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Issue: Vol. 2400 No. 1: 16 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2400.1.6
Page range: 57–65
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 21

Hurleyella, a new genus of Nearctic Dolichopodidae (Diptera)

Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1648 S. 7th Avenue, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University, Room 50 Marsh Laboratory, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 166, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Diptera long-legged flies Medeterinae micro-dolichopodid Enlinia Harmstonia Microcyrtura Microchrysotus Micromedetera

Abstract

The new micro-dolichopodid genus Hurleyella and two new species, H. cumberlandensis and H. brooksi are described from the Nearctic. Hurleyella resembles the subfamily Medeterinae in having the legs bare of major setae, a depressed posterior mesonotum, and concave dorsal postcranium, but the complex male genitalia is unlike the relatively simple structure of traditional Medeterinae (e.g., Medetera, Thrypyicus, Corindia, etc.). Until the relationship of Hurleyella to other genera can be determined, and the limits of dolichopodid subfamilies refined, it should be considered as incertae sedis.

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