Rhamphomyia herschelli Malloch

• Main Authors: Sinclair, Bradley J., Vajda, Élodie A., Saigusa, Toyohei, Shamshev, Igor V., Wheeler, Terry A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Rhamphomyia; Rhamphomyia herschelli; Arctic; Nunavut; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Herschel Island; Sinclair; Hicks; Waterhouse; Kidluit Bay; Herschel; Malloch; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3796956; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3796956

Rhamphomyia herschelli Malloch (Figs 50–52) Rhamphomyia herschelli Malloch, 1919: 47. Type-locality: Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada. Other references: Melander, 1928: 194 (catalogue); Melander, 1965: 463 (catalogue); Danks, 1981: 465 (arctic insects); Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 32 (type catalogue); Yang et al., 2007: 195 (catalogue); Brooks et al., 2015: 40 (type catalogue correction). Type material examined. LECTOTYPE ♀ (here designated in order to fix identity of the species) ♂ (Fig. 50A), labelled (Fig. 50B): “ HOLOTYPE / Rhamphomyia herschelli Mall. / CNC No. 218 [red label]”; “ Herschell Isl. / N.W. T.”; F. Johnsen / Coll.”; “Canadian/ Arctic/ Expedition/ July 29, 1916 ”; “ Rhamphomyia / herschelli/ type [hand written]”; “ LECTOTYPE / Rhamphomyia / herschelli Malloch / des. Sinclair 2017 [red label]” (CNC). PARALEC- TOTYPE: 1 ♀, “ PARATYPE / Rhamphomyia herschelli Mall. / No. 218 [yellow label]”; “ Herschell Isl. / N.W. T.”; F. Johnsen / Coll.”; “Canadian/ Arctic/ Expedition/ July 29, 1916 ” (CNC). Additional material examined. CANADA. Northwest Territories: Kidluit Bay, N. Richards Is. W. 25– 29.vii.1948, J. R. Vockeroth (2 ♂, CNC); Tuktoyaktuk, 69°26′40.02″N 133°1′55.74″W, sweeping, meadow, 14.vii.2010, Goulet & Boudrealt (11 ♂, CNC). Nunavut: Coppermine, 6.viii.1951, S.D. Hicks (1 ♂, CNC). Yukon: Herschel Is., 9–30.vii.1953, C.D. Bird (31 ♂, 36 ♀, CNC); same data, 11–30.vii.1953, J.S. Waterhouse (26 ♂, 29 ♀, CNC). USA. Alaska: Umiat, 10–23.vii.1950, R. Madge, J.E.H. Martin (1 ♂, 1 ♀, CNC). Colorado: Summit Lake Flats, Mt. Evans, 12800 ft, 24.vii.1961, C.H. Mann (13 ♂, 8 ♀, CNC). Diagnosis. This dark-legged and dark setose species is distinguished from other species of Rhamphomyia by the horn-like lateral projections on sternite 8, phallus with sharp bend in loop forming acute angle, male hind tarsomere 1 swollen, wider than hind tibial width, and mid and hind female femora with posteroventral row of pennate setae, less developed dorsally. Redescription. Wing length 4.8–5.5 mm. Male. Head dark in ...