Rudolfina cavernicola Marshall & Fitzgerald, 1997

Paiero, Steven Mark & Marshall, Stephen A., 2020, A revision of the genus Rudolfina Roháček (Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae), European Journal of Taxonomy 593, pp. 1-48 : 16-18

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.593
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scientific name	Rudolfina cavernicola Marshall & Fitzgerald, 1997
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Rudolfina cavernicola Marshall & Fitzgerald, 1997 View in CoL

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Material examined

The original type series from Kremmer’s Cave was re-examined along with the following material.

MEXICO • 1 ♂; San Luis Potosí, Cueva de Cinquenta y Ocho, 5 km S of San Francisco, 40 km E of San Luis Potosí, Municipio de Zaraqoza ; 3000 m a.s.l.; 18 May 1972; Elliott, Ralph and Lynn leg.; DEBU .

Description

See Marshall and Fitzgerald 1997.

Distribution

Nearctic: United States of America (AZ, CO); Mexico (San Luis Potosí, newly recorded here).

Remarks

This species is newly recorded from Mexico. The illustration of this species that accompanied the original description ( Marshall & Fitzgerald 1997: fig. 1) includes what appears to be a large seta coming off the anterior base of the surstylus; this is an unsocketed laminate lobe.

References

Marshall S. A. & Fitzgerald S. 1997. Rudolfina cavernicola, a new species of cave-associated Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Colorado and Arizona. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 99: 641 - 644.

Figures

Fig. 21. Distribution of species of New World Rudolfina Roháček, 1987. A. R. cavernicola Marshall & Fitzgerald, 1997, R. digitata Marshall, 1991 and R. tumida sp. nov. B. R. bucki sp. nov., R. megepandria sp. nov. and R. howdeni sp. nov. C. R. pauca sp. nov., R. pilosa sp. nov., R. newtoni sp. nov. and R. remiforma sp. nov. D. R. exuberata sp. nov.