Anthepiscopus ribesii, Becker, 1891

Wahlberg, Emma, 2019, Revision and morphological analysis of the Ragadidae (Insecta, Diptera), European Journal of Taxonomy 521, pp. 1-19 : 16

Material examined of Anthepiscopus ribesii

AUSTRIA • 2 ♂♂; Admont, Styria; 1896; Strobl leg.; NHMW .

Material examined of Anthepiscopus oedalinus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

SWEDEN • 1 ♀; [Lapponia inferior, Lappland]; [D. Boheman leg.]; NHRS-GULI000058763 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; NHRS-GULI000058764 .

Description

Eyes bare; males holoptic. Scape with setae; postpedicel tapering, at least three times as long as wide; stylus cylindrical. Labrum straight in both sexes; epipharyngal blades and ventroapical comb absent. Postgena bare or with setae, not spine like. Prosternum separated from proepisternum forming an isolated sclerite; laterotergite bare. Stout spine like setae on anterior face of fore coxa and on inner ventral margin of fore trochanter absent; tubercle on fore coxa absent; male fore tarsal claws present. In wings, costal bristle absent; subcosta reaching costa; R 4+5 unbranched; CuA recurved ( Fig. 9F ). Female: tergite 10 fused to cercus. Male: postgonites as fused processes from hypandrium; apex of phallus simple.

Distribution

This genus is represented in the Nearctic and west Palearctic. In addition, one species is recorded from Australia.

Figures

Fig. 9. Right wing. A. Ragas unica Walker, 1837, drawing with terminology on characters (left) and photo (right) (NHRS). B. Dipsomyia spinifera Bezzi, 1909 (MTD). C. Hydropeza longipennae (Miller, 1923) (dark colour is from underlying board to which the wing is glued) (NZAC 04021412). D. Zanclotus dioktes Wilder, 1982 (USNM). E. Iteaphila macquarti Zetterstedt, 1838 (NHRS). F. Anthepiscopus oedalinus (Zetterstedt, 1838) (NHRS-GULI000058764). G. Hormopeza obliterata Zetterstedt, 1838 (NHRS-000061621).