Nemotelus
Creators: name: Khaghaninia, S.
name: Kazerani, F.
name: Hauser, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Stratiomyidae
Nemotelus

description: <b>Key to studied species 1</b> 1. Scutellum unarmed, without marginal spines; head almost with conical facial projection (fig. 1).............................................................................................................................................. <i>Nemotelus</i> Geoffroy........ 2 — Scutellum with 2 marginal spines; head without conical facial projection (fig. 2).... <i>Oxycera</i> Meigen... 6 2. Face short, rounded; rostellum practically absent under antenna with only small callus); female: abdomen black, 2–4 tergites with white triangular spot in the middle; male: 1rd tergite black, 2–4 tergites white, 5th tergite black with 2 white spots, male genitalia as (fig. 1, <i>g–h</i>)................................................................................................................................................................... <i>N. rudifranci</i> (Berezovsky et Nartshuk) — Face extended anteriorly in to the rostellum (fig. 1, <i>f</i>).................................................................................. 3 3. Distance from antennal base to end of rostellum less than distance from antennal base to commencement of narrow part of frons (fig. 1, <i>f</i>)............................................................................................................. 4 — Distance from antennal base to end of rostellum equal to or greater than distance from antennal base to commencement of narrow part of frons (fig. 1, <i>b</i>).........................................................................................5 4. Abdomen entirely black except margin of tergites with narrow yellow strip (fig. 1, <i>a</i>)................................................................................................................................................................................ <i>N. argentifer</i> Loew — Abdomen with different coloration, male abdomen white except 5th tergite, rostellum equal in length to antenna excluding arista (fig. 1, <i>e–f</i>)............................................................... <i>N. pantherinus</i> (Linnaeus) 5. Distance from antennal base to end of rostellum greater than distance from antennal base to commencement of narrow part of frons, vein R 4 absent; female: face and body entirely metallic green-black (fig. 1, <i>b</i>).................................................................................................................................. <i>N. nigrinus</i> Fallén — Distance from antennal base to end of rostellum more equal to distance from antennal base to commencement of narrow part of frons, vein R 4 present; male abdomen mostly white;, genitalia as figs; Female: abdomen black with white triangular spots in the middle (fig. 1, <i>c–d</i>).... <i>N. notatus</i> Zetterstedt 6. Green FLies with three longitudinal black stripes on mesonotum and black narrow transverse bands on abdomen (fig. 2, <i>f</i>)....................................................................................................... <i>O. trilineata</i> (Linnaeus) — Predominantly black species with yellow pattern...........................................................................................7 7. Yellow spots on abdomen connected along lateral tergites (fig 2, <i>d–e</i>)............................. <i>O. notata</i> Loew — Yellow spots on abdomen not connected along lateral tergites................................................................... 8 8. Legs entirely yellow; longitudinal stripes on mesonotum not connected with humeral spots; lateral spots on abdomen in 3 pairs on 2–4 tergites and oblique and directed forward and toward center (fig. 2, <i>a</i>)........................................................................................................................................................ <i>O. fallenii</i> Staeger — Femora 1 and 2 in basal half and anterior tarsi black; longitudinal stripes on mesonotum connected with humeral spots; lateral spots on abdomen in 3 pairs on 2–4 tergites and oblique; male genitalia as (fig. 2, <i>b–c)</i>........................................................................................................................... <i>O. meigenii</i> Staeger
description: Published as part of <i>Khaghaninia, S., Kazerani, F. &amp; Hauser, M., 2015, The Genera Nemotelus And Oxycera (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) In The Arasbaran Forests, pp. 401-406 in Vestnik Zoologii 49 (5)</i> on page 402, DOI: 10.1515/vzoo-2015-0045, http://zenodo.org/record/6449247