Drymeia cristata Sorokina & Pont, 2015, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Sorokina, Vera S., Pont, Adrian C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Anthomyiidae; Drymeia; Drymeia cristata; Seta; Sorokina; Taymyr; khatanga; Taymyr Peninsula
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116443; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6116443

Drymeia cristata sp. nov. Figs. 5 A–H Diagnosis. The species is similar to D. cantabrigensis (Huckett, 1965) and D. setibasis (Huckett, 1965). Males of the new species can be distinguished as follows: anepimeron and katepimeron bare; eye bare; facial edge projecting forward beyond the level of profrons; arista swollen in basal third; proboscis elongated; anteroventral surface of mid femur with a comb of long, strong, inclined setae on middle part; hind femur without posteroventrals; hind tibia without a ventral apical prong and with only a strong anteroventral preapical seta. Etymology. The species name is based on the Latin adjective “cristatus” what means “with a comb”. Type material examined. Holotype male, RUSSIA: Krasnoyarsky Krai, Taymyr Peninsula, 90 km NW Khatanga, valley of Zakharova-Rasokha River (left tributary of Novaya River), 72.7ºN 101.08ºE, 3.vii.2011, A. Barkalov (SZMN). Paratypes: 30 males, same data as holotype, 2–16.vii.2011, A. Barkalov & V. Zinchenko (2 males each in ZIN, ZMUM, ... : Published as part of Sorokina, Vera S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2015, A review of the genus Drymeia Meigen, 1826 (Diptera: Muscidae) in Russia, pp. 151-206 in Zootaxa 4000 (2) on pages 167-169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244482 ...