Hessemydas Kondratieff, Carr & Irwin, 2005, gen. nov.
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Hessemydas, gen. nov.
Type species: Hessemydas parkeri sp. nov.
Head: Proboscis with elongate prementum, subequal to length of labella. Antennae typical of subfamily, apicoflagellomere expanded, clavate, with apical knob (Figs. 1, 6).
Wing: Sc and R1 long, costa ending at M1; R5 ending in R1 closing cell R4.
Male terminalia: Epandrial lobe 2 x as long as wide (Figs. 2, 4, 7, 9), phallus tapered with single tip (Figs. 5–10).
Etymology: Hesse, honoring the late Dr. A.J. Hesse, from the South African Museum for his studies of Afrotropical Mydidae, with mydas, refers to the Mydidae.
Diagnosis: This new genus is placed in the Leptomydinae that currently includes two other Afrotropical genera (Bowden 1980), Eremomidas Semenov and Leptomydas, being most similar to Leptomydas. However, each epandrial lobe in Hessemydas is greater than 2 x as long as wide, whereas in Leptomydas, the each epandrial lobe is slightly wider than long (Richter and Ovshinnikova 1996). Both genera share the tapered phallus with a single tip.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Mydidae
- Genus
- Hessemydas
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hessemydas Kondratieff, Carr & Irwin, 2005
References
- Bowden, J. (1980) Family Mydidae. In Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region, Crosskey, R. W. (ed.). British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 325 - 333.
- Richter, V. A. & Ovtshinnikova, M. (1996) On the structure of male and female genitalia in Palaearctic mydids (Diptera, Mydidae). International Journal of Dipterological Research, 7, 95 - 107.