A new species of Philetus Melander (Diptera: Empididae) from the Yukon Territory, Canada
Author
Cumming, Jeffrey M.
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
jeff.cumming@canada.ca
Author
Brooks, Scott E.
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
scott.brooks@canada.ca
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-07
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3
447
450
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4718.3.12
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Key to species of
Philetus
(males)
1 Terminalia with cercus bifid apically; hypandrium without apical rods; postgonite projected dorsally as broad U-shaped lobe (
Cumming
et al
. 2016
, figs 17–20). Antenna with postpedicel broadly produced apically (
Cumming
et al
. 2016
, fig. 8).....................................................................................
P. schizophorus
Melander
- Terminalia with cercus simple, elongate, not bifid apically (
Figs 3, 5
); hypandrium with hooked-shaped apical rods (
Fig. 4
); postgonite projected dorsally as wide rounded lobe (
Fig. 4
). Antenna with postpedicel narrowly produced apically (
Cumming
et al
. 2016
, fig. 7)..................................................................................... 2
FIGURES 1–2.
Habitus photograph and collection locality.
1.
Philetus kitsi
sp. nov.
habitus photograph, male holotype.
2.
Shrub tundra locality in the Richardson Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada, where the holotype was collected using a Malaise trap (photograph: J.H. Kits).
2 Terminalia with cercus rounded apically, without pronounced apical ventral hook (
Fig. 3
); ventral subepandrial lobe with digitiform apex and thumb-like preapical medially-directed process (
Fig. 5
); medial subepandrial lobe absent; epandrial lobe with posteriorly hooked dorsal process (
Figs 3, 5
); hypandrium with narrow median apical process (
Figs 3, 4
).....
P. kitsi
sp. nov.
- Terminalia with cercus bearing pronounced apical ventral hook; ventral subepandrial lobe with broadly deflexed apex, lacking preapical medially-directed process; medial subepandrial lobe present; epandrial lobe with bifid dorsal process; hypandrium with thick median apical process (
Cumming
et al
. 2016
, figs 13–16)..........................
P. memorandus
Melander