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Revision of the Hesperempis genus group (Diptera: Empidoidea: Empididae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2013

Jeffrey M. Cumming ,
Scott E. Brooks  and
Toyohei Saigusa
Jeffrey M. Cumming*
Affiliation:
Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6
Scott E. Brooks
Affiliation:
Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6
Toyohei Saigusa
Affiliation:
Baikoen 2-7-1-402, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi 810-0035 Japan
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: Jeff.Cumming@agr.gc.ca).
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Abstract

The Hesperempis genus group is revised. The group includes Dryodromia Rondani and Hesperempis Melander, with Melanderalus Özdikem and Başar and Toreus Melander newly synonymised with Hesperempis, newsynonymy. Dryodromia includes D. testacea Rondani from the western Palaearctic and D. yunnanica Cumming and Saigusa new species from southwestern China. Hesperempis includes H. anatolica Cumming and Brooks new species, H. mabelae (Melander), H. neomexicana (Melander) newcombination, H. sanduca Melander, and H. vespera Cumming and Brooks new species from the Nearctic Region, as well as H. melina Cumming and Saigusa new species, H. nipponica Cumming and Saigusa new species, and H. sibirica Shamshev from the Palaearctic Region. A key to the two genera and 10 species is provided, and a cladistic analysis is presented. A new interpretation of the homologies of the male terminalia is proposed for this lineage, and the phylogenetic relationships and zoogeographic history of the group are discussed.

Résumé

Le groupe du genre Hesperempis est révisé. Le groupe comprend Dryodromia Rondani et Hesperempis Melander, avec Melanderalus Özdikem et Başar (=Toreus Melander) en tant que nouveau synonyme de Hesperempis, nouvelle synonymie.Dryodromia comprend D. testacea Rondani du Paléarctique occidental et D. yunnanica Cumming et Saigusa nouvelle espèce du sud-ouest de la Chine. Hesperempis comprend H. anatolica Cumming et Brooks nouvelle espèce, H. mabelae (Melander), H. neomexicana (Melander) nouvelle combinaison, H. sanduca Melander et H. vespera Cumming et Brooks nouvelle espèce de la région néarctique, ainsi que H. melina Cumming et Saigusa nouvelle espèce, H. nipponica Cumming et Saigusa nouvelle espèce et H. sibirica Shamshev de la région paléarctique. On présente une clé pour les deux genres et les 10 espèces, ainsi qu'une analyse cladistique. Une nouvelle interprétation de l'homologie des appendices terminaux mâles est proposée pour cette lignée, suivie d'une discussion sur les relations phylogénétiques et la zoogéographie historique du groupe.

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Systematics & Morphology
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 146 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 170 - 210
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Copyright © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2013 

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Subject editor: Bradley Sinclair

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