Revision of European species of the genus Rhabdomastix (Diptera: Limoniidae). Part 1: Introduction and subgenus Lurdia subgen. n.

Abstract

Abstract. The first part of a revision of the European species of the genus Rhabdomastix Skuse, 1890 is presented. The history of taxonomic research on Rhabdomastix is reviewed, relationships of the genus are discussed, and the subgeneric classification outlined and re-assessed. A new subgenus, Lurdia subgen. n., is established for species centred around R. lurida (Loew, 1873), and Palaeogonomyia Meunier, 1899 and Sacandaga Alexander, 1911, previously considered subgenera, are synonymized with Rhabdomastix. A revision of the European species of Lurdia subgen. n. is presented. Two species are redescribed, Rhabdomastix (Lurdia) lurida (Loew, 1873) and R. (L.) inclinata Edwards, 1938, and the lectotype of the former is designated. Descriptions are provided of seven species, viz.

Rediscovery of Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) incapax Starý, 2005 (Diptera, Limoniidae), a crane fly species flightless in both sexes and probably endemic to Sardinia

“…3 (cf. also figures in Starý 2003, 2004). Female terminalia were prepared by boiling in a solution of 10% KOH and preserved in glycerine in a small plastic tube pinned below the associated specimen.…”

Revision of European species of the genus Rhabdomastix (Diptera: Limoniidae). Part 2: Subgenus Rhabdomastix s. str.

“…11). The problem of long antennae in Rhabdomastix was discussed in some detail in the first part of this revision (Starý, 2003) and it is again mentioned in the discussion of the species complexes above. Due to the bicoloured appearance, females of R. (R.) hirticornis from South Europe may be confused with R. (R.) filata sp.…”

“…As the lurida group represents now the subgenus Lurdia (cf. Starý, 2003), and species such as R. hirticornis (formerly in the subgenus Palaeogonomyia) are treated here within Rhabdomastix s. str., the above concept had to be modified.…”

“…% J. Starý 2003"). The specimen is micro-pinned on a stage of plant parenchyma, with only left hind leg present; left antenna and apex of abdomen broken off.…”

“…The two subgenera, Lurdia and Rhabdomastix s. str., were compared in the first part of this revision (Starý, 2003). It should be noted that the venational pattern in Rhabdomastix s.…”