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?
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFE900AD7FE6562D1" box="[276,441,463,486]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Cyrtosia indica</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFE8C0AF7FE1F6131" box="[264,451,495,518]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Glabellula indica</emphasis>
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: 476
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFE8C0917FE0D6111" box="[264,465,527,550]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Mythenteles indica</emphasis>
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: 36
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As can be seen from the list of generic placements above, this species has had a confused taxonomic history.
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originally described the species in
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. However, the illustration of the wing venation in the original description depicting a distinct small triangular marginal cell precludes it from being a member of that genus. Subsequent treatments of the species by Bezzi had it questionably in
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(1925)
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and later (1926) in
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEA30807FE78600F" box="[295,420,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Glabellula</emphasis>
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, apparently unaware of Bezzis (1926) earlier placement of the species in
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, also placed
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in that genus with the notation “N. comb.” Bezzis and Bowdens placement in
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFD380877FCE660BF" box="[700,826,879,904]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Glabellula</emphasis>
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were undoubtedly due to the presence of the small triangular marginal cell in the wing. The only known Old World genus in
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at the time of Bezzis and Bowdens placement that possessed such a cell was
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. However, the remainder of the wing venation (see
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) does not match
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. The original description is quoted here.
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEBC0F2EFE4F6767" bold="true" box="[312,403,1078,1104]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Female</emphasis>
. “Frons apparently about one­fourth the width of the head, yellowish; antennae black; proboscis more than 1 1/2 times height of head.
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEBC0F9FFE516797" box="[312,397,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Thorax</emphasis>
black, practically bare; humeri bright yellow;
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEBC0FB7FE7B67FF" box="[312,423,1199,1224]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Abdomen</emphasis>
black, hind margins of segments pale yellow, and a yellow transverse line across middle of 1st and 2nd segments.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEBC0FE7FEB3662F" box="[312,367,1279,1304]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Legs</emphasis>
black, knees and tips of tibiae yellowish.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEBC0E3FFE5C6677" box="[312,384,1319,1344]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Wings</emphasis>
pale grey; auxiliary vein short, ending free: 1st vein ending at middle of costa; praefurca beginning at middle of 1st vein; 2nd vein very short, directed abruptly upwards, ending in 1st vein near tip; 3rd vein in line with praefurca, simple, ending a little before wing tip; 4th vein forked at half its length after quitting basal cells, the portion dividing those cells hardly less distinct; 5th forked, base of upper branch forming lower side of 2nd basal cell; 6th vein reaching wing border. First basal cell a little longer than 2nd; bifurcation of praefurca opposite tip of 2nd basal cell.
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEBC0D27FE55656F" box="[312,393,1599,1624]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Length</emphasis>
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.”
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEBC0D7EFEAB65B7" bold="true" box="[312,375,1638,1664]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Male</emphasis>
. Unknown.
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFEBC0D97FEA4659F" box="[312,376,1679,1704]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<typeStatus id="54FF749C7867FF8AFEBC0D97FEA4659F" box="[312,376,1679,1704]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Types</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFD5B7CF7867FF8AFE0C0D97FDE2659E" author="Brunetti" box="[392,574,1679,1705]" pageId="16" pageNumber="28" refString="Brunetti, E. (1917) Diptera from the Simla District. Records of the Indian Museum, 13, 59 - 101." type="journal article" year="1917">Brunetti (1917)</bibRefCitation>
originally described this species based on “four
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specimens in the Indian Museum in very indifferent condition taken by Dr. Annandale at Simla,
<quantity id="4CBC67DB7867FF8AFE8C0DC7FEB765CE" box="[264,363,1759,1785]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1336" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" unit="ft" value="7000.0">7,000 ft</quantity>
.” Only 2 of these
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could be found in NZSI. One of the 2 surviving specimens has the head missing. The specimen with the head intact is designated here as
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female to stabilize the nomenclature of the species. The indication of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B930162C7867FF8AFE8C0C4FFDD86447" box="[264,516,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Empidideicus indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a
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in
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was in error.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35E99B57866FF8BFEBC0A04FCF762E1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFEBC0A04FE426202" box="[312,414,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Remarks</emphasis>
. No specimens other than those from the original
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series are known. Despite the lack of specimens for examination, the original description and accompanying illustration of the wing give enough evidence of salient characters to show that it belongs to
<taxonomicName id="4C44B1BD7866FF8BFEAA0A8CFE60629A" box="[302,444,404,429]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Mythenteles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFEAA0A8CFE60629A" box="[302,444,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Mythenteles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Along with
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<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFDEB0A8CFD5B629A" box="[623,647,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFD1A0A8CFCFB629A" box="[670,807,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">hispanicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFCBA0A8CFC8A629A" box="[830,854,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFCE90A8CFC34629A" box="[877,1000,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">infrequens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C44B1BD7866FF8BFC7B0A8CFB61629A" box="[1023,1213,404,430]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Mythenteles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coptopheles">
<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFC7B0A8CFBCB629A" box="[1023,1047,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFBAA0A8CFB61629A" box="[1070,1213,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">coptopheles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFA8F0A8CFE5862E2" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. wadimurri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, this species lacks crossvein dm­cu.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35E99B57866FF8BFEBC0AFCFBFB62C9" box="[312,1063,484,510]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BFBCA3E7866FF8BFEBC0AFCFBFB62C9" blockId="17.[264,1323,284,510]" box="[312,1063,484,510]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B930162C7866FF8BFEBC0AFCFE1B62CA" box="[312,455,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Distribution</emphasis>
. Known only from the
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locality in Simla,
<collectingCountry id="F3538AAE7866FF8BFC670AFCFBFF62C9" box="[995,1059,484,510]" name="India" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">India</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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