Taxonomic study of the genus Dactylolabis Osten Sacken, 1860 of Japan (Diptera: Limoniidae)
Author
Kato, Daichi
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-11-22
5375
2
227
240
https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5375.2.4/52324
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.4
1175-5326
10184348
C38B53C4-997D-47D9-97E8-5EA5617F76FF
Dactylolabis
Osten Sacken, 1860
Dactylolabis
Osten Sacken, 1860: 240
(as subgenus of
Limnophila
Macquart, 1834
).
Type
species:
Limnophila montana
Osten Sacken, 1860
(monotypic).
Diagnosis.
Head with eye dichoptic. Antenna 16-segmented. Palpus 5-segmented. Thorax with mesonotum bearing no pits. Wing venation:
Sc
ending near level of fork of
Rs
; crossvein
sc-r
situated 1–3 times length of itself proximal to tip of
Sc
;
Rs
branching into
R
2
,
R
3
,
R
4
, and
R
5
, origin of
Rs
situated near level of middle of
M
;
R
2+3+4
short, 1–4 times length of crossvein
r-m
;
R
2+3
strongly curved near fork of
R
2+3+4
;
R
2
erect, 1–4 times length of apical section of
R
1
;
M
1+2
forked, 0.5–2 times as long as cell
m
1
; cell
dm
present; crossvein
m-cu
situated at base of cell
dm
or very close to it. Legs with tibial spurs 1 + 2 + 2. Hypopygium not rotated; epandrium and hypandrium fused into continuous ring; proctiger large, lateral margin narrowly sclerotized, posterolateral corner with small lobe, pair of bacilliform sclerites present between these lobes; two pairs of gonostyli present, outer gonostylus fleshy; interbase with medial part fused. Female terminalia with tergites 8 to 10 distinctly separated; cercus broad; hypogynial valve stout, pointed at tip, with swelling at lateral side on basal part, each valve not distinctly separated except on distal part; genital frame roughly spoon-shaped with lateral arm oval, bearing small tubercle at center; two spermathecal ducts present, spermathecae indistinct.