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<emphasis id="B9263825FFD43D0CFF09FA3CEA706604" bold="true" box="[151,353,1522,1548]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="250">Megaselia ivanis</emphasis>
García-Romera
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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFD43D0CFF09F993EA0F667E" bold="true" box="[151,286,1629,1654]" pageId="6" pageNumber="250">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after CG-Rs son, Iván
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFD43D0CFF59F94FEA506692" bold="true" box="[199,321,1665,1690]" pageId="6" pageNumber="250">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Palps inflated and with all bristles being shorter than greatest width of palp; mesopleuron with hairs, bristles absent; tergites brown; scutellum with two pairs of bristles; terminal hairs of proctiger up-curved; anal tube about as long as dorsal face of epandrium; longest hairs below basal half of hind femur, at most, a little longer than those of anteroventral row of outer third; knob of haltere yellow.
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Head. Frons dark brown, about as broad as long, with 6984 hairs. Upper supra-antennal bristles clearly longer and stronger than lower pair (one
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has three pairs of supra-antennals), and they are slightly closer together than pre-ocellars, which are a little lower on frons than mediolaterals and, at most, about as closer together as either is from a mediolateral bristle. Upper supra-antennal bristles clearly higher on frons than antials, which are lower on frons than anterolaterales, and, at most, as far apart from these as from upper supraantennal bristles (two
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have a britsle in middle of anterolaterals and antials). Gena with 23 long bristles and 36 shorter ones. Antennal postpedicel subglobose, brown and relatively small (diameter 0,100,15 mm), without SPS vesicles. Palps light brown, inflated,
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maximum width (about as wide as antennal postpedicel), with short hairs, 57 short bristles and a long one at tip, all bristles being shorter than greatest width of palp (
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). Labella enlarged, yellow, without short spinules below, with only a few long hairs. Labrum brown, about 0.70.8 × as wide as an antennal postpedicel.
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Abdomen. Tergites brown, with numerous short hairs, longer at rear margins, especially on T6 (
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long), which are longer and stronger than hairs on cerci and proctiger. Venter yellowish, with hairs on segments 36 gradually increasing in size from the anterior to posterior segments.
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFD53D0DFF59FDEAEA726235" bold="true" box="[199,355,548,573]" pageId="7" pageNumber="251">Hypopygium</emphasis>
(
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). Left side of epandrium brown, with hairs, at most, as strong as those on cerci and proctiger. Anal tube yellow brown, yellow at the tip, about as long as dorsal face of epandrium. Hypandrium yellow brown, with both posterior lobes developed and with minute hairs below.
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFD53D0DFF09F950EA5466BC" bold="true" box="[151,325,1694,1717]" pageId="7" pageNumber="251">FIGURES 911.</emphasis>
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García-Romera
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male.
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, right palp.
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left face of hypopygium.
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, right face of hypopygium. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Legs. Yellow to yellow brown, slightly darkening from the anterior to posterior legs. Front legs with a posterodorsal hair palisade on tarsal segments 15 and metatarsus a little enlarged and with longitudinal rows of short blunt spines on ventral face. Length ratios of fore tarsal segments 33.5:1.52.6:1.22:11.2:1, with fifth segment narrower than fourth one. Mid legs with a dorsal hair palisade on tibia extends about 8085 % of its length. Longest hairs below basal half of hind femur, at most, a little longer than those of anteroventral row of outer third.
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tibia with 1216 differentiated posterodorsal hairs and spinules of apical combs simple.
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Wing. Length
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. Membrane lightly tinged grey and veins light brown; with 58 axillary bristles.
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Subcosta (Sc) well developed, reaching R1. With 12 hairs at base of vein Rs,
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long. Costal index 0.510.55; costal ratios 2.73.3:1.42.2:1. Costal cilia (section 3)
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long, shorter than longest axillary bristle (
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). Knob of haltere yellow, brownish at tip.
