Iteaphila falcata Sinclair

Sinclair, Bradley J. & Shamshev, Igor V., 2021, World revision of Iteaphila with unbranched radial vein (Diptera: Empidoidea: Iteaphilidae), Zootaxa 4968 (1), pp. 1-89 : 61

Iteaphila falcata Sinclair

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Iteaphila falcata Sinclair in Sinclair & Shamshev, 2012: 14 . Type locality: Cathedral Provincal Park, BC, Canada.

Material examined. CANADA. Alberta: Peter Lougheed PP, Sarrail Ck, 9.vii.2012, 50°36′25.7″N 115°7′48.61″W, ex. flowers, BJS (6 ♂, CNC) .

Distribution. Nearctic: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia). Iteaphila falcata is now recorded from two localities in western Canada ( Fig. 80 ).

Remarks. This species was originally described from a single specimen with R 4+5 branched ( Sinclair & Shamshev 2012). The above series represents a population characterized by an unbranched R 4+5 and was originally considered a new species until the genitalia were more closely studied and compared ( Sinclair & Shamshev 2012, fig. 6A) to similar species.

Figures

FIGURES 79–81. Distribution of Iteaphila with unbranched R 4+5. 79, I. longiphallus sp. nov., I. recurvata sp. nov.; 80, I. falcata Sinclair, I. parastentor sp. nov., I. stentor (Melander); 81, I. atruensis sp. nov., I. gracilis sp. nov., I. kyrgyzstanensis sp. nov., I. sakhalinensis sp. nov., I. spinosa sp. nov.