Empis sjoestedti Frey 1935

• Main Author: Shamshev, Igor V.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Empididae; Empis; Empis sjoestedti; Kamchatka; Kamtschatka
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3812106; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3812106

sjoestedti Frey, 1935: 5 (Empis (Pachymeria)) Current name and combination. Empis (Polyblepharis) sjoestedti Frey, 1935. Type locality (by lectotype designation): Russia, Kamchatka. Notes on the type series. Frey described this species from both sexes after an unspecified number of specimens. He noted the following material: “Mehr. ♂ ♀, Kamtchatka (Malaise). Daneben im Helsingforser Museum 1 ♂, Kamtchatka: Bolscherjetsk (Wuorentaus)”. Eight males and three females were found in NHRS. A male from MZH was not examined. Type material examined. LECTOTYPE (here designated in order to fix identity of the species), ♂ (Fig. 6), labelled (Fig. 7): “ Kamtschatka / Malaise ”; “1140”; “Spec. typ.”; “ Empis / Sjöstedti n. sp. [hand-written by Frey]/ R. Frey det.”; “ Lectotypus / Empis / sjoestedti Frey, 1935 / design. Shamshev, 2020 [red label]” (NHRS). The lectotype is in good condition, but right wing slightly damaged. PARALECTOTYPES: Kamchatka, Malaise; 1134; Spec. typ.; Paralectotypus, Empis sjoestedti Frey, 1935, design. Shamshev, 2020 (1 ♀, NHRS). Kamchatka, Malaise: 806, 134, 135, 3620, 626, 1127, 84, 124; all with red label: Paralectotypus, Empis sjoestedti Frey, 1935, design. Shamshev, 2020 (7 ♂, 2 ♀, NHRS). Diagnosis. Large species with densely light grey pruinose thorax, mesoscutum with four brownish vittae, palpus pale yellow, prosternum with pale setae, extensively yellowish legs; female mid and hind femora and tibiae pennate. Re-description. Male (Fig. 6). Body length 7.5–9 (lectotype 8.7); wing length 7.7–9.3 (lectotype 9.1 mm). Head densely light grey pruinose on face, frons, ocellar tubercle and occiput; gena subshiny. Eyes holoptic, upper ommatidia enlarged. Frons represented by very small triangular space below ocellar tubercle and larger subtriangular space above antennae; bare. Face broad, slightly broader below; bare. Ocellar tubercle with four subequally long fine black setae and some minute setulae. Occiput with numerous moderately long to long black strong setae on upper part and laterally, long pale ...