Gondwanodromia, Sinclair & Saigusa, 2022

Sinclair, Bradley J. & Saigusa, Toyohei, 2022, A New Aquatic Associated Genus of Trichopezinae from the Southern Hemisphere (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 74 (3), pp. 75-98 : 96

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.2201-4349.74.2022.1797

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:58350A47-1E4C-4B31-A9C1-91159F363D35

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7175100

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/021487E7-3D38-FF88-0C9D-FF390D2FF82D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Gondwanodromia
status

 

Key to species of Gondwanodromia

1 Coxae, halteres, postalar ridge and abdomen yellow [ Australia: Victoria] ............................................................................................................. G. lutea sp. nov.

—— Coxae, halteres, postalar ridge and abdomen pale brown and dark brown ................................................................................................................................. 2

2 Eyes with dense ommatrichia; male cercus with pair of spinelike apical setae directed posteriorly ( Fig. 10 View Figures 10–12 ) [ Australia: New South Wales] .............................................................................................. G. colomatta sp. nov.

—— Eyes bare or with very sparse ommatrichia; male cercus without spine-like apical setae ................................................................................................................ 3

3 Scutum with shiny vittae between rows of dorsocentral and acrostichal setae ( Fig. 47 View Figures 43–47 ) [ New Zealand] ................................................................................. 4

—— Scutum without shiny vittae ...................................................................................................... 5

4 Scutellum with strong marginal setae; basal costal seta slender ( Fig. 47 View Figures 43–47 ); wing length 3.8 mm or longer; epandrium prolonged beyond base of surstylus in lateral view ( Fig. 49 View Figures 48–49 ) ............................................ G. wardi sp. nov.

—— Scutellum with spine-like setae; basal costal seta spine-like; wing length less than 3.8 mm; epandrium not prolonged beyond base of surstylus in lateral view ( Fig. 17 View Figures 17–18 ) ................................................... G. elongata sp. nov.

5 Male and female mid femur swollen and mid tibia geniculate at base ( Figs 13 View Figures 13–16 , 44 View Figures 43–47 ) [ New Zealand] ............................................................................................. 6

—— Male and female mid femur not swollen ( Fig. 37 View Figures 37–40 ); if male mid femur swollen, then mid tibia not geniculate at base ................................................................ 7

6 Wing length 4.5 mm or longer; epandrial lobe tapered apically, extending well beyond epandrium; surstylus broader than epandrial lobe, with truncate apex ( Fig. 14 View Figures 13–16 ) ............................................... G. femorata sp. nov.

—— Wing length less than 4.5 mm; epandrial lobe digitiform, broad apically, extending only partially beyond epandrium; surstylus more slender than epandrial lobe, with tapered apex ( Fig. 43 View Figures 43–47 ) .................. G. tongariro sp. nov.

7 Antennal stylus nearly as long as postpedicel ( Fig. 37 View Figures 37–40 ); scutal setae outstandingly strong [ New Zealand] ................................................. G. mutabilis (Collin)

—— Antennal stylus very short, much shorter than postpedicel or not distinguishable from elongate postpedicel ( Figs 5 View Figures 5–9 , 30 View Figures 30–33 , 38 View Figures 37–40 ); scutal setae not unusually strong ............................................................................................... 8

8 South America [ Argentina] ............................................................................. G. mikae sp. nov.

—— Australia [females beyond this couplet not readily distinguished] .............................................. 9

9 Coxae with dark pruinescence basally, similar to thoracic pleura ( Figs 38, 39 View Figures 37–40 ) ............................................................................................................................ 10

—— Coxae pale brown to bright yellow ( Fig. 5 View Figures 5–9 ), distinctly paler than thoracic pleura ......................................................................................................................... 11

10 Male mid femur swollen; male fore tibia without anteroventral spine-like apical seta; epandrium rounded, not divided laterally ( Fig. 41 View Figures 41–42 ) [Tasmania] ................................................................................. G. tasmanica sp. nov .

—— Male mid femur not swollen; male fore tibia with anteroventral spine-like apical seta; epandrium deeply divided laterally forming anterior and posterior halves ( Fig. 40 View Figures 37–40 ) [New South Wales] ............................................................................................................ G. thredbo sp. nov.

11 Male mid tibia swollen near apex; epandrium inflated laterally; anterior surstylus rod-like [New South Wales] ( Fig. 6 View Figures 5–9 ) ............................... G. bulbosa sp. nov .

—— Male mid tibia not swollen near apex; epandrium not inflated laterally; anterior surstylus broad, forked [Tasmania] ( Fig. 48 View Figures 48–49 ) ................... G. tonnoiri sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Empididae

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