Tetrameringia McAlpine
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Genus Tetrameringia McAlpine
Tetrameringia McAlpine, 1960: 68. Type species, Tetrameringia ustulata McAlpine, 1960, fixed by original designation.
Diagnosis. Head with three (rarely four) or, with lowermost or inclinate, distinct oc and poc; occiput flat to shallowly concave; arista pubescent to plumose. Mesoscutum with three or four postsutural dc, distinct prs and prsc; anepisternum with black spot.
Wing 2.0– 4.2 mm long, crossvein bm-cu complete, M1 ratio 1.5–3.0, ultimate section of CuA1 shorter than 1/2 length of penultimate section. Fore and mid tibiae with minute dp. Epandrium with surstylus narrowing ventrally, bearing minute apical spinule; mesophallus with numerous rows of microscopic spinules, distiphallus long and tubular, paraphallus very narrow.
Remarks. This genus has hitherto been known from Australia (McAlpine 1960), South Africa (Stuckenberg 1973), Malawi (Barraclough 2002), Madagascar (Verbeke 1963) and Japan (Sueyoshi 2006).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.205904 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF9EFFD9FFC4FFADFFC9FFB5EF5D1878 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03A787A1FFC8FFA3FF5EF97CEBF8191F (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119416979 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/46304/taxon/03A787A1FFC8FFA3FF5EF97CEBF8191F.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Clusiidae
- Genus
- Tetrameringia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- McAlpine
- Taxon rank
- genus
References
- McAlpine, D. K. (1960) A review of the Australian species of Clusiidae (Diptera, Acalyptrata). Records of the Australian Museum, 25, 63 - 94.
- Stuckenberg, B. R. (1973) New and little-known Clusiidae (Diptera) from South Africa and Mocambique. Annals of the Natal Museum, 21, 579 - 593.
- Barraclough, D. A. (2002) A new species of Tetrameringia McAlpine (Diptera: Schizophora: Clusiidae) from Malawi, the third species from the Afrotropical Region. African Invertebrates, 43, 5 - 10.
- Sueyoshi, M. (2006) Species diversity of Japanese Clusiidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata) with description of 12 new species. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (n. s.), 42, 1 - 26.