Zavrelimyia Fittkau 1962
Creators: name: Mondal, Debarshi
name: Mukherjee, Tuhar
name: Hazra, Niladri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Zavrelimyia

description: A world key to the genus Zavrelimyia Fittkau (males)
[Zavrelimyia (Zavrelimyia) alterna (Johannsen, 1932) and Z. (Paramerina) ampliseta (Hazra, Saha, Mazumdar and Chaudhuri, 2011) are not included in this key as they are described based on female.]
1. Scutal tubercles present (NE)................................... Zavrelimyia (Reomyia) wartinbei (Roback, 1984)
- Scutal tubercles absent................................................................................ 2
2. Phallapodeme not distinct.............................................................................. 3
- Phallapodeme distinct............................................................ Subgenus Paramerina ... 4
3. R 2+3 absent (OR, PA).......................................... Zavrelimyia (Schineriella) schineri (Strobl, 1880)
- R 2+3 present.................................................................... Subgenus Zavrelimyia ... 37
4. Abdomen with broad ill defined bands.................................................................... 5
- Abdomen without bands............................................................................... 7
5. AR less than 1.5 (AU)......................................................... Z. (P.) parva (Freeman, 1961)
- AR more than 1.5.................................................................................... 6
6. LR less than 1 (AU).......................................................... Z. (P.) levidensis (Skuse, 1889)
- LR more than 1 (AU)......................................................... Z. (P.) taylori (Roback, 1982)
7. Costa produced...................................................................................... 8
- Costa not produced.................................................................................. 11
8. T IX with transverse row of 3 setae (NE)......................................... Z. (P.) hanseni (Roback, 1971)
- T IX without transverse row of setae...................................................................... 9
9. T VI-VIII basal half dark.............................................................................. 10
- T VI-VIII entirely dark (OR).................................. Z. (P.) quininficia (Chaudhuri and Debnath, 1985)
10. Tergites with reddish brown spots (OR, AU, OC)................................ Z. (P.) ignobilis (Johannsen, 1932)
- Tergites without reddish brown spots (OR)........................... Z. (Z.) inficia (Chaudhuri and Debnath, 1985)
11. AR less than 1...................................................................................... 12
- AR more than 1..................................................................................... 13
12. T II-VIII with transverse dark bands (OR).............. Z. (P.) clara (Hazra, Saha, Mazumdar and Chaudhuri, 2011)
- T II-VIII without transverse dark bands (OR)..................................... Z. (P.) aucta (Johannsen, 1932) 13. AR less than 1.5..................................................................................... 14
- AR more than 1.5................................................................................... 29
14. T VI-VIII banded.................................................................................... 15
- T I-VIII banded..................................................................................... 17
15. Phallapodeme shorter (AF)..................................................... Z. (P.) minima (Kieffer, 1911)
- Phallapodeme longer................................................................................. 16
16. Wing with punctations (OR, PA)................................................ Z. (P.) yunouresia (Sasa, 1989)
- Wing without punctations (NT)........................................ Z. (P.) fasciata (Sublette and Sasa, 1994)
17. Gonostylus bulbous (OR)............................................................... Z. (P.) falcata sp.n.
- Gonostylus not bulbous............................................................................... 18
18. T VIII with central longitudinal bands (AF)...................................... Z. (P.) ababae (Harrison, 1991)
- T VIII without central longitudinal bands................................................................. 19
19. MCu proximal to RM................................................................................ 20
- MCu distal to RM................................................................................... 27
20. Basal half of legs pale................................................................................ 21
- Legs uniform....................................................................................... 24
21. T II and V pale...................................................................................... 22
- T II and V banded (PA)...................................................... Z. (P.) cingulata (Walker, 1856)
22. AR less than one (OR, PA)...................................................... Z. (P.) okigenga (Sasa, 1990)
- AR more than one................................................................................... 23
23. Basitarsus of mid leg about 2/3rd as long as tibia (PA, OR)............................. Z. (P.) divisa (Walker, 1856)
- Basitarsus of mid leg at least as long as tibia (OR, PA)................... Z. (P.). togavicea (Sasa and Okazawa, 1992)
24. rm separated from MCu by length of FCu (NE)....................................... Z. (P.) testa (Roback, 1971)
- rm separated from MCu with length less than FCu.......................................................... 25
25. AR more than 1.5................................................................................... 26
- AR less than 1.5 (PA, AF)..................................................... Z. (P.) vaillanti (Fittkau, 1962)
26. T VI to VIII uniformly dark (NE)................................................ Z. (P.) fragilis (Walley, 1926)
- T VI to VIII banded (AF, PA).............................................. Z. (P.) mauretanica (Fittkau, 1962)
27. R 4+5 ending proximal to M 1+2 (AF)............................................. Z. (P.) edwardsi (Freeman, 1955)
