Sciapus, ZELLER, 1842
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.25221/fee.445.2 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D853061A-FE2B-4418-AAE7-7019371DBA6E |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7168672 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BFB370-005A-FFF7-FED8-FD01E615769A |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Sciapus |
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Key to East Palaearctic species of the genus Sciapus View in CoL View at ENA (males)
1. Tarsi with one or more segments enlarged (often slightly) …............................................. 2
– All tarsi simple, at most some segments with erect setulae, or elongated, or sometimes 5th segment flattened dorsoventrally and slightly broadened …............................................. 5
2. Mid tarsus with 3rd segment not enlarged, and 4th segment slightly enlarged; fore tarsus simple; body length 5.5–5.8 mm (Primorye) …................................................................. ................................................................. S. dytei Negrobov, Maslova et Selivanova, 2012 View in CoL
– Mid tarsus simple; fore tarsus with 4th segment bearing dorsal lobe …............................... 3
3. Acrostichals present; wing vein dm-m straight; body length 7.9–8.1 mm (Primorye, Sakhalin) …............................................................. S. paradoxus Negrobov et Shamshev, 1986 View in CoL
– Acrostichals absent; wing vein dm-m strongly convex ….................................................... 4
4. Epandrial lobe much longer than epandrium, bearing long hairs; antennal pedicel with pale bristles; hind basitarsus much longer than next segment; body length 5.0–8.0 mm (TransPalaearctic) …....................................................................... S. nervosus (Lehmann, 1822) View in CoL
– Epandrial lobe shorter than epandrium, sparsely ciliated; antennal pedicel with dark bristles; body length 6.0 mm (Amurian Region, Primorye) …...................... S. roderi Parent, 1929 View in CoL
5. Frons, mesonotum and abdomen entirely shining green, only very feebly dusted; cerci mostly fused, each cercus with long free distal projection; organ X (ventral cercal projection) reduced ….......................................................................................................................... 6
– Frons, thorax and abdomen not shining, densely pollinose, sometimes with shining spots or stripes; cerci fused, organ X large …................................................................................. 7
6. Distoventral projection of cercus with short simple setae; surstylus with simple setae at apex; body length 4.7–4.9 mm (Primorye) …..................................................................... ....................................................................... S. incognitus Negrobov et Shamshev, 1986 View in CoL
– Distoventral projection of cercus with ventral fringe of strong flattened bristles and 1 long undulate flattened apical seta; ventral process of surstylus with 2 long undulate flattened apical setae; body length 5.0 mm (Kunashir) ….................................. S. basarukini View in CoL sp. n.
7. Abdomen entirely dark, rarely with yellow-brown spots laterally at base; body length 4.8 mm (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Primorye) …...... S. sibiricus Negrobov et Shamshev, 1986 View in CoL
– Abdominal segments 1-4 at least partly yellow .................................................................... 8
8. Lobes of organ X bifurcate, with short apical setae; body length 5.0 mm (Gansu, Inner Mongolia) …..................................................................................... S. flexicornis Parent, 1944 View in CoL
– Lobes of organ X fused to apex, thin and beaked at apex, with curved dorsally distal process; with uninterrupted row of ventral setae decreasing in length towards apex; fore and mid tarsi covered with erect setulae; body length 3.6 mm (Yakutia) …................................... .......................................................................... S. vladimiri Grichanov et Negrobov, 2014 View in CoL
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