Reevaluation of species richness in Winnertzia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Winnertziinae), with descriptions of 37 new species from Sweden, Peru and Australia
Author
Jaschhof, Mathias
0000-0003-3447-1620
Author
Jaschhof, Catrin
0000-0002-1030-0934
mjaschhof@yahoo.de
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-08-11
4829
1
1
72
journal article
8695
10.11646/zootaxa.4829.1.1
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1175-5326
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Winnertzia globifera
Mamaev
agg.
Our reexamination of 83 Swedish males previously assigned to
W. globifera
found two morphotypes (named here A and B), which differ in both the outline of the gonostylar apex (either pointed or rounded) and the inclination of the gonostylar claw (either vertical or longitudinal). We noticed variation also in other genitalic structures (notably the aedeagal apodeme), whereas non-genitalic structures gave no clue whether
W. globifera
comprises more than one species. Our conclusion here is that
W. globifera
sensu
Jaschhof & Jaschhof (2013)
is likely to be a complex of two (or more) discrete species, whose taxonomic study in the future should include specimens from a larger geographic area. Also, the status of
W. argentata
Mamaev
and
W. subglobifera
Mamaev
, two junior synonyms of
W. globifera
, needs to be reconsidered by future revisors. Finally, we realize only now that our
Winnertzia
aff.
xylostei
(
Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013: 84
)
is closer to
W. globifera
than to
W. xylostei
.
Material studied.
Specimens listed by
Jaschhof & Jaschhof (2013)
and those numbered here
CEC
3192–
CEC
3212 (all in
NHRS
). Morphotype A is represented by specimens ZFMK-TIS-2527392, ZFMK-TIS-2549538, and ZFMK-TIS-2549539; morphotype B by specimens ZFMK-TIS-2527394, ZFMK-TIS-2527396, ZFMK-TIS- 2527397, and ZFMK-TIS-2549540 (all in
NHRS
).