Skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in Tanyderidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of the Southern Hemisphere

The structure of the male terminalia and their musculature of species of tanyderid genera Araucoderus Alexander, 1929 from Chile and Nothoderus Alexander, 1927 from Tasmania are examined and compared with each other and with published data on the likely relatives. The overall pattern of male termina...

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Main Authors: Olga G. Ovtshinnikova, Tatiana V. Galinskaya, Elena D. Lukashevich
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Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-12-01
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Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/29032/download/pdf/
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author Olga G. Ovtshinnikova
Tatiana V. Galinskaya
Elena D. Lukashevich
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Tatiana V. Galinskaya
Elena D. Lukashevich
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description The structure of the male terminalia and their musculature of species of tanyderid genera Araucoderus Alexander, 1929 from Chile and Nothoderus Alexander, 1927 from Tasmania are examined and compared with each other and with published data on the likely relatives. The overall pattern of male terminalia of both genera is similar to those of most Southern Hemisphere genera, with simple curved gonostyli, lobe-like setose parameres, and setose cerci inconspicuous under the epandrium. Both genera have terminalia similarly rotated by 180° (and 90° as an intermediate stage); rotation may be either clockwise or counterclockwise. However, the similar patterns are realized differently: segment VIII is the decreased and asymmetrical due to completely membranose tergite VIII in Nothoderus (the first record of such modification in Tanyderidae), but narrow and symmetrical in Araucoderus. Accordingly, pregenital muscles are very different between the genera. Based on localization of muscle attachment sites, the hypandrial origin of the stripe between gonocoxites is shown in both genera, and entire membranization of tergite VIII and partial membranization of hypoproct is shown in Nothoderus. Tanyderidae are characterized by highly specialized sclerites and muscles of male terminalia and provide no evidence of relationship with previously studied members of Psychodidae, Blephariceridae and Ptychopteridae.
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spelling doaj.art-6da283fb6b854f32aa3c22983e46146c2022-12-22T02:39:57ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702018-12-01809557710.3897/zookeys.809.2903229032Skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in Tanyderidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of the Southern HemisphereOlga G. Ovtshinnikova0Tatiana V. Galinskaya1Elena D. Lukashevich2Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesScientific-Methodological Department of Entomology, All-Russian Plant Quarantine CenterBorissiak Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of SciencesThe structure of the male terminalia and their musculature of species of tanyderid genera Araucoderus Alexander, 1929 from Chile and Nothoderus Alexander, 1927 from Tasmania are examined and compared with each other and with published data on the likely relatives. The overall pattern of male terminalia of both genera is similar to those of most Southern Hemisphere genera, with simple curved gonostyli, lobe-like setose parameres, and setose cerci inconspicuous under the epandrium. Both genera have terminalia similarly rotated by 180° (and 90° as an intermediate stage); rotation may be either clockwise or counterclockwise. However, the similar patterns are realized differently: segment VIII is the decreased and asymmetrical due to completely membranose tergite VIII in Nothoderus (the first record of such modification in Tanyderidae), but narrow and symmetrical in Araucoderus. Accordingly, pregenital muscles are very different between the genera. Based on localization of muscle attachment sites, the hypandrial origin of the stripe between gonocoxites is shown in both genera, and entire membranization of tergite VIII and partial membranization of hypoproct is shown in Nothoderus. Tanyderidae are characterized by highly specialized sclerites and muscles of male terminalia and provide no evidence of relationship with previously studied members of Psychodidae, Blephariceridae and Ptychopteridae.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/29032/download/pdf/
spellingShingle Olga G. Ovtshinnikova
Tatiana V. Galinskaya
Elena D. Lukashevich
Skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in Tanyderidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of the Southern Hemisphere
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title Skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in Tanyderidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of the Southern Hemisphere
title_full Skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in Tanyderidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of the Southern Hemisphere
title_fullStr Skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in Tanyderidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of the Southern Hemisphere
title_full_unstemmed Skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in Tanyderidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of the Southern Hemisphere
title_short Skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in Tanyderidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of the Southern Hemisphere
title_sort skeleton and musculature of the male abdomen in tanyderidae diptera nematocera of the southern hemisphere
url https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/29032/download/pdf/
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