Drymeia fratercula Pont 2022, sp. nov. ...
Zenodo, 2022
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Drymeia fratercula sp. nov. Figs 10–18 Diagnosis. This species is close to the Alpine Drymeia glacialis (Rondani, 1866), e.g. 3 postsutural dorsocentrals, very broad parafacial, and conspicuous facial snout. However, D. glacialis is a larger, more robust species with longer and stronger setae, and the male has the frontal width equal to diameter of anterior ocellus; hind femur with no or few posteroventrals in apical half; fore tarsus with tarsomere 1 produced posteroventrally at tip into a conspicuous thorn, and tarsomere 1 almost as long as the length of tarsomeres 2–5 combined. Etymology. The specific name “ fratercula ” is Latin and means “little brother”. This reflects the close similarity between this species and D. glacialis (Rondani). Type-material Examined. Holotype ♂. GEORGIA: Mtskheta-Mtianeti region: Mt Koltesh [~ 42°37’N 44°45’E], meadow/heath, 2300 m, 8.vii.1983, A.C. Pont (BMNH). Paratypes 11♂ 11♀. GEORGIA: Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Kazbegi district): data as for holotype, 4♂ 3♀ (2♂ OUMNH & ZMUM, ... : Published as part of Pont, Adrian C., 2022, The genus Drymeia Meigen in the Caucasus Mountains, with a note on the identity of Aspilia glacialis Rondani, 1866 (Diptera: Muscidae), pp. 355-382 in Zootaxa 5134 (3) on pages 364-368, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6538197 ...