Ommatius lucidatus, Scarbrough, 1997

Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2006, A review of the asilid (Diptera) fauna from Hispaniola with six genera new to the island, fifteen new species, and checklist, Zootaxa 1381, pp. 1-91 : 70

publication ID

1175­5334

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1C4BACE-8DA8-4051-9CFC-E6AB2C7BE9BB

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5198780-4F01-FFF0-6328-D15EFB0BAE73

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Felipe

scientific name

Ommatius lucidatus
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Ommatius lucidatus View in CoL species group

The 4 new species, together with 4 earlier species ( Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2003) and 2 extinct species ( Scarbrough & Poinar, 1993; Scarbrough, 2001), form a distinct cluster of species here designated the lucidatus species group. The group is distinguished by the following combination of characters; 1) slender body with thin legs; 2) face at the base of the antenna>1/7 as wide as the head; 3) the fore femur (♂) with pale yellow hooked setae posteriorly; 4) the tibial and tarsal bristles unusually long, at least 2/3 as long as the leg part; 5) the hind basotarsomere, sometimes the second basotarsomere, is swollen, about 1/4 wider than tarsomeres 3–5; 6) sternites 6–7 (♂) with complex pattern of rows and clusters of setae and bristles, bristles often compressed or close spaced forming dense mass or angular structures; 7) setae and bristles are often modified apically, i.e. pencil-shaped, only slightly tapered apically; hooked or angled about 45 degrees; apex round, not acuminate; capitate as a knob or flat horizontal plate; apex flattened vertically, wider than shaft and with notched apex; 8) gonostylus minute, aedeagus tubular, horizontal, slightly curved dorsally; 9) sternite 8 (♀) longer than wide with medial fissure apically; and 10) the oval spermatheca. The following key will separate the known species of this group from the remaining Hispaniolan Ommatius species [see Scarbrough & Perez- Gelabert, 2003 for key]. Although members of this group are presently known only from the Dominican Republic, it is reasonable to assume that they occur across Hispaniola.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

Genus

Ommatius

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