The Nearctic species of Asindulum Latreille and Macrorrhyncha Winnertz (Diptera: Keroplatidae)
Author
Fitzgerald, Scott J.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-25
5351
1
72
106
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.3
1175-5326
8391146
B8858C76-7068-4718-83F4-3AFD00E74249
Asindulum theodori
Matile, 1974: 73
.
Figs. 62–63
Type
.
Holotype
male (
Tel-Aviv
University
,
Israel
), not examined:
Mount Carmel
,
6.III.1971
,
J. Kugler.
Material examined
.
ISRAEL
:
Kefar Shemuel
,
25.III.1968
,
S. Bleszynski
,
allotype
female (
CNCI
)
.
Diagnosis
. Mouthparts terminating approximately at apex of fore coxa, male tergite 9 without posterolateral or submedian lobes and gonocoxites posteromedially drawn out into a pair of finger-like lobes each bearing several setae. Within the Palearctic region, females can be distinguished by having yellow coxae and mouthparts shorter (terminating approximately at apex of fore coxa) than
A. nigrum
.
Comments
. Male terminalia have been figured by
Chandler (1994
, figs. 17–18) and
Matile (1974
, figs. 1–2; reprinted by
Matile 1975
, as figs. 7–8). Female terminalia were illustrated by
Matile (1975
, fig. 10) and the male head by
Chandler (1994
, fig. 22).
Distribution
.
Israel
.