Asindulum theodori Matile, 1974: 73

Fitzgerald, Scott J., 2023, The Nearctic species of Asindulum Latreille and Macrorrhyncha Winnertz (Diptera: Keroplatidae), Zootaxa 5351 (1), pp. 72-106 : 93

Asindulum theodori Matile, 1974: 73 .

Figs. 62–63

Type. Holotype male (Tel-Aviv University , Israel), not examined: Mount Carmel, 6.III.1971, J. Kugler.

Material examined. ISRAEL: Kefar Shemuel , 25.III.1968, S. Bleszynski, allotype female ( CNCI) .

Diagnosis. Mouthparts terminating approximately at apex of fore coxa, male tergite 9 without posterolateral or submedian lobes and gonocoxites posteromedially drawn out into a pair of finger-like lobes each bearing several setae. Within the Palearctic region, females can be distinguished by having yellow coxae and mouthparts shorter (terminating approximately at apex of fore coxa) than A. nigrum .

Comments. Male terminalia have been figured by Chandler (1994, figs. 17–18) and Matile (1974, figs. 1–2; reprinted by Matile 1975, as figs. 7–8). Female terminalia were illustrated by Matile (1975, fig. 10) and the male head by Chandler (1994, fig. 22).

Distribution. Israel.

Figures

FIGURES 62–63. Asindulum theodori. 62. Female habitus. Scale = ca. 1.0 mm. 63. Female terminalia, posterolateral. Scale = ca. 0.25 mm. Abbreviations: ce, cercus; s8, sternite 8.