An overview of the Afrotropical Ommatiinae (Diptera: Asilidae) with a key to genera
Author
Scarbrough, A. G.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-07-19
2540
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47
journal article
1175-5326
Neotenellus
species group
Diagnosis.
Small group of closely related species, largely distinguished by genital characters. Distinguished by the following combination of characters: Small blondish species with thin legs and weak bristles, wing venation, and unique terminalia. Wings hyaline, cell r
4
slightly sigmoid with R
4
at wing apex; coxae yellow or brownish-yellow; M
1
strongly arched basally; anepimeral bristle often long, thin, seta-like, sometimes lost.
Male
. Cercus with abundant, stout setae dorsally; epandrium apically curved or angled medially. Gonostylus rectangular, wide basally, 2/3–3/4 as wide as long in lateral view, narrow apically and hooked. Aedeagal sheath membranous, moderately inflated dorsally (epiphallus); distiphallus tubular, horizontal, slightly sigmoid. Gonocoxite admedial process long and narrow with 1 or 2 seta-like bristles apically.
Female
. Genital fork goblet-shaped with narrow sclerotized arms and membranous base, base usually folded posteriorly. Spermatheca reflected, base large, narrowed apically; ducts join common bursa separately.
Distribution
. East Africa.
Remarks
. Differs from congeners in the wing venation (
Figs. 58
,
67
,
73
,
79
,
83
,
89
) and the combined characters of the terminalia (
Figs. 59–63
,
67–72
,
74–78
,
84–88
,
90–94
).