- R 4+5 ending distal to M 1+2 .............................................................................. 28
28. Cell m 1 with only one pale area (AF)................................. Z. (P.) nigrimarmorata (Goetgehbuer, 1935)
- Cell m 1 with two pale areas (AF)......................................... Z. (P.) septemguttata (Freeman, 1955)
29. T I to IV banded (AF)....................................................... Z. (P.) meilloni (Freeman, 1955)
- T I to IV uniform.................................................................................... 30
30. Wing with transverse band............................................................................ 31
- Wing without transverse bands......................................................................... 33
31. Wing with single transverse band....................................................................... 32
- Wing with double transverse bands (OR)........................................ Z. (P.) okimaculata (Sasa, 1990)
32. Transverse band proximal to FCu (AF)..................................... Z. (P.) interrupta (Goetghebuer, 1935)
- Transverse band distal to FCu (OR, OC)........................................ Z. (P.) dolosa (Johannsen, 1932)
33. Abdomen with brown patches; AR greater than 2 (OR).............. Z. (P.) valida (Paul, Hazra and Mazumdar, 2013)
- Abdomen without brown patches; AR less than 2........................................................... 34
34. T III, IV, V, VI uniform (AF)................................................. Z. (P.) longipes (Freeman, 1955)
- T III, IV, V, VI banded................................................................................ 35
35. T II and III dark (NE, NT)..................................................... Z. (P.) smithae (Sublette, 1964)
- T II and III pale..................................................................................... 36
36. T VII and VIII pale (NE, PA)........................................... Z. (P.) anomala (Beck and Beck, 1966)
- T VII and VIII dark (AF)..................................................... Z. (P.) fittkaui (Lehmann, 1981)
37. Abdomen pale; thorax with 4 dark vittae (OR).................................... Z. (Z.) facilis (Johannsen, 1932)
- Abdomen dark; thorax without vittae.................................................................... 38
38. R 3 indistinct apically (PA)........................................... Z. (Z.) tusimuheia (Sasa and Suzuki, 1999)
- R 3 distinct apically................................................................................... 39
39. Phallapodeme distinct................................................................................ 40
- Phallapodeme indistinct (NE, PA).............................................. Z. (Z.) thryptica (Sublette, 1964)
40. Abdomen with circular patches on each segment (OR)............................ Z. (Z.) alterna (Johannsen, 1932)
- Abdomen without circular patches...................................................................... 41
41. Wing without transverse cross bands.................................................................... 42
- Wing with transverse cross bands....................................................................... 46
42. Tergites uniformly dark (OR)............................................... Z. (Z.) pleuralis (Tokunaga, 1940)
- Tergites not uniformly dark............................................................................ 43
43. Tergites II-V with longitudinal bands (PA)....................................... Z. (Z.) hirtimana (Kieffer, 1918)
- Tergites II-V without longitudinal bands.................................................................. 44
44. Tergite VIII with two dark apical spots (PA)................................... Z. (Z.) signatipennis (Kieffer, 1924)
- Tergite VIII without dark apical spots.................................................................... 45
45. Tergites II-IV with broad transverse bands covering two third of the segments (PA)................................................................................................... Z. (Z.) puctatissima (Goetghebuer, 1934)
- Tergites II-IV with narrow transverse bands (AU).................................. Z. (Z.) harrisi (Freeman, 1959)
46. Wing with two transverse cross bands (PA)........................................ Z. (Z.) nubila (Meigen, 1830)
- Wing with one transverse cross band.................................................................... 47
47. AR less than 1.5 (PA).................................................... Z. (Z.) kyotoensis (Tokunaga, 1937)
- AR greater than 1.5.................................................................................. 48
48. Tergites II-VI with dark bands.......................................................................... 49
- Tergites II-VI without dark bands....................................................................... 50
49. AR less than 2 (NE)........................................................ Z. (Z.) sinuosa (Coquillett, 1901)
- AR more than 2 (NE).................................................... Z. (Z.) bifasciata (Coquillett, 1901)
50. Tergite IX bare (PA)..................................................... Z. (Z.) monticola (Tokunaga, 1937)
- Tergite IX setose.................................................................................... 51
51. Tergite VIII with apical two third dark................................................................... 52
- Tergite VIII completely dark (PA)................................................. Z. (Z.) berberi Fittkau, 1962
52. Tergite VII with broad longitudinal band (PA).................................... Z. (Z.) melanura (Meigen, 1804)
- Tergite VII without broad longitudinal band (PA).................................. Z. (Z.) barbatipes (Kieffer, 1911)
description: Published as part of Mondal, Debarshi, Mukherjee, Tuhar & Hazra, Niladri, 2022, On a new species of the genus Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India with cladistic relationship and a world key to the known males, pp. 365-379 in Zootaxa 5154 (3) on pages 370-374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/6644848