Revision of the Nearctic species of Ditomyia Winnertz and a new species from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Ditomyiidae)
Author
Fitzgerald, Scott J.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-06
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4859.2.4
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Key to the species of Nearctic
Ditomyia
1 Wing patterned (
Figs. 2
&
11
); male terminalia as
Figs. 13–15
and female terminalia as
Fig. 16
; eastern Nearctic…...............................................................................................
D. euzona
Loew
- Wing hyaline; terminalia not as above…................................................................... 2
2 Antennal flagellomeres pale yellow (sometimes becoming light greyish-brown distally), nearly concolorous with pale yellow pedicel and scape, black spot marking base of each antennal seta strongly contrasting against yellow background color of flagellomere (
Fig 5
); mesonotum black to very dark brown (
Fig. 19
); male terminalia as
Figs. 20–22
, female terminalia as
Fig. 23
; eastern Nearctic…......................................................................
D. potomaca
Fisher
- Antennal flagellomeres grey-brown, contrasting with pale yellow scape and pedicel, black spot marking base of each antennal seta not strongly contrasting against background color of flagellomere (
Fig. 6
); mesonotum pale yellow with light brown stripes (
Figs. 7
&
24
); western Nearctic…........................................................................ 3
3 Macrotrichia of wing evenly distributed on basal third (cell br+bm with evenly spaced macrotrichia) (
Fig. 4
); male terminalia as
Figs. 25–27
, female terminalia as
Fig. 28
, with second segment of cerci broadly rounded and not tapered apically; female fore tibia ~1.1 times as long as fore basitarsus;
British Columbia
to
California
............... …
D. sohnsi
Fitzgerald
n. sp.
-
Basal third of wing with macrotrichia unevenly distributed and with large bare areas (cell br+bm mostly bare) (
Fig. 1
); male unknown; female terminalia as
Figs. 8–10
, with second cercus more narrow and slightly tapered to a round point apically (
Fig. 10
); female fore tibia ~1.5 times as long as fore basitarsus (
Fig. 7
);
Washington
…............
D. elongata
Fitzgerald
n. sp.