Empis (Kritempis) sardoa, Daugeron, 2009

Daugeron, Christophe, 2009, Systematics of the Euro-Mediterranean Empis (Kritempis) (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 531-544 : 539-541

Empis (Kritempis) sardoa sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. Greyish species with blackish male legs, yellowish to blackish female legs. Male cercus considerably developed, with anterodorsal group of strong setae. Female legs strongly pennate.

Type material. Holotype ♂ “I, Sardegna, Carbonia Iglesias, Domusnovas, sa Duchessa , 371 m, UTMWGS 84 32S 464990 4358384, 4-18.IV.2006, Malaise trap, G. Chessa leg.” ( CNBFVR) . Paratypes. 9 ♂, 10 ♀♀, same data ; 9 ♂, 3 ♀♀, same data except “ 21.III-4.IV.2006 ” ; 3 ♂ “ Sardegna, Carbonia Iglesias, Iglesias, near colonia Beneck , 636 m, UTMWGS 84 32S 462391 4355441, 4-18.IV.2006, Malaise trap, G. Chessa leg.” ; 1 ♂, same data except “ 21.III-4.IV.2006 ” ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀♀, same data except “ 16-30.V.2006 ” ; 2 ♂, 17 ♀♀ same data except “ 18.IV-2.V.2006 ” ; 24 ♂, 7 ♀♀, same data except “ 18.IV-2.V.2006 ” ; 28 ♂, 27 ♀♀, same data except “ 2-16.V.2006 ” ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ “I, Sardegna, Domusnovas, Valle Oridda , UTMWGS 84 32S 466973 4362228, 592 m, 2-16.V.2006, Malaise trap, G. Chessa leg.” ; 2 ♀♀, same data except “ 16-30.V.2006 ” ; 1 ♂, same data except “ 18.IV-2.V.2006 ” ; 2 ♂ “I, Sardegna (Cagliari), Iglesias, Marganai , Tintillonis , 480 m, 11-12.VI.2004, Malaise trap, P. Cerretti, D. Birtele, G. Nardi, M. Tisato, D. Whitmore leg.” ; 1 ♂ “I, Sardegna, Carbonia Iglesias, Domusnovas, lago Siuru , 322 m, UTMWGS 84 32S 467069 4357916, 20-23.V.2006, Malaise trap, M. Bardiani, D. Birtele, P. Cornacchia, D. Whitmore leg.” ( CNBFVR, MNHN) .

Description. Male. Head. Occiput covered with black fine setae. Ocellar triangle with pair of fine setae. Antenna black. Palpus black, long, projected, with long rather fine setae; labrum blackish, about 1.6x head height; labium black.

Thorax. Antepronotum with row of black fine setae. Antepronotal lobes with 1 strong, long basal bristle, numerous other black, pale yellow fine anteriors. Proepisternum, prosternum with fan of pale yellow setae. Scutum with 3 black stripes on acrostichals and dorsocentrals. Acrostichals biserial, fine; dorsocentrals biserial, fine, except for 3 strong, long prescutellars. Other strong, long setae are as follows: 1 presutural, 2 postsutural supraalars; 3 notopleurals. Laterotergite with fan of long pale yellow setae. Anterior, posterior spiracles yellowish.

Wing. Length about 7 mm. Somewhat dark with black veins, indistinct brownish stigma. Median veins

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complete. Halter yellow.

Legs. Coxae greyish, with many long pale yellow setae. Fore and mid femora black with fine setae; fore tibia black to yellowish basally with antero- and posterodorsal rows of rather strong setae about as long as tibia depth; fore tarsus black, tarsomeres 1–4 with strong setae apically. Mid tibia black to yellowish dorsally, with antero- and posterodorsal rows of 4-5 strong, long setae, strong, shorter posteroventral setae on apical half; mid tarsomeres black, with 2 ventral rows of short spine-like setae. Hind femur blackish to brownishyellow apically, with ventral rows of very short, rather strong setae; hind tibia brownish black to yellowish dorsobasally, with antero- and posterodorsal rows of setae shorter to as long as tibia depth, anteroventral row of short spine-like setae; hind tarsus black with antero- and posteroventral rows of short spine-like setae, first tarsomere with dorsal setae longer than tarsomere depth.

Abdomen. Greyish to brownish dorsally. Tergites with distinct pale yellow lateral setae, short black marginals, sternites with distinct pale yellow ventral setae.

Hypopygium ( Fig. 5). Cercus large, more or less circular, with anterodorsal group of strong setae. Epandrial lamella with a few strong, long apical setae. Phallus short, extending only to base of cercus, not undulated.

Female ( Figs 6–7). Fore femur blackish to brownish apically, with long anterodorsal pennation except apically, short posteroventral pennation at apical half; fore tibia, first tarsomere of all tarsi brownish to yellowish; remaining tarsomeres of all tarsi blackish. Mid femur yellowish-brown with anteroventral black patch apically, long dorsal pennation except apically, a few long posteroventral setae apically, short to minute spine-like anteroventral setae; mid tibia somewhat bent, yellowish with black anteroventral patch basally, posteroventral group of short spine-like setae at basal tip. Hind femur yellow with long dorsal pennation, long ventral pennation except basally; hind tibia yellow with short dorsal pennation on apical half, long ventral pennation except at tips. Abdominal setae short.

Etymology. From the Latin word sardous, a, um meaning “from Sardinia ”.

Chorotype. W-Mediterranean. Empis sardoa is known from Sardinia.