Drymeia sp.

Sorokina, Vera S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2022, The genus Drymeia Meigen, 1826 (Diptera: Muscidae) in Kyrgyzstan: new records and new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 823, pp. 158-172 : 164

Drymeia sp.

Material examined

KYRGYZSTAN • 1 ♀; Issyk-Kul Oblast , Tien Shan , Terskey-Alatoo Mts , upper Ak-Terek valley (TashTar-Ata Mts), SE of Bökönbaev; 42°04′22′′ N, 77°08′02′′ E; 2620 m a.s.l.; 22 Jun. 2011; J. Ziegler leg.; ZMHU .

Remarks

In Sorokina & Pont (2015) this female keyed out as the species currently known as Drymeia grandis Sorokina & Pont, 2015 . The specimen has 4 postsutural dorsocentrals, prealar seta absent, anepimeron setulose, body whitish-grey dusted, scutum with two narrow vittae along dorsocentrals, and it agreed well with the original description of D. grandis . However, we cannot name this specimen as D. grandis because it might also be D. cilitarsis Sorokina & Pont, 2015 . As shown by recent DNA barcoding ( Savage & Sorokina 2020), the paratype series of females of D. grandis (BIN BOLD:ACT1697) is mixed and contains correctly identified females as well as some belonging to D. cilitarsis (BIN BOLD:ACT1698). D. cilitarsis was described only from males, and this species, like D. grandis , has a setulose anepimeron, prealar seta absent, and 4 postsutural dorsocentrals. The female of D. cilitarsis is currently undescribed. A re-examination of the paratypes from BOLD:ACT1697 ( D. grandis ) and BOLD:ACT1698 ( D. cilitarsis ) did not provide any good diagnostic characters to distinguish between the females of the two species. All specimens of the paratype series are very similar and at present the females of D. cilitarsis and D. grandis cannot be differentiated and run to the same couplet in the identification key.