Lispe caesia

Zhang, Dong, Ge, Ying-Qiang, Li, Xin-Yu, Liu, Xian-Hui, Zhang, Ming & Wang, Rong-Rong, 2016, Review of the Lispe caesia - group (Diptera: Muscidae) from Palaearctic and adjacent regions, with redescriptions and one new synonymy, Zootaxa 4098 (1), pp. 43-72 : 47-48

Key to males for species of the Lispe caesia -group from Palaearctic and adjacent regions

1. Antennal postpedicel entirely orange ( Fig. 14 B) ·.......................................... L. flavicornis Stein, 1909

- Antennal postpedicel grey or black........................................................................ 2

2. Apex of wing with cloud ( Fig. 27 E)................................................. L. patellitarsis Becker, 1914

- Wing entirely transparent............................................................................... 3

3. Fronto-orbital plate, frontal vitta and frontal triangle without obvious boundary ( Fig. 5 B).................................................................................................. L. aquamarina Shinonaga & Kano, 1983

- Fronto-orbital plate, frontal vitta and frontal triangle with obvious boundary....................................... 4

4. Mid tibia with 2 willowleaf-like ventral spines on apex ( Fig. 20 B)......... L. lanceoseta Wang & Fan , in Wang et al., 1981

- Mid tibia without specialized ventral spines on apex.......................................................... 5

5. Hind tibia with dense and long ventral setae................................................................. 6

- Hind tibia with 1 long submedian pv or without long ventral setae on distal half.................................... 7

6. Hind tibia with long ventral tuft on distal 1/3 and 1 av row ( Fig. 19 D)................... · L. hirsutipes Mou in Fan, 1992

- Hind tibia without tuft but with ununiformly-spaced setulae rows on each surface and different-sized developed ventral setae on distal half of av and pv surfaces ( Fig. 17 A).......................................... L. halophora Becker, 1903

7. Abdominal tergites without patches ( Fig. 23 D); antenna very small, postpedicel about 1.5–1.7 times as long as broad ( Fig. 23 B); vibrissa absent ( Fig. 23 C).................................................... L. leucocephala Loew, 1856

- Abdominal tergites with patches; antenna regular-sized, postpedicel more than 2.8 times as long as broad; vibrissa present.. 8

8. Both abdominal tergites 3 and 4 with large obvious patches (Figs. 12E; 26C) ·..................................... · 9

- Abdominal tergite 3 with small faint patches, tergite 4 with large obvious patches ( Figs. 8 E; 10E).................... · 10

9. Frontal vitta with silvery grey pollinosity (Fig. 12C) ·.................................... L. candicans Kowarz, 1892

- Frontal vitta with golden pollinosity ( Fig. 26 B)............................. · L. palawanensis Shinonaga & Kano, 1989

10. Frontal vitta, fronto-orbital plate and parafacial with golden pollinosity; palpi silvery grey ( Fig. 8 B)................................................................................................. L. caesia caesia Meigen, 1826

- Frontal vitta, fronto-orbital plate and parafacial with silvery grey pollinosity; palpi yellow ( Fig. 10 B)............................................................................................. L. caesia microchaeta Séguy, 1940

Figures

FIGURE 5. Lispe aquamarina Shinonaga & Kano, 1983. Male, from Liaoning, China [in MBFU]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, head, lateral view. C, head, anterolateral view. D, head, anterior view. E, abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 2.00 mm, B – D = 0.50 mm, E = 1.00 mm.

FIGURE 8. Lispe caesia caesia Meigen, 1826. Male from France [in MBFU]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, head, lateral view. C, head, anterolateral view. D, head, anterior view. E, abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: A – D = 1.00 mm, E = 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 10. Lispe caesia microchaeta Séguy, 1940. Male, from Xinjiang, China [in MBFU]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, head, lateral view. C, head, anterolateral view. D, head, anterior view. E, abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 1.00 mm, B – E = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 14. Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909. Male, from Guangdong, China [in MBFU]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, head, lateral view. C, head, anterolateral view. D, head, anterior view. E, abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 2.00 mm, B – D = 0.50 mm, E = 1.00 mm.

FIGURE 17. Lispe halophora Becker, 1903. Male from Egypt [SYNTYPE, in ZMHU]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, head, anterolateral view. C, head, anterior view. D, abdomen, dorsal view. E, labels. Scale bars: A – D = 1.00 mm.

FIGURE 19. Lispe hirsutipes Mou, 1992. Male, adapted from Mou in Fan, 1992. A, sternite 5, dorsal view. B, epandrium, surstyli and cerci, lateral view. C, cerci, posterior view. D, hind tibia and tarsomeres. Abbreviation: sur = surstyli.

FIGURE 20. Lispe lanceoseta Wang & Fan, 1981. Male, from Shanxi, China [PARATYPE, in SEMCAS]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, willowleaf-like spines on apex of mid tibia, ventral view. C, head, anterior view. D, abdomen, dorsal view. E, labels. Scale bars: A, B and D = 1.00 mm, C = 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 23. Lispe leucocephala Loew, 1856. Male from Egypt [SYNTYPE, in ZMHU]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, head, anterolateral view. C, head, anterior view. D, abdomen, dorsal view. E, labels. Scale bars: A and D = 1.00 mm, B and C = 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 26. Lispe palawanensis Shinonaga & Kano, 1989. Male from Phillipines [PARATYPE, in MNHN]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, head, anterolateral view. C, abdomen, dorsal view. D, labels. Scale bars: A – D = 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 27. Lispe patellitarsis Becker, 1914. Male, from Guangdong, China [in MBFU]. A, habitus, lateral view. B, head, lateral view. C, head, anterolateral view. D, head, anterior view. E, wing cloud, dorsal view. F, abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 2.00 mm, B – F = 1.00 mm.