Aprionus forshagei
- Dataset
- New species and new distribution records of Lestremiinae, Micromyinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Sweden
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Jaschhof, Mathias, Jaschhof, Catrin (2015): New species and new distribution records of Lestremiinae, Micromyinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Sweden. Zootaxa 3973 (1): 159-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.6
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Cecidomyiidae
- genus
- Aprionus
- species
- Aprionus forshagei
diagnosis
Diagnosis. This species belongs to the Aprionus flavidus (Winnertz) group of species, whose members are characterized by the gonostylus subdivided in two lobe-like portions, the ventrobasal portion is thick and convex, the dorsoapical portion is more narrow and elongate. Between both portions are 1 – 2 spines of varying size and shape (Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2009). In A. forshagei, the gonostylus has 1 straight, blunt-ended spine (↓) situated between two lobe-like portions subequal in size; the dorsoapical portion bears 1 slightly bent apical spine and 2 – 3 subapical bristles. The tegmen is long, narrow and tapered apically; the apex is covered with tiny spikes (↓); tegmen fingers, arranged in 1 – 2 pairs, are small and inconspicuous. The subanal plate is largely membranous and can be perceived only because its posterior margin and anterolateral edges are slightly sclerotized (darkened).
etymology
Etymology. This species is named after Mattias Forshage, Stockholm.
materials_examined
Holotype. Male (CEC 76), Sweden, Östergötland, Ödeshög, Omberg, Storpissan Nature Reserve, old-growth Norway spruce forest, 18 June – 20 July 2009, Malaise trap, M. & C. Jaschhof (in NHRS).
Name
- Homonyms
- Aprionus forshagei