Two new species of Medetera Fischer von Waldheim (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Russia and Mongolia
Author
Negrobov, Oleg P.
Author
Naglis, Stefan
text
Zootaxa
2015
3964
3
386
390
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3964.3.8
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Medetera emeljanovi
Negrobov & Naglis
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1
A–I)
Type
material
.
HOLOTYPE
♂:
MONGOLIA
, Yuzhno-Gobijskij Ajmak,
10 km
NW mountain Onch-Khayrkhanula,
4.VIII.1967
, leg. Emeljanov.
PARATYPES
:
1 ♂
, same data as
holotype
.
Types
deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Description
.
Male
. Frons and face with silvery-white pollinosity, face at middle twice as wide as width of postpedicel (0.6:0.3). Proboscis dark brown. Palpus silvery-white pollinose, with long white hairs. Antenna (
Fig.
1
I) yellow. Postpedicel oval, with triangular apex, length equal to width, with yellow hairs. Arista apical, whiteyellow, in apical part extended. Pedicel thickened, wider than postpedicel. Ratio length of postpedicel to arista 0.7:1.7. Postocular bristles in lower part of head yellowish white.
Mesonotum
with whitish pollinosity. Propleuron with 2 short yellow hairs. No small additional setae between sr and anterior dc; 1 notopleural, 1 supraalar, 4 pairs of dc, ac absent; 1 pair of strong scutellars, with 1 pair of short yellow lateral bristles.
Legs
yellow. Fore coxa with white hairs. Fore femur without long ventral hairs. Fore tibia without strong bristles, apically with 2 short bristles. Fore leg length ratio (from tibia to tarsomere 5) 2.5:1.4:0.5:0.4:0.3:0.3. Mid femur without ventral hairs. Mid tibia in basal third with 1 ad and 1 pd bristle, apically with 2 long yellow bristles. Mid tarsomeres 1–4 apically with 4–5 black short ventral bristles (
Fig. 1
F). Mid leg length ratio (from tibia to tarsomere 5) 3.8:1.8:0.9:0.7:0.5:0.6.
Hind
femur below with short yellow hairs outside, without strong preapical bristle.
Hind
tibia with 1 short yellow pd bristle, apically on ad side with curved black spike-like seta, on pd side with black thick process.
Hind
tarsomeres 2–4 with black short bristles on ventral side (
Fig. 1
G).
Hind
leg length ratio (from tibia to tarsomere 5) 3.7:1.2:2.1:1.1:0.7:0.5.
Wing
(
Fig. 1
H) slightly darkened with dark veins, costa yellow, without thickening. Basal section of CuA1 without swelling. R4+5 and M1+2 convergent. M1+
2 in
apical part slightly curved. Ratio section of costa between R2+3 and R4+5 to section of costa between R4+5 and M1+2 1.3:0.3. Apical part of M1+2 slightly longer than basal part 4.1:3.8. Crossvein dm-cu shorter than apical part of CuA1 0.7:1.0. Anal lobe small, anal angle obtuse. Calypter yellowish, with white cilia. Halter yellow.
Abdomen
light–green, on dorsal side with bronze hue, with white hairs, broad, compressed dorsoventrally, with dense white pollinosity. Epandrium (
Fig. 1
A) oval, narrowed apically, longer than width. Surstylus narrow, curved, about
2X
longer than wide, with 1 long subapical, 1 curved median, and 1 flattened basal setae (
Fig 1
D). Hypandrium (
Fig. 1
E) in basal part wide and oval, in apical part narrow and parallel-sided. Cercus (
Fig. 1
B) elongated-oval, with strong, curved dorsal bristle.
Female
. Unknown.
Length
(mm): body 1.1–1.3, wing 1.2–1.3.
Etymology
. The species is named after the scientist Alexandr Emeljanov from the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences who collected the flies.
Remarks
. In the Palaearctic key (Negrobov & Stackelberg
1971–77
), the new species runs to
Medetera zaitzevi
Negrobov
in
Negrobov & Stackelberg, 1977
, but can be distinguished by the following characters:
1 Antenna yellow; arista apically white-yellow, with widened apex; pedicel thickened (
Fig.
1
I).
Medetera emeljanovi
sp. nov.
- Antenna black; arista yellow, simple; pedicel not thickened......................................
Medetera zaitzevi