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Urytalpa atriceps (Edwards, 1913)
Urytalpa atriceps
Urytalpa atriceps (Edwards,1913)
General description:Description based on Kjærandsen et al (2009): On the genus Urytalpa Edwards (Diptera: Keroplatidae) in the Nordic and Nearctic regions, with fixation of a new type species and a key to world males
Diagnostic description:This species shares terminalia with fused gonocoxites and very long aedeagal apparatus with U. dorsalis and U. trivittata. It can be distinguished from these and other species by having long, digitateprojections from tergite IX and relatively large and exposed gonostyli. The shape of the bifidgonostylus is unique with a brush of strong setae on the inner smaller branch
Morphology:Male
Coloration (dry, pinned specimen). Head dark blackish brown with pale yellowishbrown mouth parts and palps. Antenna dark brown; scape, pedicel and basal part of first flagellomere paleryellow. Thorax yellow with mediotergite dark brown; preepisternum with brown posterior part and anterioredge; thoracic stripes brown, narrowly surrounded by pale yellow ground, humeral area pale, extending laterally to behind wing base. Wings clear, yellow tinged. Halter yellow. Legs yellow. Abdomen yellow withtergites VI–IX dark brown, sternites VII–VIII brownish yellow.
Terminalia (Fig.). Gonocoxites connectedby a narrow strip and prolonged apicolaterally (A). Gonostylus bifurcate, with a broad base; ventral branch strong,ending in a sclerotized fold; dorsal branch shorter with about 5 long strong setae forming a brush apically (D) . Aedeagal apparatus long but not high, with compressed plate extending anteriorly into segment V, and long associated apodemes laterally. Tergite IX with a long, narrow, digitate projection apicolaterally without patchof short internal setae; with deep posterior and anterior U-shaped incision (B&C). Proctiger small and short, cercus thin, rhombic in lateral view (B&C).
Female unknown.
Size:Male (n=1). Body length 6 mm. Wing length 4.84 mm or 3.36 as long as profemur. Antenna length 2.26 mm.
Female. Unknown
Distribution:North-western Europe; known only from southern England, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
Distribution of Urytalpa atriceps
