Styringomyia LOEW 1845
Creators: name: Theischinger, Günther
name: D, Zacariah
name: Martin, John
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Limoniidae
Styringomyia

description: Key to the species of Styringomyia known from Australia (males only)   
 1 Gonocoxites without distinct apical spine (Fig. 66); femora and tibiae rather pale without distinct incomplete dark rings or tip; no distinct wing spots.................... kimberley   
- Gonocoxites with distinct apical spine (Figs 67-70, 74, 75, 77-81); femora and tibiae rather dark or pale with distinct incomplete dark rings or tip..............................................2  
 2 Gonocoxites with 3 spines, 1 apical, 2 dorsal; gonostyli including large elements with abundant retrose setae (Fig. 67)............................................................................... danbulla   
- Gonocoxites with 1 or 2 spines, none of them dorsal; gonostyli not including elements with abundant retrose setae.................................................................................................3  
3 Gonocoxites with 2 spines, 1 apical, 1 ventral (Figs 68-70)................................................4  
- Gonocoxites with apical spine only.....................................................................................6  
 4 Gonocoxites plump, hardly longer than subapical spine (Fig. 68); femora and tibiae rather pale with distinct incomplete dark rings; wings with indistinct spots................ naso   
- Gonocoxites slender, more than twice as long as subapical spine (Figs 69, 70); pro and meso femora and tibiae rather dark without distinct darker rings; wings partly distinctly darkened but without spots..................................................................................................5  
 5 Apical spine of gonocoxite basally not expanded (Fig. 69)..................................... aterrima   
 - Apical spine of gonocoxite basally expanded (Fig. 70)................................... terraereginae   
 6 Apex of sternite 9 simple and narrow; gonostyli with long, slender whip-like element (Fig. 71)....................................................................................................................... flagro   
- Apex of sternite 9 complex, bilobed or trifid; gonostyli without long, slender whip-like element (Figs 72, 73)...........................................................................................................7  
7 Apex of sternite 9 bilobed (Fig. 72) femora and tibiae dark without distinct rings or pale with distinct incomplete rings......................................................................................8  
- Apex of sternite 9 trifid (Fig. 73); femora and tibiae pale with apex darker......................13  
 8 Gonocoxites without mesal expansion, their basal two thirds plump, the apical third digitate (Fig. 74); femora and tibiae dark without distinctly darker incomplete rings; wings not spotted............................................................................................................ rose   
- Gonocoxites subconical with mesal expansion (Figs 23, 75-78); generally, femora and tibiae pale with darker incomplete rings and wings spotted................................................9  
 9 Mesal expansion of gonocoxites very large, in ventral view obscuring much of the gonostyli (see Fig. 23)..................................................................................... edwardsorum   
- Mesal expansion of gonocoxites of moderate size, in ventral view not obscuring much of gonostyli (Figs 75-78)...................................................................................................10  
 10 Prominent element of gonostyli with several distinct long setae along posterior margin (Fig. 75).................................................................................................................. bancrofti   
- Prominent element of gonostyli without distinct long setae along posterior margin (Figs 76-78)................................................................................................................................11  
 11 Prominent element of gonostyli double-winged, gutter–shaped (Fig. 76).............. baroalba   
- Prominent element of gonostyli mesally pointed or rounded (Figs 77, 78).......................12  
 12 Prominent element of gonostyli mesally pointed (Fig. 77).......................................... remex   
 - Prominent element of gonostyli mesally rounded (Fig. 78) .......................................collessi   
 13 Less than basal two thirds of gonocoxites expanded; median process of sternite 9 long and narrow (Fig. 79)............................................................................................... coronata   
- Basal three fourths of gonocoxites significantly expanded; median process of sternite 9 moderately long and wide or short and flat (Figs 80, 81)..................................................14  
 14 Median process of sternite 9 moderately long and wide (Fig. 80)........................ bipunctata   
 - Median process of sternite 9 short and flat (Fig. 81).............................................. williamsi
description: Published as part of Theischinger, Günther, D, Zacariah & Martin, John, 2018, The genus Styringomyia LOEW in Australia (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae), pp. 1587-1633 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 1606, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5273151