Strobliella Kieffer
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4250.3.5 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FCB5489C-4358-45D6-9A11-D7DBC8260569 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6010550 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD14BB2D-9D14-1C44-32DD-1F7DFAE0FBEC |
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Strobliella Kieffer |
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Genus Strobliella Kieffer View in CoL
The only species included here, Strobliella intermedia , was described on the basis of a single male from Austria, which was last studied by Edwards (1938) and is now regarded as lost ( Jaschhof 1999). Three males at my disposal have genitalic structures exactly like those illustrated by Edwards (1938: fig. 7d) for S. intermedia , which leads me to regard them as conspecific. If my identification is correct, then the generic definition of Strobliella needs to be modified: male flagellomeres were previously thought to lack crenulate whorls, while those are present in the specimens studied here ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ). This discrepancy is discussed under the heading of S. intermedia . As the presence of crenulate whorls is a character rendering Strobliella even more similar to Groveriella , the distinctness of the two genera should be reconsidered once the morphology of female Strobliella is better known.
Edwards, F. W. (1938) On the British Lestremiinae, with notes on exotic species. - 3. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 7, 102 - 108.
Jaschhof, M. (1999) Revision der Gallmucken der Unterfamilie Lestremiinae in der Collection Strobl (mit einer Checkliste fur Osterreich) (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). Berichte des naturwissenschaftlich-medizinischen Uereins in Innsbruck, 86, 229 - 244.
FIGURE 8 A – E. Strobliella intermedia, males. A: Genitalia, ventral (specimen from Slovak Republic). B: Gonostylus, ventral (specimen from Sweden). C: Gonostylus, ventral (specimen from Sweden). D: Fourth flagellomere, lateral (specimen from Slovak Republic). E: Acropod of foreleg, lateral (specimen from Slovak Republic). Scales for A – D, 0.05 mm, for E, 0.025 mm.
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Micromyinae |
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Strobliellini |
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