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<mods:title>The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Montserrat, West Indies</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Runyon, Justin B.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1648 S. 7 th Avenue, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA &amp; Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University, Room 50 Marsh Laboratory, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="60B2E70F-F183-5EF4-BCA9-C40437D04DAD" authority="(Aldrich)" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Achradocera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Achradocera apicalis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">Achradocera apicalis (Aldrich)</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Tarsus I and terminalia of males A Achradocera apicalis (Aldrich), tarsus I, posterior view (Montserrat) B Achradocera barbata (Loew), tarsus I, posterior view (Kentucky, USA), arrows indicate ventral setae C Achradocera apicalis, tip of abdomen, left lateral (Montserrat) D Achradocera barbata, tip of abdomen, left lateral (Florida, USA). Scale bars: 0.25 mm (A, B), 0.5 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.966.55192.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/450942" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Fig. 18A, C</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Chrysotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chrysotus apicalis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">Chrysotus apicalis</taxonomicName>
Aldrich, 1896: 330.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Achradocera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Achradocera angustifacies" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angustifacies">Achradocera angustifacies</taxonomicName>
Becker, 1922: 207.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Lectotype</emphasis>
(designated here to fix identity of the species) ♂, labelled: &quot;St. Vincent/ W. Indies.&quot;; &quot;Collection/ JM Aldrich&quot;; &quot;Cotype/ No.50426/ U.S.N.M.&quot;; &quot;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Chrysotus</emphasis>
/
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">apicalis</emphasis>
/ Type Ald. [hand written]&quot;; &quot;LECTOTYPE/ ♂
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/
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">apicalis</emphasis>
(Aldrich)/ des. JB Runyon&quot; [red label] (USNM).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Dominica</emphasis>
: 5 ♂, 2 ♀, Springfield Estate, FIT trap, 29 May 2011, M.A. &amp; L.L. Ivie; 1 ♂, same as previous, Malaise trap, 29 May-1 June 2011; 3 ♂, same as previous, yellow pan traps, 1-3 June 2011.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Montserrat</emphasis>
: 6 ♂, 2 ♀, Woodlands, Riverside House, 10-12 January 2002, Malaise trap, Ivie, Marske &amp; Puliafico; 6 ♂, 1 ♀, same as previous, 5-7 January 2002; 3 ♂, same as previous, 17-28 July 2005, WIBF group; 3 ♂, Hope Ghaut, 8-10 January 2002, yellow pan traps, K.A. Marske; 1 ♂, Cassava Ghaut, Beattie House, 21 January-5 February 2002, Malaise trap, A. Krakower; 2 ♂, same as previous, 24 June 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 3 ♂, Sweetwater Ghaut, 1 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 3 ♂, Bottomless Ghaut, 5 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 1 ♂, trail to Fairy Walk, 15 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 2 ♂, Cedar Ghaut, 4 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 1 ♂, Big River, 5 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Nevis</emphasis>
: 5 ♂, Camps River Ghaut,
<geoCoordinate degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="11.36" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="17.189333">17°11.36'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="62" direction="west" minutes="34.66" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="-62.577667">62°34.66'W</geoCoordinate>
, 25 May 2017, J.B. Runyon; 3 ♂, small pond, 200 m,
<geoCoordinate degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="07.460" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="17.124332">17°07.460'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="62" direction="west" minutes="35.584" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-62.593067">62°35.584'W</geoCoordinate>
, 26 May 2017, J.B. Runyon; 1 ♂, The Source trail, 400-550 m,
<geoCoordinate degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="08.76" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="17.146">17°08.76'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="62" direction="west" minutes="34.31" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="-62.571835">62°34.31'W</geoCoordinate>
, 26 May 2017, J.B. Runyon.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">St. Lucia</emphasis>
: 6 ♂, 2 ♀, Escap Community, small stream in dry forest, 45 m,
<geoCoordinate degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="49.92" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="13.832">13°49.92'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="60" direction="west" minutes="53.91" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="-60.8985">60°53.91'W</geoCoordinate>
, 2-3 May 2009, J.B. Runyon; 5 ♂, Savannes, Mangrove Reserve, 0-5 m,
<geoCoordinate degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="45.97" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="13.766167">13°45.97'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="60" direction="west" minutes="54.88" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="-60.914665">60°54.88'W</geoCoordinate>
, 3 May 2009, J.B. Runyon; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, trail, dry forest, 45 m,
<geoCoordinate degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="49.9" orientation="latitude" precision="92" value="13.831667">13°49.9'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="60" direction="west" minutes="53.9" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="-60.898335">60°53.9'W</geoCoordinate>
, 6 May 2009, J.B. Runyon; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Doree River ravine, 220 m,
<geoCoordinate degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="47.962" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="13.799367">13°47.962'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="61" direction="west" minutes="01.100" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-61.018333">61°01.100'W</geoCoordinate>
, 7 May 2009, J.B. Runyon; 1 ♂, Fond Bay near beach,
<geoCoordinate degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="49.89" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="13.8315">13°49.89'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="60" direction="west" minutes="53.65" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="-60.894165">60°53.65'W</geoCoordinate>
, 8 May 2009, J.B. Runyon (MTEC, USNM).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
Widespread in the West Indies, also reported from Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, and has recently dispersed (probably via accidental human introduction) to French Polynesia and Tonga (
<bibRefCitation author="Bickel, DJ" journalOrPublisher="Bishop Museum Occasional Papers" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" pagination="14 - 20" refId="B6" refString="Bickel, DJ, 2000. New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64: 14 - 20" title="New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)." volume="64" year="2000">Bickel 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
<bibRefCitation author="Aldrich, JM" journalOrPublisher="Kansas University Science Bulletin" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" pagination="75 - 94" refId="B3" refString="Aldrich, JM, 1902. Dolichopodidae of Grenada, W.I. Kansas University Science Bulletin 1: 75 - 94" title="Dolichopodidae of Grenada, W. I." volume="1" year="1902">Aldrich (1902)</bibRefCitation>
synonymized
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Achradocera apicalis</emphasis>
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(Aldrich) with
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(Loew), primarily due to the distinctive femoral coloration of both species.
