Revision of Key to World species of Chaetolonchaea from Mon, 2012-10-29 10:41

Key to World species
of Chaetolonchaea

(After McAlpine 1982)

1. Entire body dulled by silver-grey pollinosity, eye hairs relatively short  …….2

-- Body mainly subshining black, eye hairs long to short   …..  3

2.
Prescutellar area (between base of scutellum and transverse row of strong
scutal setae) with 1-3 setulae, antennal flagellomere approx. twice as long as
wide, male frons silvery pruinose (NE China)
….  pruinosa Morge

--
Prescutellar area bare, antennal flagellomere 1.25 – 1.4 times as long as wide,
male frons dull greyish pruinose (NE China) …
pellicula
Morge

3. Orbital
plate with one or more setulae, eye hairs very long in both sexes,
katepisternum usually with 3 strong setae, hind femur usually with 4-5
outstanding anteroventral setae, large, coarsely bristled, densely long
setulose species (Europe) …….. dasyops (Meigen)

--  Orbital plate bare, eye hairs short at least
in females, usually with 2 katepisternal setae, hind femur with 1-2
anteroventral setae, usually smaller body with sparser and shorter setulae  …….    
4

4. Eye hairs
long, in male about as long as the width of the parafacial, in female
distinctly longer than the width of an ommatidium, easily seen  ……..  5

--  Eye hairs short, in male much shorter than
the width of the parafacial, in female not or scarcely longer than the width of
an ommatidium, sparse and scarcely discernable 
…….  6

  1. Wing
    narrow, scarcely 1/3 as wide as it is long, wing membrane and fringes of
    calypteres brownish-yellow, abdomen relatively slender  (Russian far east) ……. gracilis Czerny

--  Wing broad, distinctly more than 1/3 as wide
as long, wing membrane and fringes of calypteres pale yellow  (N. America)  …..  americana
McAlpine

6. Frontal
carina unusually broad, at narrowest point between bases of antennae fully 2/3
as wide as parafacial, prescutellar area with approx. 6-7 setulae, wing
membrane orange-yellow especially at base (Europe) …….  brevipilosa Czerny

--  Frontal carina narrow at narrowest point
between bases of antennae scarcely 1/3 as wide as parafacial, prescutellar area
with approx. 2-4 setulae, wing membrane creamy yellow (Europe)  ……………  pallipennis
(Zetterstedt)

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith