Pedicia (Pedicia)

Petersen, Matthew J., 2006, A new species of crane fly, Pedicia (Pedicia) goldsworthyi (Diptera: Pediciidae), from eastern North America, Zootaxa 1220, pp. 55-61 : 56-57

Key to males of the eastern North American species of Pedicia (Pedicia)

1. Setae of ninth tergite in form of 2 anterior dorsolateral tufts of>30 setiformes; mesoventral lobe of gonocoxite longer than gonocoxite; coloration of CuA1 ending at intersection of CuA and M ............................................................................................ 2

­ Setae of ninth tergite variable; length of mesoventral lobe of gonocoxite variable; coloration of CuA1 produced beyond intersection of CuA and M..................................... 3

2. One or two spots of coloration in distal end of cell dm ........................... P. procteriana

­ No coloration in distal end of cell dm ....................................................... P. contermina

3. Ninth tergite with weak dorsal clusters of setiformes; mesoventral lobe subequal to gonocoxite with no dorsal enlargement, terminally with grouping of setiformes; coloration of CuA1 extended to wing margin (Fig. 1.4) ......................................... P. albivitta

­ Ninth tergite with strong clusters of dorsal setiformes; mesoventral lobe longer than gonocoxite with dorsal enlargement (Figs. 1.2, 1.3), often equipped with strong setiformes; CuA1 coloration variable.................................................................................. 4

4. Ninth tergite with 2 medial parallel rows of setiformesand weak anterior tufts of setiformes; dorsal lobe of mesoventral lobe terminal; setiformes of dorsal enlargement

located basally on lobe; coloration of CuA ending between wing margin and intersection of CuA and M ...................................................................................... P. margarita ­ Ninth tergite with 2 anterior tufts of setiformes and 2 parallel medial rows of setiformes; dorsal lobe of mesoventral lobe placed medially (Figs. 1.2, 1.3); setiformes of enlargement medial; coloration of CuA1 produced to wing margin................................ ...................................................................................................... P. goldsworthyi n. sp.