Drapetis, Meigen, 1822

Michelsen, Verner & Grootaert, Patrick, 2019, Co-existing species of Drapetis Meigen in Skåne (S Sweden) with description of a new species and a key to males of NW European species (Diptera: Hybotidae), Zootaxa 4624 (3), pp. 431-441 : 439-440

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.3.11

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F12876C-2DA7-4452-9200-65F4BE1EC243

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B5E8D08-AF0E-FFF9-FF08-49FB48C94494

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Plazi

scientific name

Drapetis
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Key to males of NW European species of Drapetis View in CoL View at ENA

1 Radial-medial crossvein (r–m) situated at or before the middle of the basal medial cell (bm) ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ) … ( D. assimilis View in CoL -group)................................................................................................... 2

– Radial-medial crossvein (r–m) situated beyond the middle of the basal medial cell (bm) ( Figs 2B, C View FIGURE 2 ) … ( D exilis View in CoL -group)... 7

2 Proepisternum shiny black. Pedicel beneath with 1–2 elongate setae. Knob of halter dusky brown..................... 3

– Proepisternum grey pruinose. Pedicel with short setae only. Knob of halter pale yellow............................. 6

3 Proepisternum bare except for two setae at base. Hind femur with a row of long pale posteroventral setae in basal two-thirds ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 )........................................................................................... 4

– Proepisternum also with a pale up-turned seta arising from the middle. Hind femur with pale posteroventral setae confined to basal third or absent.................................................................................… 5

4 Face and clypeus shiny black. Legs extensively blackish brown, paler brown on foreleg. Male terminalia ( Collin 1961, fig. 12a)................................................................................ … assimilis (Fallén) View in CoL

– Face and clypeus grey pruinose. Legs extensively yellowish to yellow brown, only more or less darkened dorsally on femora. Male terminalia ( Kovalev 1972, figs 1–3)...................................................… ingrica Kovalev

5 Hind femur with posteroventral row of pale setae in basal third. Male terminalia ( Collin 1961, fig. 13a)... … arcuata Loew

– Hind femur without posteroventral setae. Male terminalia ( Collin 1961, fig. 12b).................... … simulans Collin

6 Scape and pedicel black. Fore tarsi yellowish with blackish apical tarsomere...................... … convergens Collin

– Scape and pedicel orange yellow. All tarsi of uniform brownish colour. Male terminalia ( Grootaert et al. 2010, figs 5–8).......................................................................................... flavipes Macquart View in CoL

7 Mid tibia simple....................................................................................… 8

– Mid tibia ventrally expanded and compressed, with numerous denticles on its ventral edge ( Figs 3C View FIGURE 3 , 4A, C View FIGURE 4 ). Male terminalia ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 A–D).......................................................................... abrollensis sp. nov.

8 Mid femur in front with transverse cuticular ribs ( Figs 5C, E View FIGURE 5 , 6 View FIGURE 6 A–D) or fine furrows ( Figs 5B, D View FIGURE 5 ) and with usual ground setulae very short or absent.................................................................................… 9

– Mid femur simple, in front with practically smooth cuticle and a uniform cover of setulae ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ).................. 13

9 Mid femur in front with a variable pattern of transverse cuticular ribs ( Figs 5C, E View FIGURE 5 , 6 View FIGURE 6 A–D).......................... 10

– Mid femur in front with numerous linear transverse furrows ( Figs 5B, D View FIGURE 5 ). Male terminalia ( Collin 1961, fig. 14a)................................................................................................ … exilis Meigen View in CoL

10 Knob of halter dark. Scape and pedicel brownish black................................................... … 11

– Knob of halter white. Scape reddish brown, pedicel ochre yellow. Male terminalia ( Grootaert 2016, figs 6–8)............................................................................................ … bruscellensis Grootaert View in CoL

11 Fore femur anteroventrally without a recurved apical seta. Mid femur with field of transverse ribs in anterior position ( Figs 5C View FIGURE 5 , 6A View FIGURE 6 ).............................................................................................… 12

– Fore femur anteroventrally with a recurved apical seta ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Mid femur with anterodorsal field of ca. 18 transverse ribs and valleys devoid of setulae ( Figs 6B, D View FIGURE 6 ). Male terminalia ( Grootaert 2016, figs. 12–14)................... … pusilla Loew View in CoL

12 Setulae beneath antennal pedicel reaching length of pedicel. Mid femur with anterior field of more than 20 transverse ribs crossed by a single row of short setulae ( Figs 6A, C View FIGURE 6 ). Male terminalia ( Grootaert 2016, figs 9–11)......... … parilis Collin View in CoL

– Setulae beneath antennal pedicel shorter than length of pedicel. Mid femur with anterior field of less than 15 short transverse ribs covered in short setulae ( Figs 5C, E View FIGURE 5 ). Male terminalia ( Collin 1961, fig. 14b).................... … infitialis Collin View in CoL

13 Longitudinal wing veins of regular thickness, membrane almost clear; vein R 4+5 fully developed until wing margin ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ) …................................................................................................ 14

– Longitudinal wing veins thickened, membrane conspicuously clouded; vein R 4+5 pale and faded shortly before wing margin ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). Male terminalia ( Kovalev 1972, figs 8, 9)............................................ incompleta Collin View in CoL

14 Hind femur thinner than fore femur. Male terminalia with two strong, spine-like setae on left surstylus 1 and two similar setae on right surstylus ( Kovalev 1972, figs 15, 16, 24).........................................… stackelbergi Kovalev View in CoL

– Hind femur as thick as fore femur. Male terminalia without prominent, spine-like setae ( Kovalev 1972, figs 17–19, 24)........................................................................................ … completa Kovalev View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Hybotidae

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