West Palaearctic species of the genus Diostracus Loew, 1861 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) Author Grichanov, Igor Ya. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2013 2013-10-30 61 1 14 journal article 22237 10.5852/ejt.2013.61 6da81aec-2005-471c-9cf6-d50788fdaa35 2118-9773 3824982 C47F5484-764A-41E9-8913-3CCB0092B0DF Key to West Palaearctic species of the genus Diostracus (males) Note: Partially based on previous keys to species of the former genus Sphyrotarsus ( Parent 1938 ; Negrobov 1978 ). 1. Scutellum with 1–2 pairs of long bristles and with some short lateral setae or hairs............2 – Scutellum with 3 pairs of almost equally long bristles (subgenus Sphyrotarsus ).....................4 2. Scape with hairs above; 4.5–5.1 mm ............................. D . ( Diostracus ) leucostomus ( Loew, 1861 ) – Scape bare above..............................................................................................................................3 3. Male and female postpedicel elongate-ovate, 1.5–2 times longer than high, with apical stylus; male abdominal sternites without strong spines; body 5 mm long ................................................ ..................................................................................... D . ( Takagia ) stackelbergi ( Negrobov, 1965 ) – Postpedicel about as long as high, with dorsal stylus; male 2 nd to 4 th abdominal sternites with strong black spines; body 5–6.5 mm long .............. D . ( Lagodechia ) spinulifer Negrobov & Zurikov, 1988 4. Male 2 nd and 3 rd abdominal sternites with strong black spines; body 7.0 mm (female) to 9.4 mm (male) long ....................................................................................... D . ( S. ) kustovi sp. nov. – Male abdominal sternites without strong spines............................................................................5 5. Male cercus shorter than epandrium; body 6 mm long ....... D . ( S. ) caucasicus ( Negrobov, 1965 ) – Male cercus longer than epandrium................................................................................................6 6. All tarsi with empodium scaly in male, as long as claws; mid basitarsus thin, longer than rest of tarsomeres combined; body 6.5 mm long ............................ D . ( S. ) hygrophilus ( Becker, 1891 ) – Tarsi with reduced empodium; mid basitarsus shorter than rest of tarsomeres combined.......7 7. Male cercus bifurcated between base and middle; mid basitarsus thickened at middle and at apex................................................................................................................................................8 – Male cercus bifurcated at apex only; mid basitarsus simple or thickened at base..................9 8. Outer arm of cercus long and narrow; body 5.2–6 mm long ..... D . ( S. ) argyrostomus ( Mik, 1874 ) – Outer arm of cercus short, broad, subtriangular; body 7 mm long ...... D . ( S. ) parenti ( Hesse, 1933 ) 9. Palpus bare; proboscis as long as head; body 5.2 long ..................... D . ( S. ) hessei ( Parent, 1914 ) – Palpus covered with black hairs; proboscis half as long as head; body 6–6.5 mm long ............. .................................................................................................... D . ( S. ) hervebazini ( Parent, 1914 )