Empidideicus (Anomaloptilus) Hesse
Creators: name: Evenhuis, Neal L.
name: Gharali, Babak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Empidideicus

description: Key to the Malagasy species of Empidideicus (Anomaloptilus)
1. Clypeus elongate, extending well beyond length of oral margin, forcing proboscis to be reflexed downward and backward (Fig. 4)....................................................................... E. (A.) rhinoclypeatus Evenhuis
–. Clypeus not elongate, never extending beyond length of oral margin (Fig. 3)...................................... 2
2. Proboscis extremely short, barely projecting beyond oral margin (Fig. 21); head wider than long in dorsal view (Fig. 18)... 3
–. Proboscis clearly projecting beyond oral margin for at least 1/2 head height; head longer than wide in dorsal view (Fig. 17).................................................................................................... 4
3. Wing vein R 4+5 ending in wing margin before level of end of M 2 (Fig. 41); cell r4+5 at wing margin as wide as cell m2; eyes in males clearly dichoptic below level of antennae; prescutellar area in females with yellow marks............................................................... (northwest Madagascar) ... E. (A.) contrasticus Evenhuis & Gharali, n. sp.
–. Wing vein R 4+5 ending in wing margin well beyond level of end of M 2 (Fig. 43); cell r4+5 at wing margin narrower than cell m2; eyes in males holoptic or nearly so below level of antennae; prescutellar area in females black, without yellow marks................................................ (southwest Madagascar) ... E. (A.) irwini Evenhuis & Gharali, n. sp.
4. Second antennal flagellomere 1/3 or more length of first flagellomere (Fig. 23).................................... 5
–. Second antennal flagellomere reduced in size, less than 1/4 length of first flagellomere (Fig. 24)......................................................................................... E. (A.) nanus Evenhuis & Gharali, n. sp.
5. Prescutellar area with yellow color; scutellum all yellow in color, no darker color present; R 4+5 either upcurved (E. hauseri, n. sp.) or not upcurved (E. rinhai, n. sp.) at wing margin........................................................ 7
–. Prescutellar area black; scutellum with some dark brown to black color, not all yellow; R 4+5 not upcurved at wing margin... 6
6. Scutellum all black; anal cell narrowly open at wing margin (Fig. 45); females with pleura predominantly yellow, darker yellow to brown only on lower pleurites........................................ E. (A.) regius Evenhuis & Gharali, n. sp.
–. Scutellum predominantly yellow with brown basomedially; anal cell closed at wing margin (Fig. 40); females with pleura predominantly black, yellow only on upper portions of katepimeron, katepisternum and propleuron........................................................................... E. (A.) andriambahomananii Evenhuis & Gharali, n. sp.
7. Prescutellar area with some dark color medially, yellow marks not broadly coalesced (some orange color medially in females) (Figs 61–62); anal cell open at wing margin; wing vein R 4+5 straight to wing margin; abdominal tergite I with white band along posterior margin..................................................... E. (A.) rinhai Evenhuis & Gharali, n. sp.
–. Prescutellar area yellow, without dark color medially anterior to scutellum, yellow marks broadly coalesced (Figs 53–54); anal cell closed in wing margin; wing vein R 4+5 upcurved at wing margin; abdominal tergite I all brown, without white band posteriorly......................................................... E. (A.) hauseri Evenhuis & Gharali, n. sp.
description: Published as part of Evenhuis, Neal L. & Gharali, Babak, 2022, The subgenus Empidideicus (Anomaloptilus) (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) in Madagascar, pp. 401-426 in Zootaxa 5222 (5) on pages 402-404, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7471736