Finnish species of Nemotelus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with description of a new species
Author
Kahanpää, Jere
text
Zootaxa
2010
2401
30
40
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.194093
c2b7c036-88ef-4ea6-8f93-b93d1f5cd43e
1175-5326
194093
Key to the North European
Nemotelus
species (including
N. brevirostris
which may occur in the area)
1 Abdomen completely black. Wing vein R4+5 simple.........................................................................
N. nigrinus
Fallén
- Abdominal tergites with pale bands or spots. Wing vein R4+5 apically forked (i.e. R4 and R5 reach the wing margin independently) .............................................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Postpronotum partially black, white colour restricted to a spot on the posterolateral corner...................................... 3
- Postpronotum white ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
3 Tip of rostrum downturned. Fore and mid tibiae considerably darkened, only base and apex clear yellow. 3: sternites black. Ƥ: frons with two yellow triangular spots......................................................................
N. infortunatus
sp. nov.
- Tip of rostrum triangular, not downturned. Fore and mid tibiae yellow or with a narrow brown ring at middle. 3: sternites yellow. Ƥ: frons with two lines of silvery microtrichiae in place of yellow spots ...........
N. pantherinus
(L.)
4 Rostrum long, tip downturned, without long silvery hairs. 3: lower frons (wide section above antennal base) yellow. Ƥ: frons usually with elongated bar-shaped spots ............................................................................
N. uliginosus
(L.)
- Rostrum short, tip not townturned. 3: lower frons usually with a smaller yellow spot or spots, leaving a well-defined black band above the antennal bases. Ƥ: frons usually with smaller, short-triangular spots ....................................... 5
5 Minimum width of gena (in ventral view) clearly smaller than the length of rostrum in profile. Base of rostrum with conspicuously silvery hairs. 3: Eyes close-set, separated by less than the width of the anterior ocellus. Eyes with large dorsal and small ventral facets. Ƥ: abdominal tergites 2–5 with yellow spots on posterolateral corners.............. ...........................................................................................................................................................
N. notatus
(Zett.)
- Minimum width of gena (in ventral view) equals the length of rostrum in profile. Rostrum without conspicuously silvery hairs. 3: eyes separated by more than the width of the anterior ocellus. Eye facets of uniform size. Ƥ: posterolateral corners of tergites dark, only lateral margins yellow ......................................................
N. brevirostris
Meig.