An update of Micromyinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) taxonomy, with descriptions of a new genus and 13 new species from Northern Europe
Author
Jaschhof, Mathias
Author
Jaschhof, Catrin
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-12
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3
349
369
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4750.3.3
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Peromyia lindstroemi
sp. nov.
Figs 25–27
Diagnosis.
This new
Peromyia
is classified in the
P. caricis
group (
Jaschhof 2017b: 65
) for the flagellomeres have a single girdle of hair-shaped translucent sensilla (
Fig. 25
), and because of the presence of both a simple, subcylindri- cal gonostylus and an ovate tegmen with indistinct ventral shield (
Fig. 26
). A combination of genitalic characters is specific to
P. lindstroemi
, as follows. The slightly bent gonostylus is twice as long as wide (
Fig. 26
, ↓
3
), without a lobe dorsobasally (
Fig. 27
); the tegmen is slightly constricted subbasally and broadly rounded apically; the ventral shield, of which only the posterior edge is discernible, extends almost to the tegminal apex (↓
4
); the broad, ventroanterior edge of the gonocoxal synsclerite is somewhat angular (↓
5
); and below the ventral gonocoxal emargination is a large, membranous area of subtriangular shape. Females and preimaginal stages of this new
Peromyia
are unknown.
FIGURES 24–27.
Male morphology of
Peromyia elongatula
(24)
and
Peromyia lindstroemi
(25–27)
, holotypes.
24:
Genitalia, ventral.
25:
Fourth flagellomere, lateral.
26:
Genitalia, ventral.
27:
Gonostylus, dorsal. Scales 0.025 mm. Arrows refer to characters described in the diagnoses.
Other male characters.
Body size
0.9 mm
.
Head.
Postfrons non-setose. Eye bridge 2–3 ommatidia long dorsally. A single row of 8 postocular bristles. Neck of fourth flagellomere longer than node (
Fig. 25
). Palpus short, 4 segments successively decreasing in length.
Wing.
R
1
twice as long as Rs. Anterior portion of C extends beyond R
5
for once the vein width.
Legs.
Claws toothless.
Genitalia
(
Fig. 26
). Ninth tergite interrupted medially. Dorsal gonocoxal bridge broadly rounded anteriorly. Tegmen without microtrichose lobe ventrally (which is usually present in species of the
caricis
group).
Etymology.
This species is named to honor Mattias Lindström, of Länsstyrelsen
Hallands län
(Halmstad, Swe- den), an enthusiastic explorer of nematocerous
Diptera
diversity and ecology, and collector of the
holotype
specimen of this new species.
Type material.
Holotype
.
Male
,
Sweden
,
Halland
,
Laholm
,
Blåalt Nature Reserve
, oak forest,
12 June–8 July 2019
,
Malaise trap
,
M. Lindström
(spn.
CEC
2727 in
NHRS
).
Other material examined.
Sweden
:
1 male
(only genitalia mounted on slide),
Öland
,
Borgholm
, Rönnerum-
Abbantorp NR
, mixed broadleaf forest,
17 June–15 July 2015
,
MT
,
MCJ
(spn.
ZFMK-TIS
2565535 in
NHRS
)
;
1 male
(only genitalia mounted on slide),
Småland
,
Nybro
,
Bäckebo
,
Grytsjön NR
, old-growth mixed hemiboreal forest,
19 June–16 July 2014
,
MT
,
MCJ
(spn.
ZFMK-TIS
2549442 in
NHRS
)
.