Drymeia sibirica Hennig 1962

• Main Authors: Sorokina, Vera S., Pont, Adrian C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Anthomyiidae; Drymeia; Drymeia sibirica; Sakha; Verkhoyansk; Sorokina; Sakha Republic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6116479; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116479

Drymeia sibirica (Hennig, 1962) Fig. 18 D Bebryx sibirica Hennig, 1962 a: 671. Drymeia sibirica; Pont, 1986: 72. Drymeia sibirica; Sorokina & Pont, 2010: 11. Material examined. Holotype, male, RUSSIA: Sakha Republic [Yakutskaya Oblast]: Verkhoyansk, 1–2.vi.– vii. 1903, Rozhnovskiy (ZIN). Tyva Republic, Morgun-Taiginskii kozhuun: 1 male, environs of Mugur-Aksy, 2000– 2100 m, ~ 50 º 22 'N 90 º 25 'E, 22.vii. 1993, A. Barkalov. Altai Republic, Kosh-Agachskii raion: 2 females, valley of River Akbul, 49 º 39 'N 88 ° 1 'E, 12.vii. 2009, T. Novgorodova. Description. Hennig (1962 a: 671) gave a detailed description of the male, with illustrations of several leg characters, but he did not know the female. We give here a description of the female, based on our new material. FEMALE. Length of body, 7.2–8.5 mm. Length of wing, 6.2 –7.0 mm. Head: Dichoptic. Frons at middle 0.42 of head-width at this point, and at this point each fronto-orbital plate 0.24 of frontal vitta. Head whitish-grey dusted. Frontal triangle inconspicuous, not reaching the crossed setae on frontal vitta. Frontal vitta grey or yellowish dusted. Eye with short fine hairs. Ocellar setae strong. 7–8 pairs of inclinate frontal setae, including several interstitials; 3 pairs of orbital setae, the upper two pairs reclinate and exclinate, the lower pair proclinate and exclinate. Frontal vitta with a pair of strong crossed setae. Antenna black, postpedicel circa 1.5 times as long as wide. In lateral view, facial edge not projecting forward beyond the level of profrons. Arista swollen in basal sixth, appearing almost bare, the longest hairs shorter than basal diameter of arista. Parafacial at level of insertion of arista 1.7 times as wide as width of postpedicel. Gena broad, depth below lowest eye-margin equal to or slightly broader than length of postpedicel, densely setose and with a group of upcurved setae on anterior part of genal dilation. Palpus black. Proboscis thickened, short. Labella large. Prementum of proboscis dusted, as long as palpus. Thorax: ...