Limonia taurica (Strobl, 1895)

Ren, Jinlong & Yang, Ding, 2020, Two new species of Limonia Meigen, 1803 from Northwest China (Diptera, Limoniidae), ZooKeys 971, pp. 31-58 : 31

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.971.35875

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC7BBCCD-DEAE-52E4-B2CF-4BF519A77F7E

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scientific name

Limonia taurica (Strobl, 1895)
status

 

7. Limonia taurica (Strobl, 1895) View in CoL Figures 55-57 View Figures 55–57 , 58-61 View Figures 58–61 , 62-63 View Figures 62–63

Limnobia taurica Strobl 1895: 223.

Limonia sudetica Czizek 1931: 48 (synonymy).

Diagnosis.

Flagellar verticils 2.5 times longer than corresponding segment. Prescutum with five narrow, brown longitudinal stripes, except middle and lateral stripes dark brown. Wings with three dull-brown spots at basal Rs, apical Sc, and R2; Sc1 apically reaching 7/10 of Rs. Gonostylus with sharp apex and wider base. Apical paramere ended at 5/7 of aedeagus. Ventral margin of aedeagus with Y-shaped pattern.

Redescription.

Male (n = 3): body length 9-10 mm, wing length 7-8 mm.

Head dark brown (Figs 55 View Figures 55–57 , 56 View Figures 55–57 ). Vertex dark brown (Fig. 56 View Figures 55–57 ). Occiput dull yellow, covered with black setulae. Antenna yellow and 14-segmented; scape and pedicel dull brown; flagellomeres brown, nearly cylindrical; flagellar verticils grayish yellow, 2.5 times longer than corresponding segment. Nasus 1/2 as long as rostrum. Labella pale yellow, covered with black setulae, except inner margin brown. Palpi brown, with black setulae.

Thorax mostly brown (Figs 55 View Figures 55–57 , 56 View Figures 55–57 ). Cervical sclerite dull brown, with black outer margin. Pronotum dark brown, with black setulae. Prescutum with five narrow, brown longitudinal stripes, except middle and lateral stripes dark brown, lateral margin of prescutum with oval, dark marking (Fig. 56 View Figures 55–57 ). Scutum reddish brown, with triangular yellow marking at postero-lateral margin, covered with sparse setulae at anterior margin. Scutellum dull yellow, with pale yellow markings at posterior margin. Mediotergite reddish brown, with two dull yellow markings at posterior margin (Fig. 56 View Figures 55–57 ). Mesopleura reddish brown; subspiracular sclerite reddish brown; katepisternum with black setulae. Legs with coxae and trochanters dull yellow, except frontal coxae brown; femora yellow with dark-brown subapical ring; tibiae yellow with reddish-brown subapical ring; tarsi yellow to dark brown onwards. Setulae on legs black. Wings brown with three dull-brown spots at basal Rs, apical Sc, and R2; Sc1 apically reaching 7/10 of Rs (Fig. 57 View Figures 55–57 ). Halter: stem white to brown; knob brown but white at posterior part.

Abdomen mainly pale brown (Fig. 55 View Figures 55–57 ). Each abdominal segment with broad, reddish-brown ring at posterior margin. Abdominal segments 7 and 8 entirely reddish brown. Abdominal setulae golden.

Hypopygium reddish brown (Figs 58-61 View Figures 58–61 ). Posterior margin of tergite 9 slightly emarginated (Fig. 58 View Figures 58–61 ). Gonocoxite long cylindrical. Gonostylus with sharp apex and the wider base (Figs 58 View Figures 58–61 , 59 View Figures 58–61 ). Paramere with fan-shaped base and blunt apex, ending at 5/7 of aedeagus (Figs 58-61 View Figures 58–61 ). Aedeagus forked; ventral margin with mid-protrusion triangular in lateral view; ventral margin with Y-shaped middle and anterior margin rounded (Figs 49 View Figures 48–52 , 51 View Figures 48–52 ).

Female (n = 5): body length 8.5-9 mm, wing length 9-10 mm.

Female resembling male in head, thorax, and wing. Female terminalia pale yellow. Cercus yellow with slightly arched dorsally at apex, slender, and 3 times longer than wide at base. Hypogynial valve 5.3 times longer than wide at base; lateral margin with triangular, black marking (Figs 62 View Figures 62–63 , 63 View Figures 62–63 ).

Material examined.

2 males, 2 females, China: Xinjiang, Habahe, Baihabacun, 48.69N, 86.79E, elev. 1170 m, 2016.VII.12, Bing Zhang (light trap) (CAU). 1 male, China: Xinjiang, Burqin, Kanas, 48.68N, 86.99E, elev. 1470 m, 2016.VII.16, Jinlong Ren (CAU). 2 females, China: Xinjiang, Habahe, Baihabacun, 48.69N, 86.78E, elev. 1170 m, 2016.VII.13, Bing Zhang (light trap) (CAU). 1 male, China: Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu, 48.56N, 87.44E, elev. 1150 m, 2016.VII.22, Jinlong Ren (CAU). 1 female, China: Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu, 48.56N, 87.44E, elev. 1200 m, 2016.VII.23, Jinlong Ren (CAU). 2 males, 1 female, China: Inner Mongolia, Hohehot, Xiaojinggou, 39.79N, 111.40E, elev. 1400 m, 2016.VII.27, Ding Yang (CAU).

Distribution.

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China (Xinjiang: Burqin, Habahe; Inner Mongolia: Hohehot), Czech Rep., France, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

Remark.

This is the first report of this species from China.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Limoniidae

Genus

Limonia

Loc

Limonia taurica (Strobl, 1895)

Ren, Jinlong & Yang, Ding 2020
2020
Loc

Limonia sudetica

Czizek 1931
1931
Loc

Limnobia taurica

Strobl 1895
1895