New species and redescriptions of the New Zealand genus Exsul Hutton (Diptera: Muscidae: Coenosiinae)
Author
Barbosa, Leandro Silva
Author
Couri, Márcia Souto
text
Zootaxa
2013
3647
2
382
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.9
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1175-5326
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Exsul
Hutton, 1901
Exsul
Hutton, 1901: 75
. Type-species:
Exsul singularis
Hutton, 1901
, mon. (orig.desc.). Type-locality:
New Zealand
.
Diagnosis.
Eye slightly haired; arista pubescent; parafacial with cilia; prementum shining, prestomal teeth well developed, prealar seta absent; dorsocentrals (2-4)+4; meron and prosternum bare; veins R4+5 and M slightly divergent; anepimeron bare; bowed tibiae; calcar absent; sternite 1 bare or with few hairs near hind margin; hypoproct with stiff thin setae or hairs.
Affinities.
Malloch (1923) suggested a morphological similarity of
Exsul
with
Lispoides
Malloch, 1920
. Indeed, both genera share characters as ocellar triangle short; numerous frontal setae; parafacial with cilia; apical portion of veins M and R4+5 divergent, the last character not found in other
Limnophorini
genera.
Distribution.
New Zealand
, southwest of South Island.