Heleodromia

Wang, Junchao, Wang, Mengqing & Yang, Ding, 2013, Heleodromia Haliday newly found in Tibet with description of one new species (Diptera: Empidoidea: Trichopezinae), Zootaxa 3746 (3), pp. 489-494 : 490

Key to species (males) of Heleodromia from the Himalayas

(modified from Wagner et al. 2004)

1 Tergite 8 with mid-posterior process spine-like or finger-like in lateral view ( Figs 2 , 4 ).............................. 2

- Tergite 8 without mid-posterior process.................................................................... 4

2 Mid-posterior process of tergite 8 finger-like in lateral view; epandrium distinctly narrowed apically ( Figs 2 , 4 ).......... 3

- Mid-posterior process spine-like in lateral view; epandrium wide apically...................... H. rami Wagner & Leese

3 Postero-lateral corner of sternite 8 not elongated, without finger-like process; surstylus apically nearly straight, not hook-like ( Fig. 4 )............................................................................. H. basiflava sp. nov.

- Postero-lateral corner of sternite 8 distinctly elongated into a nearly finger-like process; surstylus apically strongly curved forwards, hook-like ( Fig. 2 )............................................................. H. ausobskyi Wagner

4 Body blackish or black; palpus black; legs mainly brown or black; fore femur or fore and mid femora with long ventral setae.................................................................................................... 5

- Body brownish green; palpus brownish yellow; legs mainly brownish yellow, only fore femur with long ventral setae........................................................................................... H. obscura (Brunetti)

5 Fore and mid femora with long ventral setae; anterior process of epandrial lobe finger-like................. H. hilo Smith

- Only fore femur with long ventral setae; anterior process of epandrial lobe short and thick.......... H. immaculata Haliday

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 2. Heleodromia (Heleodromia) ausobskyi Wagner (male). 1. Tergite 8, dorsal view. 2. Genitalia, lateral view. Scale bar 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 3 – 4. Heleodromia (Heleodromia) basiflava sp. nov. (male). 3. Tergite 8, dorsal view. 4. Genitalia, lateral view. Abbreviations: epl = epandrial lobe; epn = epandrium; hp = hypoproct process; hyp = hypandrium; ph = phallus; sur = surstylus; s 8 = sternite 8; t 8 = tergite 8. Scale bar 0.1 mm.