Acantholimnophila (Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha 2012)
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Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Limoniidae
Name
Acantholimnophila Alexander, 1924 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Acantholimnophila Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, 2012, Zootaxa 3173: 58-60.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. According to the analysis of Ribeiro (2008), the genus Acantholimnophila can be recognized by the following combination of autapomorphic features: length of scape up to 1.5 x the length of the pedicel; flagellomeres tubular in shape; veins R 2 and R 3 reaching the wing margin almost parallel to each other; gonostylus subterminal in position.
Description
Redescription. Coloration (male and female). General coloration pale brown. Morphology. Head (Figs 19–20). Antenna as long as body; Flagellum 14 -segmented, tubular in shape, decreasing in length toward tip of antenna, bearing short verticils; scape slightly longer than pedicel and ca. 1.25 x longer than wide; palpus 4 -segmented, all segments tubular in shape; eyes separated dorsally by a wide area. Wing (Figs 21 –22, 29). Macrotrichia all along wing veins; Vein h situated near the origin of vein M+Cu; tip of Sc reaching wing margin at the same level as tip of vein A 1; R 1 long, slightly sinuous, reaching C at the level of tip of M 4; r- r very faint or absent; origin of Rs situated near the level of vein A 2; R 2 + 3 very short; veins R 2, R 3 and R 4 running parallel to each other, pointing downwards near tip of wing; r-m little shorter than basal section of M 1 + 2 + 3; four branches of M reaching wing margin; cell M 1 ca. 2 x longer than its petiole; discal cell present; position of m-cu variable; A 1 reaching wing margin at the level of vein Sc; A 2 reaching wing margin near the level of origin of Rs. Thorax (Figs 18, 23, 28). Thoracic sclerites as in Figure 23; tibial spurs very small, barely distinct. Male genitalia (Figs 24 –26, 30– 31). Posterior margin of tergite 9 forming extensions longer than wide. Gonocoxite cone-shaped, ca. 2.15 – 3.0x longer than wide, with an acute apex; gonostylus subterminal; lobe and clasper of gonostylus subequal in length, ca. 4.5 x longer than wide; clasper of gonostylus harry, gradually narrowing and curved toward tip; interbase well developed, long and narrow, at least 5.0x longer than wide, not connected to each other medially; aedeagus relatively short, not extending posteriorly beyond mid length of gonocoxite; area of the aedeagal sheath between parameres and aedeagus very wide. Female terminalia (Figure 27): hypogynial valve greatly developed, in lateral view ca. 2.5 x broader than cercus; apex of hypogynial valve reaching about 2 / 3 of the length of cercus.
Discussion
Remarks. The study of Ribeiro (2008) indicated a sister-group relationship between Acantholimnophila and the widely distributed genus Epiphragma, on the basis of shared apomorphic features such as the expansion of the aedeagal sheath between the medial margin of paramere and lateral margin of aedeagus, and the extended lateral margins of the interbases. In fact, the morphology of the male genitalia looks very similar in both genera. However, Epiphragma species are larger flies, with wings strongly patterned with ocelliform markings, one or more additional cross-veins in cell C and first and second flagellomeres fused.
Taxon Treatment
- Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha; 2012: Redescription of Notholimnophila Alexander and Acantholimnophila Alexander, poorly known New Zealand endemics (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae), Zootaxa 3173: 58-60. doi
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