Trichoclinocera
Creators: name: Saigusa, Toyohei
name: Sinclair, Bradley J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Empididae
Trichoclinocera

description: Key to Japanese species of Trichoclinocera
1 Scutellum setose dorsally; face flat, with only small notch at ventral margin of face; hind femur with single prominent preapical anteroventral bristle............................................................ T. dasyscutellum (Saigusa)
- Scutellum bare dorsally; face with distinct swelling and large notch on ventral margin of face; hind femur without single prominent, preapical anterior ventral bristle, but with anteroventral and posteroventral bristles of moderate length............. 2
2 Base of hind tibia with pair of divergent dorsal setae (Fig. 3 D) (1 posterodorsal and 1 anterodorsal).................... 3
- Base of hind tibia lacking pair of dorsal setae.............................................................. 5
3 Mid and hind femora with posterodorsal bristles; face with brownish to bright blue pruinescence..................... 4
- Mid and hind femora lacking posterodorsal bristles; face with bright blue pruinescence............... T. grandis sp. nov.
4 Pterostigma present, although sometimes faint (Fig. 16 G); face with bright blue pruinescence; male fore femur with 4–6 basal anteroventral setae, some nearly subequal to width of femur (Figs 17 M, N); female abdominal sternum 7 with strong posterior marginal setae rather evenly arranged (Fig. 15 B)........................................... T. stigmatica sp. nov.
- Pterostigma absent (Fig. 16 H); face with whitish pruinescence; male fore femur with anteroventral setae increasing in length towards base, with basal setae about half width of femur (Figs 17 O, P); female abdominal sternum 7 with strong posterior marginal setae arranged in a midventral and pair of sublateral groups (Fig. 15 E)..................... T. takagii sp. nov.
5 Face brown, lacking blue pruinescence; male clasping cercus tapered on apical half (Figs 4 B, 9B); basal 1/4 of female fore femur with a few (2–5) erect long fine pale hairs almost as long as basal thickness of femur (Figs 18 C, D). T. gracilis sp. nov.
- Face with blue pruinescence; male clasping cercus tapered only at apex; female fore femur without outstanding erect fine pale hairs on basal 1/4 (Figs 18 G, I, K), or with strong setae on swollen basal part (Fig. 18 A, in T. fuscipennis).............. 6
6 Radial fork divergent towards wing margin; basal portion of R4 gently curved, not angularly curved (Figs 16 D, F)........ 7
- Radial fork running parallel towards wing margin; basal portion of R4 angularly curved (Figs 16 A, E).................. 8
7 Lateral margin of scutum and postpronotal lobe with broad band of blue pruinescence; male fore femur with anteroventral spine-like setae in tight row (Figs 17 K, L); female fore femur without anteroventral row of short spine-like setae (Fig. 18 K); clasping cercus expanded in middle (Figs 8 B, 9F)............................................ T. shinogii sp. nov.
- Lateral margin of scutum and postpronotal lobe lacking band of blue pruinescence; male fore femur with anteroventral spinelike setae not in tight row, more widespread and of various lengths (Fig. 17 G, H); female fore femur with anteroventral row of short spine-like setae (Fig. 18 G); clasping cercus parallel-sided (Figs 4 D, 9C)...................... T. miranda sp. nov.
8 Male fore femur with row of spine-like posteroventral setae on basal half (Fig. 17 B); female fore femur with long, strong hairlike setae on basal half (Fig. 18 B); phallus lacking apical filaments (Figs 4 A, 9A).................. T. fuscipennis Saigusa
- Male fore femur without row of spine-like posteroventral setae (Fig. 17 J); female fore femur without long, strong hair-like setae (Fig. 18 J); phallus with pair of apical filaments (Figs 8 A, 9E)................................ T. setigera sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Saigusa, Toyohei & Sinclair, Bradley J., 2016, Revision of the Japanese species of Trichoclinocera Collin (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae), pp. 201-229 in Zootaxa 4103 (3) on pages 225-226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/255748