Apolysis

Gharali, Babak, Kamali, Karim, Evenhuis, Neal & Talebi, Ali Asghar, 2010, Two new species of the genus Apolysis (Apolysini, Bombyliidae, Diptera) from the north of Iran, Zootaxa 2441, pp. 41-52 : 42

Key to species of the genus Apolysis known from Iran

1. Discal cell closed ( Fig. 9 ) ............................................................................................................................................. 2

- Discal cell open.................................................................................................................... A. eremophila Loew, 1873

2. bm cell with a mark apicodorsally1; cross vein r-m at the middle of discal cell, br much longer than bm ................... .............................................................................................................................................. A. superba ( Engel, 1933)

- bm cell without any mark; cross vein r-m before the middle of discal cell, br nearly as long as bm or slightly longer ( Figs. 9 , 22 ) .................................................................................................................................................................. 3

3. 1st flagellomere of antenna cylindrical, long, more than 3 times its greatest width ( Fig. 12 ), face and oral margin next to antennal base with long yellowish hairs; frons, occiput and pleurae with yellowish white area in females ............. ................................................................................................................. A. pusilloides Gharali & Evenhuis , sp. nov.

- 1st flagellomere of antenna clavate, shorter, about 2 times its greatest width ( Fig. 24 ); face and oral margin bare; frons, occiput and pleurae completely blackish gray in both sexes ........ A. glabrifrons Gharali & Evenhuis , sp. nov.

1. Engel (1933) refers to this mark as Prädiskoidalfleck

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. A. pusilloides (1 – 3, 5 – 9) and A. pusilla (4, 10). 1. female lateral view, 2. male same, 3. spermathecal reservoir, 4. female head lateral view, 5. vaginal furca 6. female genitalia, 7. female head lateral view, 8. sperm pump, 9. female wing, 10. female wing.

FIGURES 17 – 22. A. glabrifrons. 17. male, 18. female. 19. vaginal furca, 20. female genitalia, 21. sperm pump 22. female wing.

FIGURES 11 – 16. A. pusilloides, 11. gonostyli, 12. Antennae lateral view, 13. hypandrium dorsal view, 14. epandrium dorsal view, 15. epandrium lateral view, 16. Gonocoxites and gonostyli, dorsal view.

FIGURES 23 – 29. A. glabrifrons 23. epandrium lateral view, 24. female antennae lateral view, 25. phallic complex dorsal view, 26. Gonostyli, 27. Gonocoxites and gonostyli ventral view, 28. hypandrium dorsal view, 29. gonocoxites and gonostyli lateral view.