Drymeia similis (Malloch, 1918)

Savage, Jade & Sorokina, Vera S., 2021, Review of the North American fauna of Drymeia Meigen (Diptera, Muscidae) and evaluation of DNA barcodes for species-level identification in the genus, ZooKeys 1024, pp. 31-89 : 31

Drymeia similis (Malloch, 1918) Figs 2E , 6I , 10C , 11A

Pogonomyia similis Malloch, 1918: 279.

Type material examined.

Pogonomyia similis Malloch - Holotype male labelled "Top of Las/ Vegas Range/ VI.28.02 NM"; " HoloTYPE /6200 [red]"; " HoloTYPE / Pogonomyia / MINOR / Mall. [red]" ( ANSP). Paratype male labelled "Elev. 4800"; " Pogonomyia / PARATYPE / ♂ Drymeia similis Mal./ No. 2748 [yellow]"; Bozeman Mont./ July 7- 1902 "; " PARATYPE / Pogonomyia / Drymeia similis / ♂ Malloch [blue]" ( CNC) .

Other material examined.

Nearctic: Canada: Alberta: Acme, Banff, 20 mi W Calgary, Drumheller, Eisenhower Jct., Elkwater Lake, Frank, Hinton, Lethbridge, 15 km east Morley, Waterton , British Columbia: Atlin, Cathedral Mtn, Clinton, Crowsnest, Liard Hot Spg., Vernon, Victoria; Manitoba: Carberry, Gimli, Husavick, Pierson, Reynolds, 30 mi N Roblin, Taulon [a], Virden ; Northwest Territories: Fort Liard, Hay River ; Ontario: Moosonee, Thor Lake ; Quebec: Mistassini, Rupert House; Saskatchewan: Big River , Cypress Hills, Kenosee, Melfort, Prince Albert ; Yukon Territory: Dawson. USA : Colorado: Chicago Cr., Estes Park, Gilpin , Idaho Springs, Jefferson, Loveland Pass , Mt. Evans (Doolitle Ranch, Echo Lake ), Nederland, Niwot Ridge ; Utah: Daniels Pass; Wyoming: Togwotee Pass, Union Pass Road. Greenland : Nedre Midsommer Sö. ( CNC).

Distribution.

Nearctic: Canada (Yukon Territory and British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador) , USA (Alaska to New Mexico) , Greenland.

DNA Barcode.

BOLDBIN: BOLD:AAG1776. See Suppl. material 1: Table S1 for GenBank accession numbers.

Remark.

All three specimens of D. similis in our DNA barcoding data set were from Saskatchewan ( Canada) with p-distances ranging from 0.0% to 0.16% (Fig. 25 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Male hind tibia, dorsal view A D. ponti B D. aterrima C D. groenlandica D D. setibasis E D. similis F D. vockerothi G D. quadrisetosa H D. glacialis I D. hucketti J D. woodorum. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 6. Male mid femur, anterior view (except G, H, L) A D. cantabrigensis B D. setibasis C D. vockerothi D D. profrontalis E D. glacialis F D. quadrisetosa G D. santamonicae, antero-dorsal view H D. amnicola, postero-dorsal view I D. similis J D. amnicola K D. hucketti L D. aldrichi, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

Figure 10. Female fore tarsomeres 3 - 5 A D. ponti B D. aldrichi C D. similis D D. profrontalis E D. minor. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

Figure 11. Female frons A D. similis B D. latifrons C D. profrontalis D D. ponti E D. hucketti. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 25. Neighbour-joining tree based on p-distance of all COI sequences (> 550 bp) for which specimens were examined. Each terminal includes the species name, BOLD process ID number, country of collection, and Barcode Index Number. Red text indicates the presence of more than one named species grouped under a single BIN (BIN merge).