Protearomyia hermonensis MacGowan & Freidberg, 2008

Macgowan, Iain, 2014, Three new species of Protearomyia McAlpine, 1962 (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) with a key to males of the Palearctic species, Zootaxa 3796 (2), pp. 337-348 : 344-346

Protearomyia hermonensis MacGowan & Freidberg, 2008

These notes supplement the original description of the male genitalia in MacGowan and Freidberg (2008).

Male terminalia ( Figs. 27–31 ). Epandrium slightly higher than wide, cerci hardly projecting from beyond the shell of the epandrium ( Fig. 27 ). Surstyli markedly serrated on ventral margins, no distinct posteroventral denticles present ( Fig. 28 ). Hypoproct broad and disc-like, apically forming two short, relatively broad processes with a bluntly angled apex, outer margins with numerous finger–like processes ( Figs. 28 & 29 ). Phallus ( Fig. 31 ) Ushaped, much shorter and stouter than in the other Palearctic species, apical section very weakly sclerotized and under higher magnification with a recurved tip, lightly sclerotized lateral phlanges basally. Phallic guide ( Fig. 30 ) U-shaped, slightly flared at apices, with a pair of small inner processes, without basal ventral projections.

Differential diagnosis. With hypoproct disc-like, the lack of an enlarged ventral process to the epandrium, and phallic guide without ventral projections; this species is most similar to P. greciana .

Abbreviations; C = cercus, H = hypoproct, S = surstylus.

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 31. Protearomyia hermonensis MacGowan and Freidberg. Male genitalia. 27. Epandrium and associated structures, lateral view. 28. Same, ventral view ventral view. 29. Same, posterior view. 30. Phallic guide, ventral view. 31. Phallus, lateral view.