Helina
| Main Authors: | Sorokina, Vera S., Pont, Adrian C. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2011
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6194015 |
Daftar Isi:
- Helina sp. Material examined. 1 female, RUSSIA, Respublika Altai, Kosh-Agachskiy rayon, verkhov’ya r. Naryn-Gol [upper River Naryn-Gol], 2520 m, 49 o 49 'N 89 o 32 'E, na surchinakh [from Marmot burrows], 15–19.vii. 2009, V. Sorokina (SZNM). Comments. Apparently an undescribed species, with the following characters: a slender, brown-dusted species; 2 pairs of orbital setae; antenna black; arista plumose; palpus black; without prst acr setae; dc 2 + 4; pra short, less than half length of 2 nd notopleural; prosternum bare; notopleuron without setulae; katepisternals 2 + 2; meron bare; scutellum bare ventrally; costa with strong setulae on the section between humeral cross-vein and tip of subcosta; costal spine as long as crossvein r-m; vein R 4 + 5 bare; legs wholly black; fore tibia with a p seta; mid tibia with 1 ad and 2 pd, no ventrals; hind femur without pv, with an av row, weak in basal half; hind tibia with 1 short pd in basal half, 3 ad, 2 av; abdominal spots on tergites 3 and 4 weak. This species was probably an adventitious visitor to the Marmot burrow, probably seeking shelter from the wind.
- Published as part of Sorokina, Vera S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2011, Fanniidae and Muscidae (Insecta, Diptera) associated with burrows of the Altai Mountains Marmot (Marmota baibacina baibacina Kastschenko, 1899) in Siberia, with the description of new species, pp. 31-44 in Zootaxa 3118 on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201540