Gondwanodromia Sinclair & Saigusa 2022
Creators: name: Sinclair, Bradley J.
name: Saigusa, Toyohei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Empididae
Gondwanodromia

description: Key to species of Gondwanodromia   
 1 Coxae, halteres, postalar ridge and abdomen yellow [Australia: Victoria]............................................................................................................. G. lutea sp. nov.   
—— Coxae, halteres, postalar ridge and abdomen pale brown and dark brown................................................................................................................................. 2  
 2 Eyes with dense ommatrichia; male cercus with pair of spinelike apical setae directed posteriorly (Fig. 10) [Australia: New South Wales].............................................................................................. G. colomatta sp. nov.   
—— Eyes bare or with very sparse ommatrichia; male cercus without spine-like apical setae................................................................................................................ 3  
3 Scutum with shiny vittae between rows of dorsocentral and acrostichal setae (Fig. 47) [New Zealand]................................................................................. 4  
—— Scutum without shiny vittae...................................................................................................... 5  
 4 Scutellum with strong marginal setae; basal costal seta slender (Fig. 47); wing length 3.8 mm or longer; epandrium prolonged beyond base of surstylus in lateral view (Fig. 49)............................................ G. wardi sp. nov.   
 —— Scutellum with spine-like setae; basal costal seta spine-like; wing length less than 3.8 mm; epandrium not prolonged beyond base of surstylus in lateral view (Fig. 17)................................................... G. elongata sp. nov.   
5 Male and female mid femur swollen and mid tibia geniculate at base (Figs 13, 44) [New Zealand]............................................................................................. 6  
—— Male and female mid femur not swollen (Fig. 37); if male mid femur swollen, then mid tibia not geniculate at base................................................................ 7  
 6 Wing length 4.5 mm or longer; epandrial lobe tapered apically, extending well beyond epandrium; surstylus broader than epandrial lobe, with truncate apex (Fig. 14)............................................... G. femorata sp. nov.   
 —— Wing length less than 4.5 mm; epandrial lobe digitiform, broad apically, extending only partially beyond epandrium; surstylus more slender than epandrial lobe, with tapered apex (Fig. 43).................. G. tongariro sp. nov.   
 7 Antennal stylus nearly as long as postpedicel (Fig. 37); scutal setae outstandingly strong [New Zealand]................................................. G. mutabilis (Collin)   
—— Antennal stylus very short, much shorter than postpedicel or not distinguishable from elongate postpedicel (Figs 5, 30, 38); scutal setae not unusually strong............................................................................................... 8  
 8 South America [Argentina]............................................................................. G. mikae sp. nov.   
—— Australia [females beyond this couplet not readily distinguished].............................................. 9  
9 Coxae with dark pruinescence basally, similar to thoracic pleura (Figs 38, 39)............................................................................................................................ 10  
—— Coxae pale brown to bright yellow (Fig. 5), distinctly paler than thoracic pleura......................................................................................................................... 11  
 10 Male mid femur swollen; male fore tibia without anteroventral spine-like apical seta; epandrium rounded, not divided laterally (Fig. 41) [Tasmania]................................................................................. G. tasmanica sp. nov.   
 —— Male mid femur not swollen; male fore tibia with anteroventral spine-like apical seta; epandrium deeply divided laterally forming anterior and posterior halves (Fig. 40) [New South Wales]............................................................................................................ G. thredbo sp. nov.   
 11 Male mid tibia swollen near apex; epandrium inflated laterally; anterior surstylus rod-like [New South Wales] (Fig. 6)............................... G. bulbosa sp. nov.   
 —— Male mid tibia not swollen near apex; epandrium not inflated laterally; anterior surstylus broad, forked [Tasmania] (Fig. 48)................... G. tonnoiri sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Sinclair, Bradley J. & Saigusa, Toyohei, 2022, A New Aquatic Associated Genus of Trichopezinae from the Southern Hemisphere (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), pp. 75-98 in Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 74 (3) on page 96, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.74.2022.1797, http://zenodo.org/record/7177884