A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications
Author
Swart, Vaughn R.
Author
Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H.
Author
Copeland, Robert S.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4044
4
556
566
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.5
e751b497-427c-4268-9f22-6854c5dd2b12
1175-5326
234075
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Key to species of the genus
Alhajarmyia
Stuckenberg
1. Antennal stylus short, <1/4 length of postpedicel (
Fig. 3
). Male wing with vein
R4
irregularly rounded basally, with short projecting stem vein (
stm vn
) in cell
r2+3
; veins
M3
and
M4
slightly convergent at wing margin;
r–m
crossvein situated at 1/5 length of discal cell (
d
) (
Fig. 5
). Female wing with vein
R4
irregularly rounded basally; veins
CuP
and
CuA
and veins
M3
and
M4
strongly convergent and closely approximated at wing margin (
Fig. 6
). Male terminalia with synsternite laterally expanded in apical 2/3 (
Figs 9, 10
,
13, 14
); tergite 9 short, laterally expanded (
Figs 17, 18
). Female terminalia with cercus weakly projecting, shallowly notched medially (
Fig. 21
).......................................
umbraticola
(Stuckenberg & Fisher)
– Antennal stylus very long, subequal in length to postpedicel (
Fig. 4
). Male wing with vein
R4
evenly rounded basally, without stem vein in cell
r2+3
; veins
M3
and
M4
sub-parallel;
r–m
crossvein situated at 2/5 length of discal cell (
d
) (
Fig. 7
). Female wing with vein
R4
evenly rounded basally; veins
CuP
and
CuA
weakly convergent not closely approximated at wing margin and veins
M3
and
M4
subparallel to wing margin (
Fig. 8
). Male terminalia with synsternite sub-parallel-sided (
Figs 11, 12
,
15, 16
); tergite 9 sub-elliptical, not laterally expanded (
Figs 19, 20
); Female terminalia with cercus strongly projecting, deeply notched medially (
Fig. 22
)...........................................
stuckenbergi
Swart, Kirk-Spriggs & Copeland
,
sp. n.