Pedicia (Crunobia) carpianica Kolcsar , Keresztes & Denes

Denes, Avar-Lehel, Kolcsar, Levente-Peter, Toeroek, Edina & Keresztes, Lujza, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Carpathian endemic Pedicia (Crunobia) staryi species-group (Diptera, Pediciidae) based on morphology and molecular data, ZooKeys 569, pp. 81-104 : 90-92

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Pediciidae

Pedicia (Crunobia) carpianica Kolcsar, Keresztes & Denes sp. n. Figs 14, 15, 16, 17, 27

Type material.

Holotype male and two paratypes males collected in Romania, Rodnei Mountains, Anieș, Tomnaticul Valley, 700 m, 47°27.768'N, 24°45.696'E, 19.Aug.2014, leg. L.P. Kolcsár. The pinned dry holotype (CN: TI106) and paratypes (CN: TI107, TI108) are deposited in the Museum of Zoology of the Babeș–Bolyai University (MZBBU), Cluj Napoca, Romania.

Other material.

Romania: Rodnei Mountains, Rodna, Vinului Valley, 1000 m, 47°30.918'N, 24°50.094'E, 15.Aug.2008, 2 ♂♂, leg. L. Keresztes; Rodnei Mountains, Cormaia, Cormaia Valley, 750 m, 47°26.328'N, 24°39.702'E, 26.Aug.2010, 11 ♂♂, leg. R. Vaida; Rodnei Mountains, Anieș, Izvorul Mare Valley, 1220 m, 47°32.274'N, 24°40.362'E, 28.July.2011, 1 ♂, leg. R. Vaida; Rodnei Mountains, Anieș, Cepelor Spring, 1165 m, 47°31.404'N, 24°45.024'E, 19.Aug.2014, 3 ♂♂ leg. L.P. Kolcsár; Rodnei Mountains, Anieș, Tomnaticul Valley, 700 m, 47°27.768'N, 24°45.696'E, 19.Aug.2014, 11 ♂♂ leg. L.P. Kolcsár; Rodnei Mountains, Valea Mare, Rotunda Pass, 1165 m, 47°31.812'N, 25°0.810'E, 19.Aug.2014, 1 ♂, leg. L.P. Kolcsár. Material is stored in 96% ethanol or pinned dry and deposited in the Diptera Collection of the Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Etymology.

The species is named after an ancient population from the Eastern Carpathians suggesting its ancient origin revealed by deep genetic and moprhological structuring.

Diagnosis.

The new species is distinguished from all other species of the Pedicia staryi group by the following combination of characteristics: the last 1-2 antennal segments are darker than the others, black line between antennae; the abdominal stripe starts from the second segment; mean body size reaches 15.4 mm; pedicel and scape have the same color as the first flagellomeres; only the lump is darker than other parts of the head; 9th tergite has a rounded or five angled median lobe, usually with a notch on the tip.

Description.

Large species with yellowish orange color (Fig. 14). Male body length is 13-17 mm, (mean 15.4 mm, n=13), wing length 13.5-17 mm (mean =15.4 mm, n=13), antenna 1.9-2.1 mm (mean 1.98, n=7). Head has vertex light brown with light yellow setae. Rostrum is slightly darker than vertex, margin of the labellum is dark brown, a narrow dark (grayish brown in the case of dry specimens) line present between antennas. Antenna is 14-16 segmented, almost uniformly yellowish, only the last 2-3 segments are darker. Scape is cylindrical, approximately 2 times longer than width, pedicel slightly wider apically than basally, 1.2-1.5 times longer than its width in the middle. First flagellomere (f1) fusiform, f2-f11(13) oval, only the last (f14) is cylindrical. All flagellomeres with 4-6 black bristles, about half as long as the flagellomeres. Palpus is 5-segmented, 2-4 palpomeres are dark brown, the ventral parts lighter and more membranous than the dorsal parts; the last palpomere dark brown at the base and tip. The dorsal and lateral parts of the thorax are yellowish orange. Scutum is orange, with two yellowish longitudinal lines of setae. In few cases the lateral margin of the postnotum is dark orange or light brown. Wing venation is yellowish brown (Fig. 14). Pterostigma is light orange, less conspicuous. Small spots present around Sc2, at the base of Rs, r–m and around R2 and R1, but in some cases less visible at the end of R1, only the venation is darker. Halters have yellowish stem and dark orange knob. Legs have light brown femora and yellowish brown tibiae, and are both black at the tip. Tarsi are light brown to dark brown. First abdominal segment yellowish orange, sometimes the posterior margin brown (Fig. 27). The dark brown dorsal longitudinal stripe on the abdomen starts from the second segment (Fig. 27). The 7th and 8th sternites and tergites are dark brown. Male terminalia is considerably broader (Figs 16, 17). The 9th tergite generally darker than the remaining parts of hypopygium. Posterior margin of 9th tergite has a rounded or five angled median lobe, usually with a notch on the tip. Gonocoxite is stout, cylindrical, and truncated at the distal end (Fig. 15). A flat spoon-like ventral extension is present at the distal end of gonocoxite, directed inwardly and densely covered with short black spinules. Gonostylus has subterminal position, inserted laterally at the distal inner side of gonocoxite and forming a nearly right angle with the long axis of the latter. Gonostylus is generally quadrangular in dorsal or ventral view, with 6-9 strong black spines mostly situated at the outer distal margin and with a short slender projection at the lower (caudal) margin distally. Interbase is simple, broadened and rounded distally.

Female is unknown.