Urytalpa maritima ( Becker, 1907 ) Becker, 1907

Bechev, Dimitar & Koç, Hasan, 2008, Urytalpa chandleri sp. n. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Turkey, with a key to the Western Palaearctic species of the genus, Zootaxa 1676, pp. 29-36 : 32-35

Urytalpa maritima ( Becker, 1907) comb. n.

Platyura maritima Becker, 1907: 233 . ( Fig. 20)

Material examined. Holotype: labelled ”Tabarka, Holotype ” (Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität, Berlin). The type specimen is in poor condition, without abdomen.

Locus typicus: Tunisia: Tabarka.

Head. Black brown. Mouthparts yellowish. Flagellomeres dark, apical absent. Pedicel yellow about distal margin.

Thorax. Mesoscutum black. Pleura and mediotergite black brown. Mesoscutal setae arranged in irregular rows of acrostichals and dorsocentrals and in a rows of lateral setae. Scutellum with setae on periphery. Antepronotum and anepisternum with setae. Preepisternum, anepimeron, laterotergite and mediotergite bare. Anterior spiracle without bristles.

Legs. Yellowish, tarsi brownish. Fine tibial setae irregular. Empodium absent. Claws of the legs with small spines below (visible by 150x). Fore metatarsus distinctly shorter than tibia.

Wing ( Fig. 20). Costa extending beyond tip of R5. R4 ending in C. Base of M absent. A1 almost reaching wing margin. Branches of M and Cu with small macrotrichia.

Abdomen. Black (according to the original description). Discussion. The species is transferred to Urytalpa on the base of the generic characters given in the Introduction.