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 50 2 1587 1633 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