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FF59FEC8EA4C6117" bold="true" box="[199,349,262,287]" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">Recognition.</emphasis>
In the keys to the males of the British species of
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FC08FEC8EF1A6117" box="[918,1035,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">Megaselia</emphasis>
(
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)
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this species runs to couplet 68, where neither option applies, although
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(Loew)
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is close to new species, both with inflated palps with short bristles but they differ in the shape; they also differ in the hypopygium (especially in the shape of epandrium and length of anal tube) and by having, the new species, the hairs below basal half of femur shorter than
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FF09FE56EA3461A7" box="[151,293,408,431]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">M. nigriceps</emphasis>
(Loew)
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. The subsequently added
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FD34FE56E83061A7" box="[682,801,407,431]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">M. funesta</emphasis>
Schmitz
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runs to the same point; it differs from the new species in the hypopygium (shape of epandrium and length of anal tube), and in the shape of inflated palps (wider in the new species). The related species
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(Wood)
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has a similar hypopygium to the new species, but the palps of
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(Wood)
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are smaller and with longer bristles (
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). The species
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FB61FDCAEE8A6213" box="[1279,1435,514,539]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">M. specularis</emphasis>
Schmitz
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, with a similar hypopygium to the new species, it differs in shape of epandrium and palps (
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). In the keys of Palaearctic
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(
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Schmitz
<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FCF0FD82E8BB626B" box="[878,938,586,611]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">et al,</emphasis>
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81) this species runs to couplet 22 (Abteilung I, page 407), to
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FE56FDBEE95B628F" box="[456,586,624,647]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">M. projecta</emphasis>
(Becker)
</taxonomicName>
, synonym of
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FCD3FDBEE8CB628F" box="[845,986,624,647]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">M. nigriceps</emphasis>
(Loew)
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.
</paragraph>
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Material examined.
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</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F345A4A7FFDA3D02FDCDFD5CE98762A3" box="[595,662,658,683]" name="Spain" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">Spain</collectingCountry>
, Barcelona: Montseny, Montseny Natural Park, beech forest, UTM 31TDG530274, 1130 m a.s.l.,
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. Window trap. J.A. Barrientos leg (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEDE437FFDA3D02FF59FD14E9466357" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1007]" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">
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<typeStatus id="54E95A95FFDA3D02FF59FD14EA2E62FB" box="[199,319,730,755]" pageId="8" pageNumber="252" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
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, one same locality, habitat and date as
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, two same locality and habitat but different dates (25/
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,
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). Four in
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, Girona: Arbucias, Montseny Natural Park, beech forest UTM 31TDG540279, 1250 m a.s.l., two
<date id="FFECC2F7FFDA3D02FD19FCECE8206333" box="[647,817,802,827]" pageId="8" pageNumber="252" value="1990-05-05" valueMax="1990-05-19" valueMin="1990-05-05">0519/05/1990</date>
and two 19/
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. All window traps. J.A. Barrientos leg (
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,
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CCG-R).
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<emphasis id="B9263825FFDA3D02FF59FCA4EA6C638B" bold="true" box="[199,381,874,899]" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">Other material</emphasis>
(no
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):
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<collectingCountry id="F345A4A7FFDA3D02FD38FCA4E9F8638B" box="[678,745,874,899]" name="Spain" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">Spain</collectingCountry>
, Barcelona: Montseny, Montseny Natural Park, beech forest UTM 31TDG532273, 1170 m a.s.l.,
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;
<specimenCount id="9D542FBEFFDA3D02FD6EFC41E80A63AF" box="[752,795,911,935]" pageId="8" pageNumber="252" type="generic">2 ♂</specimenCount>
<collectingCountry id="F345A4A7FFDA3D02FCBDFC40E87763AF" box="[803,870,910,935]" name="Spain" pageId="8" pageNumber="252">Spain</collectingCountry>
, Girona: Arbucias, Montseny Natural Park, beech forest, UTM 31TDG540279, 1250 m a.s.l., 19/
<date id="FFECC2F7FFDA3D02FD34FC7CE84963C3" box="[682,856,946,971]" pageId="8" pageNumber="252" value="1990-06-05" valueMax="1990-06-02" valueMin="1990-06-05">0502/06/1990</date>
,
<date id="FFECC2F7FFDA3D02FCFAFC7DEF0063C3" box="[868,1041,947,971]" pageId="8" pageNumber="252" value="1990-07-14" valueMax="1990-07-28" valueMin="1990-07-14">1428/07/1990</date>
. All window traps. J.A. Barrientos leg.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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