Alvamaja chlorometallica Rognes, 2010

Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Stireman III, John O., Badano, Davide, Gisondi, Silvia, Rognes, Knut, Giudice, Giuseppe Lo & Pape, Thomas, 2019, Reclustering the cluster flies (Diptera: Oestroidea, Polleniidae), Systematic Entomology 44, pp. 957-972 : 968

Alvamaja chlorometallica Rognes, 2010

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Description of female.

Material examined: 1 ♀: Romania – Moldova / Comăneşti – Bacău county / 13.07.2014 / 46.27356 / 26.434257 / Leg. Pintilioaie Alex ( NHMUK).

Female differs from male (see Rognes, 2010) as follows:

Body length: 7.5 mm.

Frons 1.1× as wide as compound eye in dorsal view. Fronto-orbital plate with two proclinate orbital setae and one upper reclinate orbital seta. Outer vertical seta well developed. Terminalia ( Fig. 7 C–E): Sclerites 7–8 and intersegmental membrane very long (sternite 7 about 3× as long as wide, sternite 8 about 4× as long as wide). Tergite 8 divided into two long and narrow hemitergites (almost stick-like, but with an enlarged anterior end). Sternite 8 elongate with entire apex. Sensilla trichodea (alpha setae) present on sternites. Epiproct lobe-shaped, without microtrichosity, with several sensilla trichodea apically, with seven setae apically. Hypoproct with well-developed ligulae. Cerci moderately elongated, i.e. slightly longer than epiproct, with several sensilla trichodea on apical third, with short setae apically and without microtrichosity.

Distribution. Palaearctic – Romania, Serbia.

Figures

Fig. 7. Alvamaja chlorometallica Rognes, female. (A) Habitus in lateral view; (B) abdomen in dorsal view; (C, D) oviscapt in dorsal view: (C) posterior tip of tergite 6, tergites 7 and 8, epiproct and cerci; (D) detail of tergite 8, epiproct and cerci; (E) tip of oviscapt in left lateral view. T, tergite. [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com].