Kvifte Gunnar Mikalsen, Bernal Ximena E
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 913 West State Street, IN-47906 West Lafayette, USA Purdue University West Lafayette United States of America.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Panamá, República de Panamá Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Balboa Panama.
Zookeys. 2018 Nov 5(795):39-48. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.795.28543. eCollection 2018.
Kvifte & Bernal, is described based on one male and six female specimens collected at 2200 m a.s.l. on Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. The species is the fourth species of frog-biting midge described from this country and appears similar to Belkin based on pigmentation of legs and abdominal tergites. It differs from , however, in the shape of female flagellomeres I-III, and in the thorax which has a dark brown vertical stripe. The new species is named for its sexually dimorphic flagellomeres, which are short and squat in the female and elongate in the male. These differences in morphological characters are discussed in light of the likely sexual differences in functional uses of the antennae, as males use them for mating only whereas females use them both for mating and prey location. An emended key is presented to the described Australopapuan species of Corethrellidae.
基夫特按蚊和贝尔纳尔按蚊是根据在巴布亚新几内亚威廉山海拔2200米处采集的1只雄性和6只雌性标本描述的。该物种是该国描述的第四种咬蛙蠓,基于腿部和腹部背板的色素沉着,它看起来与贝尔金按蚊相似。然而,它与贝尔金按蚊的不同之处在于雌性鞭节I - III的形状,以及胸部有一条深棕色垂直条纹。这个新物种因其两性异形的鞭节而得名,雌性鞭节短而粗,雄性鞭节细长。根据触角功能使用中可能存在的性别差异,对这些形态特征的差异进行了讨论,因为雄性仅将触角用于交配,而雌性则将触角用于交配和猎物定位。文中给出了一个修订后的检索表,用于已描述的澳大拉西亚-巴布亚地区的毛蠓科物种。