The genus Drymeia Meigen in the Caucasus Mountains, with a note on the identity of Aspilia glacialis Rondani, 1866 (Diptera: Muscidae)
Author
Pont, Adrian C.
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-11
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Drymeia setibasis
(
Huckett, 1965
)
Figs 20–30
Eupogonomyia setibasis
Huckett, 1965: 301
.
FIGURES 20–21.
Drymeia setibasis
(Huckett)
, ♂ habitus.
20.
Lateral view.
21.
Dorsal view. (Georgia, Kazbegi, Gergeti scree (1), 2950–3000 m, 14.vii.1983.)
FIGURES 22–25.
Drymeia setibasis
(Huckett)
.
22.
♂ head, lateral view.
23.
♂ mid femur, anterior view.
24.
♀ mid femur, anterior view.
25.
♂ hind tibia and tarsomere 1, anterior view. Scale-line 1 mm (3) and 0.5 mm (4–6). (Georgia, Kazbegi, Gergeti, scree & river, 2950–3200 m, 11.vii.1983.)
Diagnosis.
The male of this species can be recognised by the group of strong curved setae on ventral and anteroventral surfaces at base of mid femur (
Figs 20
,
23
).
Material Examined.
GEORGIA
:
Mtskheta-Mtianeti region
:
Gergeti
[~
42°42’N
44°31’E
], upper heaths,
2300– 3000 m
,
11.vii.1983
(
A.C. Pont
),
1♀
;
Gergeti
, upper heaths,
3000 m
,
14.vii.1983
(
A.C. Pont
),
1♂
1♀
;
Gergeti
, river,
2950 m
,
14.vii.1983
(
A.C. Pont
),
48♂
4♀
;
Gergeti
, scree & river,
2950–3200 m
,
11.vii.1983
(
A.C. Pont
),
30♂
10♀
;
Gergeti
, scree (1),
2950–3000 m
,
14.vii.1983
(
A.C. Pont
),
2♂
2♀
;
Gergeti
, scree (2),
2950–3000 m
,
14.vii.1983
(
A.C. Pont
),
2♂
;
Gergeti
, glacier,
3200 m
,
11.vii.1983
(
A.C. Pont
),
1♂
.
ARMENIA
:
Aragatsotn
,
Mt Aragats
,
40°29’N
44°11’E
,
3505 m
, by snow field,
18.vii.2018
(
A.C. Pont
),
10♂
6♀
;
same locality,
3285–3500 m
,
18.vii.2018
,
2♂
2♀
;
same locality,
3285 m
,
on
Ranunculus aragazi
,
19.vii.2018
,
1♂
;
same locality,
3285 m
, sweeping over
Campanula tridentata
,
18.vii.2018
,
1♀
.
D. setibasis
is a rare species in
Armenia
and was previously found only in
Aragatsotn province
at Lake Kari and on Mt Aragats, from
3190 to 3560 m
(
Pont 2018: 15
). It is clearly a high-altitude species in both
Armenia
and
Georgia
, occurring well above the tree-line.