Empis (Kritempis) taffertensis, Daugeron, 2009

Daugeron, Christophe, 2009, Systematics of the Euro-Mediterranean Empis (Kritempis) (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 531-544 : 542-543

Empis (Kritempis) taffertensis sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. Greyish species with clear wings, yellowish legs.

Type material. Holotype ♂, “ Muséum Paris , Maroc, Moyen Atlas, forêt de Taffert, lisière est, 2000-2800 m, F. Le Cerf, 21-22.vi.1929 ” ( MNHN).

Description. Male (holotype). Head. Occiput covered with fine black setae; ocellar triangle prominent with pair of fine setae. Face, antenna blackish. Palpus brownish, somewhat projected, with a few fine setae; labrum brownish, more than 2x head height; labium black.

Thorax dusty greyish. Antepronotum with row of setae, black dorsally, pale yellow laterally. Antepronotal lobes with 1 distinct rather fine basal seta, numerous other yellow fine anteriors. Proepisternum, prosternum with fan of pale yellow fine setae. Scutum with 2 brownish stripes on dorsocentrals, 1 indistinct stripe on acrostichals; acrostichals biserial, distinct, fine; dorsocentrals biserial, fine, ending in 3 stronger, longer prescutellars. One fine, long presutural, 1 strong, long postsutural supraalars, 3 notopleurals. Laterotergite with fan of long pale yellow setae. Anterior, posterior spiracles yellowish.

Wing (length = 7 mm) clear with indistinct brown stigma; median veins complete. Halter yellow.

Legs. Coxae greyish to brownish, with many pale yellow fine setae. Fore, mid legs, exclusive of coxae, brownish, hind femur yellowish, hind tibia yellowish to brownish, hind tarsus dark brown. Fore femur with pale yellow fine setae. Fore tibia with antero- and posterodorsal rows of rather strong setae, about as long as tibia depth; tarsomeres 1–4 with strong apical setae. Mid femur with distinct posteroventral setae; mid tibia, with anterodorsal row of 4 strong, long setae, posterodorsal row of 3 strong, shorter setae; mid tarsus with antero- and posteroventral rows of spine-like setae. Hind femur with anteroventral row of short setae, distinct anterodorsals on apical half; hind tibia with antero- and posterodorsal rows of setae, as long as tibia depth; hind tarsus with antero- and posteroventral rows of spine-like setae.

Abdomen greyish to blackish. Tergites with rather long lateral pale yellow setae.

Hypopygium ( Fig. 9). Cercus somewhat prolonged anteriorly with group of rather fine anterodorsal setae. Phallus somewhat undulated, with characteristic dorsal indentation at basal third.

Female unknown.

Chorotype. W-Mediterranean. Empis taffertensis is known from Morocco.