Revision and morphological analysis of the Ragadidae (Insecta, Diptera)
Author
Wahlberg, Emma
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2019
2019-04-29
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2019.521
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Subfamily
Ragadinae
Sinclair, 2016
Figs 2
A–C,
3
,
4
A,
9
A–D
Diagnosis
The species of the subfamily Ragadidae are distinguished from those of the Iteaphilinae by the length of the postpedicel and the shape of tergite
8 in
males (see the description below and the key above for details). The stout and spine-like setae on fore coxa are synapomorphies for this group. Its included species can be further distinguished by the presence of a recurved labrum in both males and females (in the Iteaphilinae, the labrum is recurved only in the females of
Hormopeza
).
Type
genus
Ragas
Walker, 1837
.
Description
Postpedicel always at most two and a half times as long as broad (
Fig. 6A
). Labrum recurved in both males and females (
Fig. 6D
). Anterior of fore coxa with stout, spine like setae (
Fig. 6A
). Males: tergite 8 slender in shape (
Fig. 6F
); ventral surstylus distinguishable (
Fig. 6G
).
Comments
The first formal description of this group included the genera
Dipsomyia
,
Hormopeza
,
Hydropeza
,
Ragas
, and
Zanclotus
(
Sinclair 2016
)
. In the analysis herein, it is found that this subfamily, excluding
Hormopeza
, can be distinguished only by a few diagnostic characters.
Included genera
Ragas
Walker, 1837
.
Dipsomyia
Bezzi, 1909
.
Hydropeza
Sinclair, 1999
.
Zanclotus
Wilder, 1982
.