Litoleptis Chillcott, 1186

Grimaldi, David A., 2018, First Tropical American Species of the “ Relict ” Genus Litoleptis, and Relationships in Spaniinae (Diptera: Rhagionidae), American Museum Novitates 2018 (3909), pp. 1-20 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3909.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4566041

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA87F2-FFC1-FF86-3B4F-FCD4E48AFE62

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Litoleptis Chillcott
status

 

Litoleptis Chillcott View in CoL

Litoleptis Chillcott, 1963: 1186 View in CoL . Type species: L. alaskensis Chillcott View in CoL ; Kerr, 2010 (rediagnosis of genus);

Imada and Kato, 2016a, 2016b (revision, life histories, larvae).

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS: Like closely related spaniine genera, antenna with single flagellomere (usually tapered or abruptly narrow apically) (fig. 2C), laterotergite bare of fine setulae (fig. 2B); bases of cerci widely separated in female (figs. 5, 6), connected to epandrium in male; adult mandibles lost (except Spaniopsis View in CoL ); thickened portion of vein C ending at/near apex of R 5 or M 1; spermathecae lightly to weakly sclerotized (figs. 5, 6). Larvae graze/mine bryophytes, mandibular brush absent, creeping welts absent. Litoleptis View in CoL is unique among spaniines by loss of all tibial spurs, proboscis reduced, pseudotracheae highly reduced, wing with membrane having very dense microtrichia (fig. 4B) and costal margin with long setulae (fig. 4A); vein M 3 absent, crossvein dm-cu lost (no discal cell), base of M spectral in living species; apex of vein CuA abruptly incomplete in most species (fig. 4).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Rhagionidae

Loc

Litoleptis Chillcott

Grimaldi, David A. 2018
2018
Loc

Litoleptis

Chillcott, J. G. 1963: 1186
1963
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