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

• Main Authors: Sorokina, Vera S., Pont, Adrian C.
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• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Anthomyiidae; Drymeia; Drymeia taymirensis; Chukotka; Chukotka Autonomous Okrug; khatanga; Pevek; Taymyr; Taymyr Peninsula
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116483; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB87DF6D52B21CFF6B6D722CECFDAE

Drymeia taymirensis sp. nov. Figs. 19 A–H Diagnosis. The species is very similar to D. brumalis (Rondani, 1866). The new species can be distinguished as follows: anepimeron and katepimeron bare; prealar long and strong; eye bare; facial edge projecting a little forward beyond the level of profrons; proboscis elongated, slender; fronto-orbital plates in male separated by a narrow frontal vitta; mid and hind femora in male with rows of fine dense anteroventral, ventral and posteroventral setae; hind tibia in male with a small ventral apical prong, without or with short posteroventral apical seta; abdomen deep brownish-grey dust except for black marks on tergites 3–5, in female abdomen black, shining. Etymology. The species name is based on the type-locality, the Taymyr Peninsula. 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, 10.vii.2011, A. Barkalov (SZMN). Paratypes: 2 males and 1 female, same data as holotype, 3–10.vii.2001, A. Barkalov & V. Zinchenko (SZMN). Kamchatskii Krai : Olyutorskii raion [as Koryakskiy NO], 6 males and 2 females, environs Apuka, ~ 60°27'N 169°34'E, Pakhachinskiy range, 3 & 7.vii.1959, K. Gorodkov. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug : Chaunskii raion , 1 male, environs of Pevek [as Val’kumey], ~ 69°36'N 170°11'E, 12.vii.1963, Gorodkov; 3 males and 3 females, Pevek, ~ 69°42'N 170°19'E, 28,30.vi.1963, 3.vii.1963, 29.vii.1963, Gorodkov; 3 males, 110 km SE Pevek, ~ 69°08'N 172°45'E [as Komsomol’skii], valley of Ichuviev River, 5.vii.1963, Gorodkov; 1 male, 67 km SE Pevek, ~ 69°32'N 172°00'E [as Krasnoarmeiskii], 10.vii.1963, Gorodkov; Iultinskii raion : 1 male and 1 female, ~ 67°52'N 178°43'E [as Iultin], 20.vii.1963, Gorodkov; 3 males, ~ 67°42'N 178°35'E [as 20 km SSE Iultin], valley of Amguema River, 22.vii.1963, Gorodkov; 3 males, 5 км N Egvekinot, ~ 66°22'N 179°07'E, on Oasiphora fruticosa , 26,27. vii.1963, Gorodkov; 3 males and 1 female, 55 km N ...