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Alvamaja chlorometallica gen. n., sp. n. from Europe – the first metallic Rhinophoridae (Diptera)

Alvamaja chlorometallica gen. n., sp. n. from Europe – the first metallic Rhinophoridae (Diptera) Alvamaja chlorometallica gen. n., sp. n. from Europe – the first metallic Rhinophoridae (Diptera) Knut Rognes Alvamaja chlorometallica gen. n., sp. n. is described from the southern part of Serbia. It has a perplexing combination of characters for an oestroid fly: green metallic body colour with silvery pollinosity; absence of swollen subscutellum; a small metathoracic spiracle without lappets, latter represented by small anterior and posterior fringes; prealar seta long and strong, close to suture and longer than any of the notopleural setae; postalar wall with 1–3 setae; an elongate lower calypter, with an inner edge diverging from the long axis of the fly and bare on upper surface; cell r of wing 4+5 stalked, stalk moderately long; bend of vein M angulated with a small appendix, and the second costal sector bare below. Its systematic position among the oestroid flies is discussed. A phylogenetic analysis performed with NONA suggests that it belongs in the Rhinophoridae. A new genus is created for it since it does not fit into any of the currently recognised genera of Rhinophoridae. Knut Rognes, University of Stavanger, Faculty of Arts and Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, NO–4036 Stavanger, Norway. knut@rognes.no or knut.rognes@uis.no Introduction Material http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Brill

Alvamaja chlorometallica gen. n., sp. n. from Europe – the first metallic Rhinophoridae (Diptera)

Tijdschrift voor Entomologie , Volume 153 (1): 11 – Jan 1, 2010

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0040-7496
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10.1163/22119434-900000284
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Abstract

Alvamaja chlorometallica gen. n., sp. n. from Europe – the first metallic Rhinophoridae (Diptera) Knut Rognes Alvamaja chlorometallica gen. n., sp. n. is described from the southern part of Serbia. It has a perplexing combination of characters for an oestroid fly: green metallic body colour with silvery pollinosity; absence of swollen subscutellum; a small metathoracic spiracle without lappets, latter represented by small anterior and posterior fringes; prealar seta long and strong, close to suture and longer than any of the notopleural setae; postalar wall with 1–3 setae; an elongate lower calypter, with an inner edge diverging from the long axis of the fly and bare on upper surface; cell r of wing 4+5 stalked, stalk moderately long; bend of vein M angulated with a small appendix, and the second costal sector bare below. Its systematic position among the oestroid flies is discussed. A phylogenetic analysis performed with NONA suggests that it belongs in the Rhinophoridae. A new genus is created for it since it does not fit into any of the currently recognised genera of Rhinophoridae. Knut Rognes, University of Stavanger, Faculty of Arts and Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, NO–4036 Stavanger, Norway. knut@rognes.no or knut.rognes@uis.no Introduction Material

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Published: Jan 1, 2010

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