Three new species of Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from West Bengal, India
Author
Pal, Gouri Sankar
0000-0001-6124-0479
Biosystematics & Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 713104
gsankarpal9@gmail.com
Author
Hazra, Niladri
0000-0001-8149-9445
Biosystematics & Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 713104
nhazra@zoo.buruniv.ac.in
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-03-07
5419
3
348
360
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.2
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Key to the Indian species of
Forcipomyia
(
Lepidohelea
)
(Modified after
Pal
et al
. 2024b
)
Female
1. Hairs on apical and anal margin of wing serrated....................................
F
.
(
L
.)
calotricha
Kieffer, 1911
– Hairs on wing margin simple............................................................................ 2
2(1). Sub-basal and sub-apical brownish bands on all legs (
Congo
,
Seychelles
).............
F
. (
L.
)
chrysolopha
(
Kieffer, 1911
)
– Banding pattern of legs variable......................................................................... 3
3(2). Spermatheca one...................................................................................... 4
– Spermathecae two.................................................................................... 7
4(3). Capitate sensilla of maxillary palp protruded............................................................... 5
– Capitate sensilla of maxillary palp confined within sensory pit................................................. 6
5(4) Spermatheca large, with long neck...........................
F
. (
L.
)
biharinathensis
Pal, Chatterjee and Hazra, 2024b
– Spermatheca small, with a short neck...................................
F
. (
L.
)
ansula
Pal, Ghosh and Hazra, 2024a
6(4). Maxillary palp with large, irregular sensory pit..............................................
F.
(
L.
)
sulcoa
sp. n.
– Maxillary palp with small, rounded sensory pit.......................
F
. (
L.
)
buccina
Pal, Chatterjee and Hazra, 2024b
7(3). Spermathecae large with no neck......................................................
F.
(
L.
)
inflatistyla
sp. n.
– Spermathecae small with neck...........................................................
F.
(
L.
)
ranula
sp. n.
Male
1. Tip of gonostylus shoe shaped................................................
F
. (
L.
)
chrysolopha
(
Kieffer, 1911
)
– Tip of gonostylus either blunt or pointed.................................................................. 2
2 (1). Aedeagus flattened, roughly square shaped.................................................
F.
(
L.
)
sulcoa
sp. n.
– Aedeagus elongated................................................................................... 3
3(2). Gonostylus nearly straight with pointed apex; caudomedian excavation “U” shaped..............
F.
(
L.
)
inflatistyla
sp. n.
– Gonostylus slightly curve with blunt rounded tip; caudomedian excavation irregular................................ 4
4(3). Lateral process of parameres “prong horn” like.......................
F
. (
L.
)
buccina
Pal, Chatterjee and Hazra, 2024b
– Lateral process of parameres simple...................................................................... 5
5(4). Submedian process of parameres apically hooked, inwardly directed with a blunt tip.................................................................................................
F
. (
L.
)
ansula
Pal, Ghosh and Hazra, 2024a
– Submedian process of parameres swollen basally, outwardly directed with a pointed tip..............
F.
(
L.
)
ranula
sp. n.