The Tachytrechus alatus species group (= Syntomoneurum Becker) revisited: new species and revised species group limits (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Author
Brooks, Scott E.
Author
Cumming, Jeffrey M.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1676
1
27
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.180314
59f2f391-287e-465d-b396-9d11cd0a3378
1175-5326
180314
Tachytrechus analis
(Parent)
(Figs. 2, 13)
Syntomoneurum anale
Parent 1954
: 226
.
Syntormoneurum anale
, misspelling by
Parent 1954
: 226
.
Tachytrechus analis
(Parent)
:
Brooks (2005)
: 121
.
Diagnosis. Male.
Body length
5.7 mm
, wing length
5.8 mm
; face mainly metallic green with brownish background coloration; clypeus rounded below; 2 notopleural bristles; fore tarsus with weak silvery reflections anteriorly, basitarsus and tarsomere 2 with curved setae ventrally; hind femur mainly yellow with 1 anterior preapical bristle; wing (Fig. 2A) lacking costal swelling; R2+3 ending at costa well beyond midpoint of wing; bends in M distinct, obtuse; R4+5 and M subparallel distally; abdominal tergite 5 with large posterior membranous region, extended laterally as broad band to ventral margin of sclerite; hypopygium (Figs. 2B, 2C): right and left basiventral epandrial lobe very weakly developed; apicoventral epandrial lobe extremely well-developed, long, digitiform, projected ventrally, with medial seta positioned near base, lateral seta near middle; accessory epandrial process absent; apicoventral arm of postgonite with medial process present, apex with hook-like process; cercus subrectangular in dorsal view, longer than wide, apical and lateral margin dark; hypandrium wide, asymmetrical in ventral view, right margin with dentiform projection; ventral surstylar lobe with series of parallel diagonal ridges on ventral surface; phallus with weak projection near middle and elongate, digitiform projection subapically.
FIGURE 1
.
Tachytrechus alatus
(Becker)
: (A) male wing; (B) female wing; (C) hypandrium (ventral view); (D) hypopygium (left lateral view). Adapted from
Brooks & Wheeler (2002)
. Abbreviations: A1: anal vein; acc proc: accessory epandrial process; apv lobe: apicoventral epandrial lobe; bv lobe: basiventral epandrial lobe; cerc: cercus; CuA1: 1st anterior branch of cubital vein; dm-cu: discal medial-cubital crossvein; epand: epandrium; hypd: hypandrium; M: medial vein; pgt: postgonite; ph: phallus; R1: 1st radial vein; R2+3: 2nd + 3rd radial vein; R4+5: 4th + 5th radial vein; vsur: ventral lobe of surstylus.
FIGURE 2.
Tachytrechus analis
male (Parent): (A) wing; (B) hypandrium (ventral view); (C) hypopygium (left lateral view). Adapted from
Brooks & Wheeler (2002)
. Abbreviations: A1: anal vein; apv lobe: apicoventral epandrial lobe; bv lobe: basiventral epandrial lobe; cerc: cercus; CuA1: 1st anterior branch of cubital vein; dm-cu: discal medial-cubital crossvein; hypd: hypandrium; M: medial vein; ph: phallus; R1: 1st radial vein; R2+3: 2nd + 3rd radial vein; R4+5: 4th + 5th radial vein; vsur: ventral lobe of surstylus.
Female
: Unknown.
Type
material examined.
Holotype
ɗ,
COLOMBIA
: Boyaca, Muzo,
900 m
, 1936, J. Bequaert (
MNHN
).
Distribution.
Tachytrechus analis
is known only from the
type
locality in Muzo,
Colombia
(
Fig. 13
).