New species of Metatrichia Coquillett (Diptera: Scenopinidae) from Australia and Venezuela
Author
Winterton, Shaun L.
Author
Woodley, Norman E.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2094
42
51
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.187576
6dde6c53-43ff-4098-9afb-ede1ffc0d5cf
1175-5326
187576
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Key to extant species of
Metatrichia
from the New World
1. Legs tan-brown; abdomen generally tan coloured with posterior margins of tergites 1–7 cream-coloured; abdomen without scale-like setae; notopleural region of pleura cream; knob of haltere cream; wings of female hyaline............ ..............................................................................................................................................
M. venezuelensis
sp. nov.
- Legs very dark brown to black; abdomen black, sometimes with reddish-yellow colour laterally; abdomen with scale-like setae laterally; notopleural region of pleura black; knob of haltere whitish yellow to brown; wings of female with brownish infuscation ................................................................................................................................ 2
2. Body uniformly black, sometimes end of abdomen vaguely brownish in females; knob of haltere primarily brown; widespread in
United States
to northern
Mexico
...............................................................
M. bulbosa
(Osten Sacken)
- Body largely black, but male abdomen (female unknown) with lateral margins of tergites 3–6 and entire tergite 7 reddish yellow; knob of haltere whitish yellow; known with certainty only from
Paraguay
.........
M. robusta
Kröber