Mycomyopsis
Creators: name: Väisänen, Rauno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Mycetophilidae
Mycomyopsis

description: Key to the Himalayan species of subgenera Cesamya and Mycomyopsis
1. Tergal part of male hypopygium with one, wide medial comb (and two inner combs) of spines (Figs. 1 A, 1C, 2A, 3A, 4A).................................................................................... (subgenus Cesamya)...2
- Tergal part of male hypopygium with two separate parallel combs (and two inner combs) of spines (e.g. Figs. 6 A, 8A, 10A,12A).................................................................... (subgenus Mycomyopsis)...5
2. Sternal submedian filament (stemming from basal-middle part of deeply bilobed sternal synsclerite) short, not extending beyond the apex of sternal synsclerite (Fig. 1 B).................................................. M. cissa sp. n.
- Sternal submedian filament long, extending far beyond the apex of sternal synclerite (Figs. 2 B, 3B, 4B)................ 3
3. Base of tergal comb widely setose with only a narrow gap in the middle (Fig. 3 A); gonostylus very long with a small membra- nous basal lobe much shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 3 F)........................................... M. niltava sp. n.
- Base of tergal comb only laterally setose with a wide bare median part (Figs. 2 A, 4A); gonostylus slightly longer than its mem- branous lobe (Figs. 2 E, 4E)............................................................................. 4
4. Tergal lateral appendage (one on each sides of outer tergal comb) with a flattened, curved seta in the middle of its inner margin, separated almost by its length from apical flattened setae (Fig. 2 D).................................. M. goral sp. n.
- Tergal lateral appendage without such an isolated flattened curved seta, all apical flattened setae close to each other (Fig. 4 D)........................................................................................ M. sachak sp. n.
5. No sternal submedian filament (e.g. Figs. 5 B, 8B)........................................................... 6
- Sternal submedian filament well-developed (stemming from basal-middle part of deeply bilobed sternal synsclerite) (e.g. Figs. 9 B, 11B, 12B)........................................................................................ 9
6. Tergal lateral appendage widely and densely setose (Figs. 5 A, 5D)..................................... M. aix sp. n.
- Tergal lateral appendage with two widely separate groups of setae, basal and apical, with narrow subapical part between them bare (Figs. 8 C, 14D, 15C)............................................................................. 7
7. Middle part of gonostylus without a spur or a spine (Fig.15 D), outer tergal combs rudimentary (Fig.15 A)................................................................................................. M. unipectinata Edwards
- Middle part of gonostylus with a short spur or a strong spine (Figs. 8 D, 14E), outer tergal combs well-developed (Figs. 8 A, 14A).................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
8. Tergal lateral appendage long, slender, more than 5x as long as wide, slightly curved, with a sparse group of a few basal setae (Fig. 8 C)............................................................................... M. ducula sp. n.
- Tergal lateral appendage very long, slender, about 7x as long as wide, strongly curved, with a dense group of basal setae (Fig. 14 D)................................................................................... M. sanar n. sp.
9. Tergal lateral appendage widely setose, without wide bare areas (Figs. 6 C, 7C, 9C, 10C)........................... 10
- Tergal lateral appendage with two widely separate groups of setae, basal and apical, with long, slender subapical area bare (Figs. 11 C, 12D, 13C)................................................................................ 13
10. Middle part of gonostylus without a spur or a strong spine (Figs. 9 E, 10D)....................................... 11
- Middle part of gonostylus with a short spur or a strong spine on the opposite site of the membranous lobe (Figs. 6 D, 6E, 7D).................................................................................................... 12
11. Sternal submedian filament short, hardly reaching apex of sternal synsclerite (Figs. 10 B, 10D)............. M. jeti sp. n.
- Sternal submedian filament long, curved, extending well beyond apex of sternal synsclerite (Fig. 9 B)....... M irena sp. n.
12. Apical setae of tergal lateral appendage about as long as flattened, curved subapical setae (Fig. 6 C)....... M. alticola sp. n.
- Apical setae of tergal lateral appendage much longer than flattened, curved subapical setae (Figs. 7 C).... M. banteng sp. n.
13. Basal part of gonostylus without a long spur (Fig. 11 D)............................................. M. kaa sp. n.
- Basal part of gonostylus with a long spur (Figs. 12 E, 13D)................................................... 14
14. Wing veins M and Cu with small setae.......................................................... M. naja sp. n.
- Wing veins M and Cu bare................................................................... M. pitta sp. n.
description: Published as part of Väisänen, Rauno, 2013, New Mycomya species from the Himalayas (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): 3. Subgenera Cesamya and Mycomyopsis, pp. 129-153 in Zootaxa 3737 (2) on pages 130-131, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/218207