Rhamphomyia Meigen of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Greenland and Iceland (Diptera: Empididae)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
Canadian National Collection of Insects & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, OPL-Entomology, K. W. Neatby Bldg., C. E. F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada
bradley.sinclair@canada.ca
Author
Vajda, Élodie A.
Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H 9 X 3 V 9, Canada
elodie.vajda@mail.mcgill.ca
Author
Saigusa, Toyohei
17 - 1 - 402 Baikoen 2 - chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi 810 - 0035, Japan
toyohei_saigusa@yahoo.co.jp
Author
Shamshev, Igor V.
Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
shamshev@mail.ru
Author
Wheeler, Terry A.
McGill University, Macdonald Campus
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-13
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Key to male
Rhamphomyia
of the Canadian Arctic Islands,
Greenland
and
Iceland
1 Prosternum clothed entirely with white to brownish silky, hair-like setae (
Fig. 3D
); sternite 6 with cluster of strong golden setae; sternite 7 with pair of horn-like projections ventrally (
Fig. 3C
)....................
R.
(
Ctenempis
)
albopilosa
Coquillett
- Prosternum bare; sternite 6 without row of golden setae; sternite 7 unmodified or modified different than above.......... 2
2 Cerci directed anteriorly (
Figs 6A
,
9C
,
12B
,
15B
) (subgenus
Dasyrhamphomyia
)................................... 3
- Cerci directed posteriorly............................................................................... 6
3 Thorax short haired (setae shorter than gaps between rows) with acrostichals and dorsocentrals 1–2 serial, with brown vittae beneath rows; cerci with dark apex, with left cercus overlapping right at tip (
Figs 12B, C
); hind tibia with anteroventral row of dark, stout, spine-like setae shorter than half tibial width..................................
R.
(
D
.)
leptidiformis
Frey
- Thorax long haired (setae longer than gaps between rows) with acrostichals and dorsocentrals 2–4 serial, without brown vittae beneath rows; cerci not darkened at apex, with right cercus overlapping left at tip (
Figs 9D
,
15C
); hind tibia without anteroventral row of dark, stout, spine-like setae..................................................................... 4
4 Cerci pale, elongate, extending to tergite 3, overlapping subapically in addition to apical overlap (
Figs 15B, C
)...........................................................................................
R.
(
D.
)
nigrita
Zetterstedt
- Cerci brownish to black, shorter, extending to tergite 5, only overlapping apically (
Figs 6A
,
9C
)....................... 5
5 Dichoptic; abdomen with setae longer than length of abdominal tergites; cerci blackish (
Fig. 6A
); hind tibia and femur with pronounced fine, pale ventral pubescence (
Fig. 6C
)....................................
R.
(
D.
)
erinacioides
Malloch
- Holoptic; abdomen with setae shorter than length of abdominal tergites; cerci pale brown (
Fig. 9C
); hind tibia and femur with long setae beneath (
Fig. 9A
)......................................................
R.
(
D
.)
hovgaardii
Holmgren
6 Wing without dm-m crossvein (cell dm open) (
Fig. 62C
); scutum with shiny vittae.................................................................................................
R.
(
Pararhamphomyia
)
diversipennis
Becker
- Wing with dm-m crossvein (cell dm closed), sometimes dm-m crossvein or M
2
base absent in
R.
(
P
.)
omissinervis
Becker
; scutum without shiny vittae............................................................................. 7
7 Cercus with distinctive finger-like projection dorsally near base (
Figs 53B
,
60A
)................................... 8
- Upper margins of cercus without finger-like projections....................................................... 9
8 Large species (wing length more than
5 mm
); phallus curvature occurring before folding into epandrium; cercal finger-like projection stout (
Fig. 53B
); mid tibia with at least 3 preapical anteroventral and posteroventral setae dark, stout, spine-like.....................................................................................
R. hirtula
Zetterstedt
- Small species (wing length less than
4 mm
); phallus curvature hidden within epandrium; cercal finger-like projection slim, short, less than half cercal length (
Fig. 60A
); mid tibia with 2 anterodorsals and 2 posterodorsals longer than twice tibial width................................................................................
R. setosa
Coquillett
9 Tergite 8 long, subequal to length of epandrium (
Iceland
only) (
Fig. 46B
)....................
R.
(
P.
)
simplex
Zetterstedt
- Tergite 8 shorter than length of epandrium................................................................ 10
10 Subepandrial sclerite prolonged into pair of medioposterior lobes beneath cerci (
Figs 31C
,
28A
,
25C
,
34A
,
36C
,
38C
,
40A
).. .................................................................................................. 11
- Cercus without pair of subepandrial lobes beneath.......................................................... 17
11 Apex of subepandrial lobe forked....................................................................... 12
- Apex of subepandrial lobe unforked..................................................................... 14
12 Phallus stout, looping dorsally above cercus and epandrium; apex of phallus expanded with ridge of teeth-like projections (
Figs 28A, B
)..............................................................................
