Herina

Kameneva, Elena P. & Pljushtch, Igor G., 2010, The Central Asian Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with the description of a new species from Afghanistan, Zootaxa 2424, pp. 42-50 : 43

Key to the Central Asian species of Herina

1. Thorax and femora black ( Fig. 3 ). Wing pattern consisting of 2 pairs of crossbands, each widely fused at anterior margin; crossveins r-m and dm-cu approximated; subbasal crossband wide, reaching posterior margin ( Fig. 1 ). Almost whole mesonotum grey or brown microtrichose ( Fig. 5 ); abdominal tergites 2–5 grey microtrichose in posterior half ( Fig. 7 ). Tadjikistan. .............................................................................................. H. monticola (Stackelberg)

- Thorax and femora yellow to reddish yellow ( Fig. 14 ). Wing pattern consisting of one apical and 2 incomplete crossbands separated from each other on crossveins r-m and dm-cu ( Fig. 2 ). Mesonotal scutum with posteriorly widened, black, grey microtrichose medial vitta ( Fig. 13 ); abdominal tergites partly matt, but without grey transverse areas. Afghanistan................................................................................................................................... H. odnosumi sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 6. Herina monticola (Stackelberg), non-type ♀. 3. Habitus, lateral view. 4. Head, lateral view. 5. Head and mesonotum, dorsal view. 6. Head, anterior view.

FIGURES 1 – 2. Wings. 1. Herina monticola (Stackelberg). 2. Herina odnosumi Kameneva & Pljushtch, sp. nov. Scale in mm.

FIGURES 7 – 11. Herina monticola (Stackelberg), non-type ♀. 7. Abdomen, dorsal view. 8. Abdominal sternites 3 – 6, ventral view. 9. Aculeus, ventral view. 10. Cercal unit, ventral view. 11. Spermathecae.

FIGURES 14 – 18. Herina odnosumi Kameneva & Pljushtch, sp. nov., holotype ♀. 14. Habitus, lateral view. 15. Abdominal sternites 3 – 6, ventral view. 16. Aculeus, ventral view. 17. Cercal unit, ventral view. 18. Spermathecae.

FIGURES 12 – 13. Herina odnosumi Kameneva & Pljushtch, sp. nov. 12. Head, lateral view. 13. Mesonotum, dorsal view.