Katatopygia gen. n., a monophyletic branch segregated from Boletina (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)
Author
Martinsson, Svante
Author
Kjaerandsen, Jostein
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.175.2388
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.175.2388
1313-2970-175-37
Katatopygia laticauda (Saigusa, 1968)
comb. n.
Boletina laticauda
Saigusa, 1968: 4 (figs 1-4)
Diagnostic characters.
Very similar to
Katatopygia sahlbergi
from which it can be separated by the following characters (from
Saigusa 1968
, table 2): 1) wing vein Sc2 absent; 2) wing veins M-pet and ta of approximately the same length; 3) scutum with black mesonotal stripes fused; 4) thoracic pleura entirely black; 5) middle and hind coxae black.
Distribution.
Taiwan, only known with the holotype.
Type material.
The holotype is deposited in the Kyushu University Museum, Japan - not studied.