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.185" author="Robinson, H" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" pagination="1 - 141" refId="B67" refString="Robinson, H, 1975. Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica, the family Dolichopodidae with some related Antillean and Panamanian species (Diptera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 185: 1 - 141, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.185" title="Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica, the family Dolichopodidae with some related Antillean and Panamanian species (Diptera)." url="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.185" volume="185" year="1975">Robinson (1975)</bibRefCitation>
considered
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</taxonomicName>
distinct by the much shorter antenna of the male.
<bibRefCitation author="Bickel, DJ" journalOrPublisher="Bishop Museum Occasional Papers" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" pagination="14 - 20" refId="B6" refString="Bickel, DJ, 2000. New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64: 14 - 20" title="New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)." volume="64" year="2000">Bickel (2000)</bibRefCitation>
followed
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and treated
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and
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as synonyms, based again in part on femoral coloration and variation in male antennal length. However, comparison of photos of the holotype of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. barbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MCZ) and specimens from North America (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia) with
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from the West Indies (Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent) reveals that these species are distinct, most notably in the form of the male front tarsus and genitalia (Fig.
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). The
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type and male specimens from North America all have a distinct series of ventral setae on tarsus I (Fig.
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) whereas specimens from the West Indies (including syntypes from St. Vincent) lack these setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Tarsus I and terminalia of males A Achradocera apicalis (Aldrich), tarsus I, posterior view (Montserrat) B Achradocera barbata (Loew), tarsus I, posterior view (Kentucky, USA), arrows indicate ventral setae C Achradocera apicalis, tip of abdomen, left lateral (Montserrat) D Achradocera barbata, tip of abdomen, left lateral (Florida, USA). Scale bars: 0.25 mm (A, B), 0.5 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.966.55192.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/450942" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">18A</figureCitation>
). The surstylus and phallus are also very different, with
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having the surstylus enlarged and rounded apically and phallus dorsally serrate (Fig.
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;
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: fig. 1a) but in
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the surtylus is smaller and pointed apically and the phallus is not serrate (Fig.
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;
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: fig. 1e as
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). The antennal length in males of
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is highly variable, as noted by
<bibRefCitation author="Bickel, DJ" journalOrPublisher="Bishop Museum Occasional Papers" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" pagination="14 - 20" refId="B6" refString="Bickel, DJ, 2000. New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64: 14 - 20" title="New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)." volume="64" year="2000">Bickel (2000)</bibRefCitation>
, but in all available specimens is distinctly shorter than the antenna in males of
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. Therefore,
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(Aldrich) is here removed from synonymy with
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(Loew). The species described in
<bibRefCitation author="Bickel, DJ" journalOrPublisher="Bishop Museum Occasional Papers" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" pagination="14 - 20" refId="B6" refString="Bickel, DJ, 2000. New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64: 14 - 20" title="New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)." volume="64" year="2000">Bickel (2000)</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. barbata</emphasis>
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is
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Figure 18.</emphasis>
Tarsus I and terminalia of males
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Achradocera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Achradocera apicalis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Achradocera apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Aldrich), tarsus I, posterior view (Montserrat)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Loew" baseAuthorityYear="1861" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Achradocera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Achradocera barbata" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Achradocera barbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Loew), tarsus I, posterior view (Kentucky, USA), arrows indicate ventral setae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Achradocera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Achradocera apicalis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Achradocera apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, tip of abdomen, left lateral (Montserrat)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Loew" baseAuthorityYear="1861" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Achradocera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Achradocera barbata" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Achradocera barbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, tip of abdomen, left lateral (Florida, USA). Scale bars: 0.25 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A, B</emphasis>
), 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">C, D</emphasis>
).
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