Reevaluation of species richness in Winnertzia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Winnertziinae), with descriptions of 37 new species from Sweden, Peru and Australia
Author
Jaschhof, Mathias
0000-0003-3447-1620
Author
Jaschhof, Catrin
0000-0002-1030-0934
mjaschhof@yahoo.de
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-08-11
4829
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4829.1.1
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Winnertzia bulbifera
Mamaev
agg.
Figs 63–65
Our reexamination revealed that
W. bulbifera
sensu
Jaschhof & Jaschhof (2013)
comprises three discrete species, referred to here as A, B and C. The genitalic illustration in Mamaev’s original description (
Mamaev 1963
: fig. 3.5) suggests that the genuine
W. bulbifera
is identical with our species A (
Fig. 63
), an assumption that must be corroborated in the future by study of the
holotype
.
Within the
solidaginis
group,
W. bulbifera
agg. is distinguished by the conspicuously long gonostylus with inflated apex, whose exact outline is specific to each of A, B and C (
Figs 63–65
). Also, in species C the fore tibia is markedly longer than the second tarsomere, while in A and B both segments are maximally equally long (occasionally the tibia is even slightly shorter than the second tarsomere). Specimens at our disposal, altogether
19 males
, indicate that the habitats of A, B and C differ also. Specimens of A (n = 7) come from moist forests of spruce and pine; specimens of B (n = 7) from swamp forests of spruce interspersed with small-leaved softwoods, such as alder, birch and willow; and specimens of C (n = 5) from dry pine forests. To solve this taxonomic issue, the preliminary observations described here must be supported by better data, both from morphological study of extra-Swedish specimens and DNA barcoding.
Winnertzia ombergensis
, a new species described below, resembles
W. bulbifera
agg. in the long, apically inflated gonostylus as well as in the medial gonocoxal bridges, which are strongly bulging. We think that all these species belong to a monophyletic subgroup (
bulbifera
subgroup) of the
solidaginis
group.
Winnertzia fraxinophila
is another new species with long, inflated gonostylus, although we deem it closer to
W. solidaginis
, for both these species have gonocoxae in which the dorsoposterior portions, not the medial bridges, are protruding. Finally,
W. obscurella
Mamaev
is another species described as having the gonostylus both long and inflated (
Mamaev 2002a
: fig. 3), but in other respects the species description is too imprecise for drawing conclusions regarding the intrageneric placement of this species.
Material studied.
Species A: spns
GULI
000021220 and
GULI
000021226 in
NHRS
, spns SE1646–SE1648 and
CEC
2868–
CEC
2869 in
SDEI
. Species B: spns
GULI
000021222–
GULI
000021225 in
NHRS
, spns
CEC
2873 and
CEC
3213–
CEC
3214 in
SDEI
. Species C: spn
GULI
000021221 in
NHRS
, spns
CEC
2870–
CEC
2872 and
CEC
2874 in
SDEI
.