5092.5.3
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1175-5326
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Dolichopus beatus
Van Duzee, 1921: 63
Potential infected species:
Dolichopus bisetosus
Van Duzee, 1921: 77
.
Dolichopus beatus
was described from
one male
collected at Craig Mountain,
Idaho
,
USA
. The male is described as having a wide face and a very small hypopygium that is “about the size of the fifth abdominal segment”. Eight males of the putative host species,
D. bisetosus
, were also collected at Craig Mountain,
Idaho
. Both species belong to Group B of the North American species of
Dolichopus
(Van Duzee 1921)
and differ in width of the face, size of the postabdomen, and extent of yellow on the middle femur (in
D. beatus
the femur is darker and more like the female which has black femora).