Mediterranean species of the Medetera plumbella species group with description of a new peculiar species from Morocco (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Author
Ya, Igor
Author
Vikhrev, Nikita E.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2170
46
52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.189200
89ec9a06-f83a-416b-8f1d-ce502cf9b0c9
1175-5326
189200
Key to Mediterranean species of the
Medetera plumbella
species group
1 Fore coxa greyish black; femora black at base and tibiae black at apex; tarsi entirely brown-black; m-cu longer than apical section of CuA1; body length: 2.0 ....................................................................................
M. sylvestris
(Becker)
- Fore coxa yellow; femora entirely yellow; tibiae and basitarsi black at most at extreme apex; m-cu equal to or shorter than apical section of CuA1.............................................................................................................................. 2
2 Mesonotum with yellow or brownish setae; scape and pedicel yellow; hind femur without long anteroventrals ...... 3
- Mesonotum with black setae; scape and pedicel either yellow or black ...................................................................... 5
3 Fore and mid coxae with simple or inconspicuously flattened setae; body length: 1.7–2.1
M. pallidior
(Stackelberg)
- Fore and mid coxae with flattened scale-like anterior cilia forming true brush; body length: 2.25............................. 4
4 Fore tibia shorter than 1st and 2nd tarsomeres combined; greatest distance between M1+2 and R4+5 3.5 times as long as that at their tips............................................................................................................................
M. albisetosa
(Parent)
- Fore tibia longer than 1st and 2nd tarsomeres combined; greatest distance between M1+2 and R4+5 2.5 times as long as that at their tips.............................................................................................................
M. albescens lutescens
(Parent)
5 Antenna entirely black; fore and mid coxae with simple pilosity; body length: 1.6–2.5 .............................................. ....................................................................................................................................................
M. plumbella
Meigen
- Scape and pedicel yellow or reddish; fore and mid coxae with either simple or modified cilia ................................. 6
6 Fore and mid coxae with simple sparse hairs; acrostichal setae well developed; body length: 1.75 ............................ .......................................................................................................................................................
M. araneipes
Parent
- Fore and mid coxae with flattened anterior cilia forming true brush; acrostichals short ............................................. 7
7 Frons and face greyish-white pollinose; hind coxa with one seta; male with fore tarsus from apex of basitarsus to 4th segment slightly swollen, densely covered with white thickened cilia on anterior surface; body length: 2.0–2.2 ....... ....................................................................................................................
M. varvara
Grichanov et Vikhrev
sp. nov.
- Frons and face silvery-white; hind coxa with three outer setae; legs unmodified; body length: 2.25 ...........................
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M. albescens albescens
(Parent)