New synonyms and new species of European aquatic dance flies (Diptera, Empididae)
Author
Wagner, Rüdiger
0000-0002-2024-1827
University of Kassel, FB 10, Biology-Zoology, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, D- 34132 Kassel, Germany; Parkstrasse 65, D- 36110 Schlitz, Germany. ruediger 2. wagner @ t-online. de; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2024 - 1827
ruediger2.wagner@t-online.de
Author
Plant, Adrian
Division of Research Facilitation and Dissemination, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, 44150, Thailand eanddrs @ gmail. com
Author
Ivković, Marija
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Author
Gattolliat, Jean-Luc
Musée cantonal de zoologie, Palais de Rumine, Pl. de la Riponne 6, CH- 1014 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-12-22
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Wiedemannia rudolfi
Wagner & Ivković
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 10a–d
)
Type material.
HOLOTYPE
♁ (
specimen
slide mounted by
F. Vaillant
) (
Fig. 10a
):
Labels
on upperside of slide— label 1:
Wiedemannia
(
Chamaedipsia
)
alpina
Engel
♁ (ink) /
Tête
prof. (pencil) / det.
F. Vaillant
(ink); label 2:
GBIFCH 00596430
(printed); label 3:
Račkova
valley,
West Tatra
,
Tschechoslovakia
,
1700 m
8.VI.1970
, coll.
R
.
Rozkošny
(
MZLS
).
On
underside of slide is one red label (
Fig. 10b
):
Wiedemannia
rudolfi
n.
sp.
Wagner
,
Ivković
2022; and a second red label:
holotype
, to this a white label with red dot is glued:
holotype
MZL 2021
.
Description. Male.
Head brownish, antennae and mouthparts dark brown; gena about 0.2 of eye diameter. Body length
5.7 mm
(slide mounted specimen).
Mesonotum with 5–6 pairs of dorsocentral setae, with only a few short setulae interspersed. Acrostichal setae half-length of dorsocentrals, distributed along entire mesonotum. Legs dark brown covered with dark setae; all coxae with longer anterior setae. Front tibia with 2 strong setae on distal third and 2 more of similar size apically.
Wing membrane slightly infuscate, pterostigma elongate, brown. Cell dm elongate, protruded. M
1
and M
2
originating together at crossvein m-m. Wing length
4.2 mm
.
Abdomen with tergites 6–8 covered with curled setae. Terminalia (
Fig. 10c, d
): hypandrium smaller than epandrium. Epandrium oval approximately two times longer than wide, with a few long setae; surstylus small. Clasping cercus with three lobes: anterior lobe pale, middle and posterior lobes dark; anterior lobe with short setae along basal edge, apical setae longer than apical diameter of lobe; inner surface of anterior lobe with few setae, middle lobe apically with strong setae from apex to base, posterior lobe with long setae, extending to base of middle lobe and covering basal and apical areas of clasping cercus. Basal part of clasping cercus covered with short setae. Phallus linear, slender; flagellum linear, without median swelling.
Female.
Unknown
Etymology.
The species is named in honour of the Czech entomologist, Rudolf Rozkošný, the collector of the specimen.
Remarks.
The
holotype
is part of the slide collection of F. Vaillant deposited in MZLS. The specimen had been determined as
Wiedemannia alpina
Engel
, but the shape of the terminalia clearly distinguishes both species. Besides the similarity of the clasping cercus, the close relationship of
W. alpina
and
W. rudolfi
sp. nov.
is evident also by the long, curled setae on abdominal tergites
6–8 in
both species.