Sciophila lutea

Bechev, Dimitar & Koç, Hasan, 2006, Two new species of Sciophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Turkey, with a key to the Western Palaearctic species of the S. lutea Macquart group, Zootaxa 1253, pp. 61-68 : 64

Key to males of the Western Palaearctic species of the S. lutea group

1. Dorsal gonocoxal lobe with 1 long seta ( Fig. 1 ) ................................. S. lutea Macquart

­ Dorsal gonocoxal lobe with 2 long setae ...................................................................... 2

2. Gonocoxal apodeme poorly developed ............................................. S. modesta Zaitzev

­ Gonocoxal apodeme strongly developed, ending about distal margin of gonocoxite... 3

3. Dorsal gonocoxal lobe with bifid process ( Fig. 3 ).......................................................... ........................................................................ S. iberolutea Chandler & Blasco­Zumeta

­ Dorsal gonocoxal lobe rounded..................................................................................... 4

4. Distal part of gonocoxal apodeme bifurcate, with processes similar in form ............... 5

­ Distal part of gonocoxal apodeme bifurcate, with processes different in form ............ 6

5. Apodemal processes outwardly directed ( Fig. 2 ) ........................... S. corlutea Chandler

­ Apodemal processes convergent and crossed apically ( Fig. 4 ) ....... S. muglolutea sp. n.

6. Outer apodemal process narrow and pointed ................................................................ 7

­ Outer apodemal process broad and shallowly bifurcate apically................................. 8

7. Outer apodemal process inwardly directed ( Fig. 5 ) ......................... S. eryngii Chandler

­ Outer apodemal process outwardly directed ( Fig. 6 ) ...................................................... ........................................................................ S. pandora Chandler, Bechev & Caspers

8. Outer apodemal process broad ( Fig. 7 ) ............................................ S. delphis Chandler

­ Outer apodemal process elongate ( Fig. 8 )......................................... S. turkolutea sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Dorsal lobe of gonocoxite and gonocoxal apodeme: dorsal view, half, tergite 9 not included. 1. Sciophila lutea. 2. S. corlutea. 3. S. iberolutea. 4. S. muglolutea sp. n. 5. S. eryngii. 6. S. pandora. 7. S. delphis. 8. S. turkolutea sp. n. Figs 2, 3, 5, and 7 are after Chandler and Blasco­ Zumeta (2001); Fig. 1 after Zaitzev (1982).