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
Nemotelus (Nemotelus) brevirostris
Meigen, 1822
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Figures 5
,
11
)
Material examined.
932Ƥ
Austria
Neusiedlersee Stinkersee/22.6.[19]58 (W. Hackman).
Germany
231Ƥ Sülldorf [Sachsen-Anhalt] 4.6.[19]11; 2Ƥ Sülldorf 5.6.[19]11.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum very short, tip triangular, not downturned. Postpronotum yellow. Subnotopleural stripe considerably widened towards wing base. Fore and mid tibiae pale. Wing vein R4+5 forked.
3: Eyes separated by more than the width of the anterior ocellus. Eyes with upper and lower facets of equal size. Lower frons with two small spots. T2–T3 white (T2 with a basal black spot adjoining the mostly black T1, T3 occasionally with black posterolateral corners and a dark central spot). T4 variable, from white with black posterolateral corners to black with central white spot. T5 predominantly black, lateral margins and centre variably white. Genitalia:
Rozkošný (1983)
.
Ƥ: Frons with a pair of large triangular spots. Tergites black, only lateral margins and posteromedial triangles of T2–T5 pale.
The male is unique among the N. European species in having a broad frontal vitta and eyes with facets of uniform size.
Distribution
. Palearctic, from central Europe to East Siberia. Not in
Finland
or other north European countries.