The Campsicnemus lobatus and zigzag groups in the Society Islands, French Polynesia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1910
27
44
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184540
b02963f7-eec2-4501-a596-57938e514df1
1175-5326
184540
The
zigzag
group
Diagnosis
. Species in the
zigzag
group are easily distinguished by the distinctive thick, modified seta on the ventroapical third of the mid femur (
Figs. 14–18
). No other species of
Campsicnemus
known have this ventral femoral setal modification. Species in this group are some of the smallest in the genus (from 1.0–
2.3 mm
in length).
Remarks.
The species in this group are endemic to the Society Islands and, except for two species that are both found on Tahiti (
C. ogradyi
,
n. sp.
and
C. zigzag
,
n. sp.
), there appears to be one species per island. If the one-island-one-species formula hold true for the remainder of the Society Islands, further collecting should reveal species of this group on Moorea and Bora Bora.
Although some species were collected in association with rocks in or near streams, they are also found in sweeps of vegetation and are probably more associated with the riparian areas of streams rather than the close association with wet seeps of members of the
lobatus
group from the Society Islands or actual water skaters of the members of the
Campsicnemus
described from the Marquesas.
Included species
:
mylloseta
Evenhuis
,
n. sp.
(Society Islands [Huahine]).
ogradyi
Evenhuis
,
n. sp
.
(Society Islands [Tahiti]).
ostlinx
Evenhuis
,
n. sp
.
(Society Islands [Raiatea]).
tahaanus
Evenhuis
,
n. sp.
(Society Islands [Tahaa]).
zigzag
Evenhuis
,
n. sp
.
(Society Islands [Tahiti]).