Empis (Enoplempis) nodipoplitea

Sinclair, Bradley J., Brooks, Scott E. & Cumming, Jeffrey M., 2025, Revision of the western Nearctic species of Empis subgenus Enoplempis (Diptera: Empididae), Zootaxa 5615 (1), pp. 1-200 : 112

Empis (Enoplempis) nodipoplitea species group

( Figs 209 , 218–220 )

This group was defined by Sinclair et al. (2013) on the basis of male hindleg chaetotaxy (rows of setae at base of hind tibia, Fig. 220 ), absence of a subepandrial process, hypoproct with inner setae, and male hind femur without row of posterior preapical setae. In addition to the nominal species, this group includes the eastern Nearctic species E. ctenocnema Melander and E. pectinata Sinclair (Appendix 2). On the basis of male terminalia (absence of subepandrial process, hypoproct setose, cercus elongate and medially narrowed), this group is closely related to the E. canaster species group.

Figures

FIGURES 208–209. Known geographical distribution of the E. (Enoplempis) manca and E. (Enoplempis) nodipoplitea species groups. 208, E. (En.) manca Melander, E. (En.) submanca sp. nov. and E. (En.) wilderae sp. nov.; 209, E. (En.) nodipoplitea Steyskal.

FIGURES 218–220. Male habitus and hindleg of E. (Enoplempis) nodipoplitea Steyskal. 218, habitus, lateral view; 219, hindleg, anterior view; 220, hind femur tibia joint, anterior view.