Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) Alexander 1965
Creators: name: Starý, Jaroslav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Limoniidae
Dicranomyia

description: Key to identification of males of European Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia)
Except for the papers cited in the key additional figures of the male terminalia are available in Oosterbroek (2022)
1 Thorax shiny greyish brown............................................................................. 2
– Thorax shiny black.................................................................................... 3
2 Male terminalia: posterior margin of tergite 9 with short thumblike lobe on each side; rostrum of ventral gonostylus subacute at tip. Portugal (Azores); for male terminalia see Nielsen 1963, Figs 1a–b................. D. (M.) azorica (Nielsen, 1963)
– Male terminalia: posterior margin of tergite 9 with broad, low lobes separated by shallow emargination; rostrum of ventral gonostylus narrowly rounded at tip. Albania, France, Portugal (incl. Azores), Spain (incl. Canary Is); Morocco; Turkey; for male terminalia see Kolcsár et al. 2021, Figs 4A–C................................... D. (M.) hamata Becker, 1908
3 Abdomen black throughout.............................................................................. 4
– Abdomen differently coloured........................................................................... 6
4 Male terminalia: posterior margin of tergite 9 with processes short, rather stout, more or less directed inwardly, subequal in length to distance between them. Europe; Russia from European territory to Far East; Georgia, Armenia; Mongolia; for male terminalia see Edwards 1926, Fig. 1c........................................... D. (M.) caledonica Edwards, 1926
– Male terminalia: posterior margin of tergite 9 with processes slender, fingerlike, straight............................. 5
5 Male terminalia: posterior margin of tergite 9 with processes long, about three times longer than distance between them. Europe, except for south (high altitudes); Russia: north European territory; for male terminalia see Fig. 2......................................................................................... D. (M.) stylifera Lackschewitz, 1928
– Male terminalia: posterior margin of tergite 9 with processes short, subequal in length to distance between them. Italy; for male terminalia see Fig. 1.................................................................... D. (M.) annae sp. n.
6 Abdomen black, with posterior margins of segments yellow.................................................... 7
– Abdomen predominantly pale yellowish brown. Europe, except for south; Russia from European territory to Far East; Kazakhstan; Mongolia; for male terminalia see Edwards 1938, Fig. 6c........................ D. (M.) rufiventris (Strobl, 1900)
7 Male terminalia: posterior margin of tergite 9 with processes broad at base, rather stumpy, more or less directed inwardly, their length about twice distance between them; dorsal gonostylus normal in shape, spinelike. Europe; European Russia; Morocco; Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran; Kazakhstan; Mongolia; for male terminalia see Edwards 1926, Fig. 1a................................................................................................ D. (M.) morio (Fabricius, 1787)
– Male terminalia: posterior margin of tergite 9 with processes more slender, their length more than twice distance between them; dorsal gonostylus broad, more or less bifid at tip. Europe, except for south; Russia: northwest European territory; Kazakhstan; Mongolia; for male terminalia see Edwards 1926, Fig.1b.............................. D. (M.) occidua Edwards, 1928
description: Published as part of Starý, Jaroslav, 2023, Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) annae sp. n., with a key to the European species of the subgenus (Diptera: Limoniidae), pp. 185-187 in Zootaxa 5271 (1) on pages 186-187, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7859997