Published April 13, 2023 | Version v1
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Tephrochlamys : Aldrich & Darlington 1908

  • 1. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China & Zengwei _ 1230 @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8749 - 053 X
  • 2. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China & 2642045564 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6681 - 9372
  • 3. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Description

An Updated Key to Palaearctic species of Tephrochlamys

(modified from Okadome, 1997)

1. Anterior orbital bristle very weak.............................................................. T. steniusi Frey

- Anterior orbital bristle normal........................................................................... 2

2. Wings with brownish tinge, distinctly clouded along costal vein................................ T. japonica Okadome

- Wings hyaline, not clouded along costal vein............................................................... 3

3. Face very short and concave; edge of mouth raised above oral vibrissal axis; male anterior tarsus broadened................................................................................................ T. tarsalis (Zetterstedt)

- Face, edge of mouth and male anterior tarsus not so described above............................................. 4

4. First dorsocentral bristle closer to 2 nd dorsocentral bristle than to suture......................... T. flavipes (Zetterstedt)

- First dorsocentral bristle closer to suture than to 2 nd dorsocentral bristle.......................................... 5

5. First dorsocentral bristle shorter than posterior dorsocentral bristle.............................................. 6

- First dorsocentral bristle as long as posterior dorsocentral bristle................................................ 7

6. Body length 3.5–4.0 mm; hairs between postsutural dorsocentral in four rows........................ T. laeta (Meigen)

- Body length 7.0– 7.2 mm; hairs between postsutural dorsocentral in six rows.......... Tephrochlamys qinghaiensis sp. nov.

7. Acrostichal hairs in four rows; third antennal segment yellowish brown; costal spines inconspicuous... T. ezoensis Okadome

- Acrostichal hairs more than four rows; third antennal segment reddish brown; costal spines short, but conspicuous........................................................................................... T. rufiventris (Meigen)

Notes

Published as part of Zeng, Wei, Xu, Xingnong & Yang, Ding, 2023, Subfamily Heteromyzinae newly recorded from China with description of one new species (Diptera: Heleomyzidae), pp. 293-298 in Zootaxa 5264 (2) on page 295, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/7836558

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Heleomyzidae
Genus
Tephrochlamys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
: Aldrich & Darlington
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Tephrochlamys Aldrich, 1908 sec. Zeng, Xu & Yang, 2023

References

  • Okadome, T. (1997) Description of a new species of the Tephrochlamys Loew (Diptera, Heleomyzidae) from a nest of the Black Woodpecker in Hokkaido, Japan, with a key to the known Palaearctic species. Medical Entomology and Zoology, 48 (4), 311 - 313. https: // doi. org / 10.7601 / mez. 48.311