The genus Styringomyia LOEW in Australia (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae)
Author
Theischinger, Günther
Author
D, Zacariah
Author
Martin, John
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2018
2018-12-17
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5273151
0253-116X
5273151
Key to the species of
Styringomyia
known from
Australia
(males only)
1 Gonocoxites without distinct apical spine (
Fig. 66
); femora and tibiae rather pale without distinct incomplete dark rings or tip; no distinct wing spots ....................
kimberley
- Gonocoxites with distinct apical spine (
Figs 67-70, 74
,
75, 77-81
); femora and tibiae rather dark or pale with distinct incomplete dark rings or tip ..............................................2
2 Gonocoxites with 3 spines, 1 apical, 2 dorsal; gonostyli including large elements with abundant retrose setae (
Fig. 67
)...............................................................................
danbulla
- Gonocoxites with 1 or 2 spines, none of them dorsal; gonostyli not including elements with abundant retrose setae .................................................................................................3
3 Gonocoxites with 2 spines, 1 apical, 1 ventral (
Figs 68-70
)................................................4
- Gonocoxites with apical spine only.....................................................................................6
4 Gonocoxites plump, hardly longer than subapical spine (
Fig. 68
); femora and tibiae rather pale with distinct incomplete dark rings; wings with indistinct spots ................
naso
- Gonocoxites slender, more than twice as long as subapical spine (
Figs 69, 70
); pro and meso femora and tibiae rather dark without distinct darker rings; wings partly distinctly darkened but without spots..................................................................................................5
5 Apical spine of gonocoxite basally not expanded (
Fig. 69
).....................................
aterrima
- Apical spine of gonocoxite basally expanded (
Fig. 70
)...................................
terraereginae
6 Apex of sternite 9 simple and narrow; gonostyli with long, slender whip-like element (
Fig. 71
).......................................................................................................................
flagro
- Apex of sternite 9 complex, bilobed or trifid; gonostyli without long, slender whip-like element (
Figs 72, 73
)...........................................................................................................7
7 Apex of sternite 9 bilobed (
Fig. 72
) femora and tibiae dark without distinct rings or pale with distinct incomplete rings......................................................................................8
- Apex of sternite 9 trifid (
Fig. 73
); femora and tibiae pale with apex darker......................13
8 Gonocoxites without mesal expansion, their basal two thirds plump, the apical third digitate (
Fig. 74
); femora and tibiae dark without distinctly darker incomplete rings; wings not spotted............................................................................................................
rose
- Gonocoxites subconical with mesal expansion (
Figs 23
,
75-78
); generally, femora and tibiae pale with darker incomplete rings and wings spotted ................................................9
9 Mesal expansion of gonocoxites very large, in ventral view obscuring much of the gonostyli (see
Fig. 23
).....................................................................................
edwardsorum
- Mesal expansion of gonocoxites of moderate size, in ventral view not obscuring much of gonostyli (
Figs 75-78
)...................................................................................................10
10 Prominent element of gonostyli with several distinct long setae along posterior margin (
Fig. 75
)..................................................................................................................
bancrofti
- Prominent element of gonostyli without distinct long setae along posterior margin (
Figs 76-78
)................................................................................................................................11
11 Prominent element of gonostyli double-winged, gutter–shaped (
Fig. 76
)..............
baroalba
- Prominent element of gonostyli mesally pointed or rounded (
Figs 77, 78
) .......................12
12 Prominent element of gonostyli mesally pointed (
Fig. 77
)..........................................
remex
- Prominent element of gonostyli mesally rounded (
Fig. 78
)
.......................................collessi
13 Less than basal two thirds of gonocoxites expanded; median process of sternite 9 long and narrow (
Fig. 79
)...............................................................................................
coronata
- Basal three fourths of gonocoxites significantly expanded; median process of sternite 9 moderately long and wide or short and flat (
Figs 80, 81
) ..................................................14
14 Median process of sternite 9 moderately long and wide (
Fig. 80
)........................
bipunctata
- Median process of sternite 9 short and flat (
Fig. 81
) ..............................................
williamsi