Spilogona khrulevae Sorokina, 2012, sp. nov.
Spilogona khrulevae sp. nov. Figs 4 A–C Type material: Holotype male, RUSSIA, Wrangel Island, middle part of the River Mamontovaya, 71 ° 13 'N 179 ° 46 'W, 20.vii. 2006, О. Khruleva (SZNM). Paratypes 20 males and 23 females, same data as holotype, 8,9,12, 20.vii. 2006; 1 male 6 females, sa...
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| Summary: | Spilogona khrulevae sp. nov. Figs 4 A–C Type material: Holotype male, RUSSIA, Wrangel Island, middle part of the River Mamontovaya, 71 ° 13 'N 179 ° 46 'W, 20.vii. 2006, О. Khruleva (SZNM). Paratypes 20 males and 23 females, same data as holotype, 8,9,12, 20.vii. 2006; 1 male 6 females, same data as holotype, 6.viii. 2006, around arctic fox burrow; 8 males 7 females, Wrangel Island, upper reaches of the River Neizvestnaya, 71 º 13 'N 170 º 19 'W, 2–8.vii. 2006, O. Khruleva (3 males and 3 females each in ZMUM, OUMNH & ZIN, rest in SZNM). Type series is not in good condition. Many flies are without legs and thoracic setae. Etymology. The species name is a patronym in honour of the entomologist Olga Khruleva (Moscow), who collected the type series. Diagnosis. The new species is very different from all known Spilogona species. It is a small black species (3.5 –5.0 mm), abdomen short, oval, without marks, shining, 3 or 4 dc, prementum shining, notopleuron haired, anepisternum without interspatial seta, calypters light yellow, haltere blackish-brown, mid tibia with 1 v and 1 pv–v, female postgenital plate haired. If the examined specimen has 3 postsutural dc, then it can be incorporated into the key to males and females of Palaearctic Spilogona (Hennig 1959: 259, 265) by the following couplets: Males: 24 (27) couplet as in Hennig 24 a (24 b) Haltere blackish-brown. Anepisternum without interspatial seta. Small species (body 3.4–4.5 mm). S. khrulevae sp. nov. 24 b (24 a) Haltere yellow. Anepisternum with one interspatial seta. Larger species (body 5.5–6.5 mm). 25 (26) couplet as in Hennig Females: 14 (13) couplet as in Hennig 15 (16) Haltere blackish-brown. Anepisternum without interspatial seta. Small species (body 4.5 –5.0 mm) 15 a (15 b) Postgenital plate haired. Fronto-orbital plate silvery or brownish-silvery pruinose. Abdomen shining black. S. khrulevae sp. nov. 15 b (15 a) Postgenital plate with spines. Fronto-orbital plate dark brown dusted. Abdomen dark brown dusted S. caliginosa Stein 16 (15) Haltere ... |
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