Revision of the Nearctic species of Ditomyia Winnertz and a new species from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Ditomyiidae)
Author
Fitzgerald, Scott J.
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Ditomyia potomaca
Fisher
Figs. 3
,
5
,
19–23
,
48
(Map)
Ditomyia potomaca
Fisher, 1941: 278
.
USA
:
Virginia
. HT male (ANSP).
Material examined
.
CANADA
:
QUEBEC
:
Gatineau Park
,
Black Lake
trail W. outflow,
24.V–7.
VI
.2012, waterfall
MT
,
45º25’57”N
,
75º55’19”W
,
J.M. Cumming
& S.E.
Brooks
,
3 females
(2
SFC
, 1
CNCI
)
;
USA
: CONNECTI-
CUT
:
Fairfield Co.
,
17 May 1930
,
A.L. Melander
1 female
(
allotype
) (
USNM
);
MAINE
:
York Co.
,
West Lebanon
,
29 V–11
VI
1990, D.W.
Barry
,
MT
,
1 female
(
UNHC
);
MARYLAND
:
Montgomery Co.
,
Glen Echo
, 27
April, C.H
.
Curran
,
1 female
(
paratype
) (
USNM
);
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Middlesex Co.
,
Lincoln
,
28–31 May 1982
, E.
T
.
Armstrong
,
Malaise trap
,
1 female
(
USNM
);
VIRGINIA
:
Fairfax Co.
,
Holmes Run
, ca. ¼ mile NE jct
Gallows
Rd
& I-495,
38º50’N
,
77º12’W
,
MT
,
10 April–7 May 2016
, D.
R
.
Smith
,
1 female
(
SFC
);
Fauquier Co.
,
Phoebe Hall Knipling Outdoor Lab
,
Bisquit Mtn. Rd.
,
38.8074ºN
,
77.7224ºW
,
11–27 April 2016
,
MT
, D.
R
.
Smith
&
O.S. Flint
,
1 female
(
SFC
);
Prince William Co.
, Bull Run
Mt. Conservancy
,
38º49.484’N
,
77º41.362’W
,
11–27 April 2016
,
MT
, D.
R
.
Smith
&
O.S. Flint
,
3 males
(
SFC
);
Prince William Co.
, Bull Run
Mt. Conservancy
,
38º49.484’N
,
77º41.362’W
,
28 April–19 May 2016
,
MT
, D.
R
.
Smith
&
O.S. Flint
,
1 male
(
SFC
)
.
Diagnosis
. The following characters will distinguish
D. potomaca
from other Nearctic
Ditomyia
: Wings hyaline (
Fig. 3
), 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 (
Figs. 5
,
19
), male terminalia as
Figs. 20–22
, female terminalia as
Fig. 23
.
FIGURES 13–16.
D. euzona
, terminalia. 13. Male, lateral. 14. Male, dorsal. 15. Male, ventral. 16. Female, lateral. Scale bars = ca. 0.25 mm. Abbreviations: ae, aedeagus; c, cerci; c1, cercus one; c2, cercus two; gc, gonocoxite; gs, gonostylus; h, hypandrium; hl, hypandrial lobe; p, paramere; s8, sternite eight; t8, tergite eight; t9, tergite nine.
FIGURES 17–18.
Male terminalia, ventral, with insets showing detail of hypandrium and aedeagal complex. 17.
D. fasciata
(see “Remarks” under
D. euzona
). 18.
D. euzona
. Scale bars = ca. 0.25 mm. Abbreviations: ae, aedeagus; c, cerci; ea, ejaculatory apodeme; gc, gonocoxite; gs, gonostylus; h, hypandrium; hl, hypandrial lobe; p, paramere.
Remarks
. Some specimens examined lack yellow bands on abdomen and have all coxae blackish.
Distribution
(
Fig. 48
). Northeastern Nearctic;
Canada
(
Quebec
),
USA
(
Maine
,
Connecticut
,
Maryland
,
Massachusetts
, and
Virginia
).
Bionomics
. Records indicate the flight period is May through early June. Immature stages and life history are unknown.
Marshall (2012: 182)
included a photograph of two males competing for a single female on a tree trunk (specimens listed only as
Ditomyia
, but it appears to be
D. potomaca
).