2021
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.1
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Penthetria Meigen (Diptera: Bibionidae): Revision of the New World species and world catalog

Abstract: The New World species of Penthetria Meigen are revised. Eight species are recognized: P. appendicula Hardy, P. arizonensis Fitzgerald n. sp., P. distincta Hardy, P. dolichopeza Fitzgerald n. sp., P. heteroptera (Say), P. mexicana (Hardy), P. neonigrita Fitzgerald n. sp., and P. yakima Fitzgerald n. sp.. Penthetria heros Say and P. nigerrima (Bellardi) are considered unrecognized (nomen dubium) and P. nigrita Perty is transferred to the genus Plecia Wiedemann, where it is a junior synonym of Plecia plagiata Wie… Show more

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“…Here Penthetria funebris is the only species of the genus in which males have brachypterous wings (Figs 2A, 3A), so only the females are able to fly, having normally developed wings (Fitzgerald 2021). The male head is illustrated in Fig 2B and the male terminalia in Fig.…”
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“…Here Penthetria funebris is the only species of the genus in which males have brachypterous wings (Figs 2A, 3A), so only the females are able to fly, having normally developed wings (Fitzgerald 2021). The male head is illustrated in Fig 2B and the male terminalia in Fig.…”
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“…There are 36 Penthetria species distributed in the Neotropical, Oriental, Nearctic and Palearctic regions, and only 2 species are known from Europe, namely Penthetria funebris Meigen, 1804 and Penthetria heteroptera (Say, 1823) (Fitzgerald 2021). The latter was recorded only once in Germany, and probably accidentally introduced from the Nearctic region (Fitzgerald and Werner 2004).…”
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