R
. (
P.
)
helleni
Frey
- Phallus slender, filamentous apically, extending slightly beyond epandrium; tip of phallus slender, tapered, lacking teeth-like projections......................................................................................... 13
13 Fore tarsomere 1 swollen, slightly broader than width of fore tibia at apex (
Fig. 31A
); tergite 5 without stout posterolateral setae; subepandrial lobe with outer finger-like process lacking apical seta, longer than inner lobe (
Figs 31
C-E)............................................................................................
R.
(
P.
)
hilariformis
Frey
- Fore tarsomere 1 slender, narrower than width of fore tibia at apex; tergite 5 with several closely set stout posterolateral setae (
Fig. 38B
); subepandrial lobe with slender, outer finger-like process bearing 1 very long, fine, black seta (
Figs 38C, D
)....................................................
R.
(
P.
)
lymaniana
Sinclair, Vajda, Saigusa & Shamshev
sp. nov.
14 Phallus not forming loops.............................................................................. 15
- Phallus forming loops................................................................................. 16
15 Hind tibia with some anterodorsal, posterodorsal and dorsal setae more than 2X tibial width (
Fig. 25B
); apex of subepandrial lobe rounded (
Figs 25A, C
)............................
R.
(
P.
)
frigida
Sinclair, Vajda, Saigusa & Shamshev
sp. nov.
- Hind tibia with anterodorsal, posterodorsal and dorsal setae shorter than 2X tibial width (
Fig. 34B
); apex of subepandrial lobe pointed (
Fig. 34A
).......................................................................
R.
(
P.
)
hoeli
Frey
16 Hind tibia clavate (
Fig. 36D
); hind tarsomere 1 shorter than length of tarsomeres 2–4 combined (
Fig. 36D
)............................................................................................
R.
(
P
.)
kjellmanii
Holmgren
- Hind tibia not clavate (
Fig. 40B
); hind tarsomere 1 longer than length of tarsomeres 2–4 combined (
Fig. 40B
)...........................................................................................
R.
(
P
.)
omissinervis
Becker
17 Phallus hidden within epandrium, leaving only base visible (
Fig. 17B
).................................................................................
R
. (
Eorhamphomyia
)
shewelli
Sinclair, Vajda, Saigusa & Shamshev
sp. nov.
- Phallus slim to hair-like, usually extending farther than length of epandrium, and often with curvatures................ 18
18 Phallus with distinct loop on apical half around apex of epandrium (
Figs 51C
,
57A
)............................... 19
- Phallus without loop, gradually curved................................................................... 20
19 Sternite 8 with stout, “horn-like” lateral projections (
Fig. 51D
); phallus with loop forming acute angle (
Fig. 51C
); hind tarsomere 1 swollen, wider than hind tibial width at apex (
Fig. 51B
)................................
R. herschelli
Malloch
- Sternite 8 without projections; phallus with small in-ward U-shaped loop (
Fig. 57A
); hind tarsomere 1 slender (
Fig. 56B
)........................................................................................
R. laevigata
Loew
20 Midleg distinctly modified: femur strongly curved upwards; tibia curved inwards, with 3–5 dark, stout mid-posterodorsal setae longer than 2X tibial width; tarsomere 1 spindle-shaped, covered with dense, erect and moderately long setae (
Figs 42A, B
)................................................
R.
(
P.
)
petervajdai
Sinclair, Vajda, Saigusa & Shamshev
sp. nov.
- Midleg simple....................................................................................... 21
21 Apex of epandrium truncate (
Figs 44A, C
); hind tibia with distinctive inward bend on apical part; hind tarsomere 1 spindleshaped, convex dorsally but straight ventrally (
Fig. 44B
)...................................................................................................
R.
(
P.
)
septentrionalis
Sinclair, Vajda, Saigusa & Shamshev
sp. nov.
- Apex of epandrium rounded; hind tibia straight; hind tarsomere 1 clavate or uniformly slender....................... 22
22 Anepisternum shiny and scutum with 1–2 pairs of shiny vittae; hind tarsomere 1 clavate, increasing in size apically such that apical width broader than hind tibia (
Fig. 48B
); cerci weakly constricted in middle, posterior half parallel to epandrium (
Fig. 48A
)..........................................................................
R.
(
P.
)
ursinella
Melander
- Anepisternum pruinose and scutum with pruinescent vittae; hind tarsomere 1 evenly slender, nearly as broad as apical width of hind tibia, (
Fig. 25B
); cerci strongly constricted in middle, posterior half strongly divergent from epandrium (
Fig. 25A
).......................................................................
R.
(
P.
)
filicauda
Henriksen & Lundbeck