Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) Kieffer 1917
Creators: name: Pal, Gouri Sankar
name: Hazra, Niladri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ceratopogonidae
Forcipomyia

description: Key to the Indian species of Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) (Modified after Pal et al. 2024b)
Female
1. Hairs on apical and anal margin of wing serrated.................................... F. (L.) calotricha Kieffer, 1911
– Hairs on wing margin simple............................................................................ 2
2(1). Sub-basal and sub-apical brownish bands on all legs (Congo, Seychelles)............. F. (L.) chrysolopha (Kieffer, 1911)
– Banding pattern of legs variable......................................................................... 3
3(2). Spermatheca one...................................................................................... 4
– Spermathecae two.................................................................................... 7
4(3). Capitate sensilla of maxillary palp protruded............................................................... 5
– Capitate sensilla of maxillary palp confined within sensory pit................................................. 6
5(4) Spermatheca large, with long neck........................... F. (L.) biharinathensis Pal, Chatterjee and Hazra, 2024b
– Spermatheca small, with a short neck................................... F. (L.) ansula Pal, Ghosh and Hazra, 2024a
6(4). Maxillary palp with large, irregular sensory pit.............................................. F. (L.) sulcoa sp. n.
– Maxillary palp with small, rounded sensory pit....................... F. (L.) buccina Pal, Chatterjee and Hazra, 2024b
7(3). Spermathecae large with no neck...................................................... F. (L.) inflatistyla sp. n.
– Spermathecae small with neck........................................................... F. (L.) ranula sp. n.
Male
1. Tip of gonostylus shoe shaped................................................ F. (L.) chrysolopha (Kieffer, 1911)
– Tip of gonostylus either blunt or pointed.................................................................. 2
2 (1). Aedeagus flattened, roughly square shaped................................................. F. (L.) sulcoa sp. n.
– Aedeagus elongated................................................................................... 3
3(2). Gonostylus nearly straight with pointed apex; caudomedian excavation “U” shaped.............. F. (L.) inflatistyla sp. n.
– Gonostylus slightly curve with blunt rounded tip; caudomedian excavation irregular................................ 4
4(3). Lateral process of parameres “prong horn” like....................... F. (L.) buccina Pal, Chatterjee and Hazra, 2024b
– Lateral process of parameres simple...................................................................... 5
5(4). Submedian process of parameres apically hooked, inwardly directed with a blunt tip................................................................................................. F. (L.) ansula Pal, Ghosh and Hazra, 2024a
– Submedian process of parameres swollen basally, outwardly directed with a pointed tip.............. F. (L.) ranula sp. n.
description: Published as part of Pal, Gouri Sankar & Hazra, Niladri, 2024, Three new species of Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from West Bengal, India, pp. 348-360 in Zootaxa 5419 (3) on page 358, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10791732