Wiedemannia (Philolutra) klausnitzeri Joost

Kustov, Semen & Zherebilo, Danil, 2015, New data on the genus Wiedemannia Zetterstedt (Diptera: Empididae) from the Caucasus with description of four new species, Zootaxa 4032 (4), pp. 351-369 : 358

Wiedemannia (Philolutra) klausnitzeri Joost

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Wiedemannia (Philolutra) klausnitzeri Joost, 1981: 188 .

Diagnosis. This species differs by the completely dark brown scutum, acrostichals extending only to third dorsocentral seta, 5 pairs of dorsocentrals; lobes of clasping cercus orientated at right angles, L-shaped; digitiform lobe nearly directed vertically.

Distribution. Caucasus: Russia (Krasnodarskiy Territory).

Remarks. This species was described by Joost (1981), collected from the Sochi River ( Russia, Krasnodarskiy Territory), but in the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (1989) the species was mistakenly indicated from territory of Georgia [“Sotschi-Fluss, oberhalb des Ortes Plastunka (Georgian SSR)”]. Actually W. klausnitzeri is known only from type-locality: Krasnodarskiy Territory of Russia.

We were unsuccessful in collecting additional specimens of this species.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 11. Male terminalia of Wiedemannia, lateral view. 7, W. klausnitzeri Joost (from Joost 1981); 8, W. kustovi Sinclair & Shamshev (from Sinclair & Shamshev 2014); 9, W. lota Walker; 10, W. nartshukae sp. nov.; 11, W. ossetiana sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: sur—surstylus.