Abiskomyia virgo subsp. virgo Edwards

• Main Authors: Makarchenko, Eugenyi A., Makarchenko, Marina A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Abiskomyia; Abiskomyia virgo; Abiskomyia virgo virgo edwards; Abisko; Kilpisjärvi; Visser; Inarijärvi
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6115858; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6115858

Abiskomyia virgo virgo Edwards (Figs. 57 –58, 63– 75) Abiskomyia virgo Edwards, 1937: 140; Thienemann 1937: 170, 1944: 563; Goetghebuer 1940–1950: 207; Lindeberg 1974: 160; Langton & Visser 2003: 237; Ashe & O’Connor 2012: 109. Abiskomyia virgo Edwards; Pankratova 1970: 127 (misidentification); Linevich et al. 2002: 66 (misidentification). Material: 5 pupal exuviae (females), Finland, Kilpisjärvi Lake, about 100 km NE of Abisko, 28.VI. 1969, leg. L. Paasivirta & B. Lindeberg; 5 adult males, 9 pupal exuviae (males), Finland, Inarijärvi Lake, 28.VI. 1971, leg. P. Virtanen. This material was used in paper of B. Lindeberg (1974). Adult male (n= 5) Wing length 2.12–2.16 mm. Colouration brown, wing grey. Head. Temporal setae 8–11, including outer verticals and postorbitals, inner verticals absent. Clypeus massive, with 7–12 setae. Antenna 720–800 µm long, with 13 flagellomeres and slightly reduced plume (Fig. 65); AR 0.81 –1.0. Palp usually with 4 palpomeres, length (in µm): 40 –60, 76–100, 60–68, 60– 84; single male with 3 palpomeres, length (in µm): 72, 88, 100. Thorax. Dark brown, with lightly coloured oval area. Antepronotum with 8–11 lateral setae. Acrostichals 2–5, only in lightly coloured oval area; dorsocentrals 14–23; prealars 6–9; scutellars 14–26. Wing. R with 6–7 setae, R 1 with 3–6 setae, R 4 + 5 with 2 setae subapically. Apex of R 4 + 5 distal of apex M 3 + 4. Cu 1 straight. Costa extension absent. Anal lobe slightly reduced (Fig. 64). Squama with 8–24 setae. Legs. Light brown; ta 5 of all legs more dark. Spur of fore tibia 40–52 µm. Spurs of mid tibia 40–48 µm long, of hind tibia 48–60 µm and 32–48 µm long. Hind tibial comb absent. Length and proportions of leg segments as in Table 4. Hypopygium (Figs. 63, 66– 67). Tergite IX with 34–40 setae; anal point, 32–40 µm long, narrow, subparallelsided, sometimes slightly widened apically and bare. Laterosternite IX with 7–9 setae on each side. Transverse sternapodeme 72–96 µm long, with small oral projections. Gonocoxite 224–244 µm long; inferior ...