Terrilimosina schmitzi ( Duda, 1918 )

Cao, Wenqiang, Dong, Hui & Yang, Ding, 2025, A review of Terrilimosina Roháček, 1983 (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from China with new records and three new species, ZooKeys 1241, pp. 139-169 : 139-169

Terrilimosina schmitzi ( Duda, 1918)

Figs 1 g , 26 , 27

Limosina (Scotophilella) schmitzi Duda, 1918: 111.

Terrilimosina schmitzi . - Roháček et al. 2001: 273 [World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae]; Su and Liu 2009: 52 [illustr.]; Su 2011: 124–125, 220 [redescription, illustr.]; Dong et al. 2020: 431 [Species Catalog of China].

Material examined.

China: - Beijing: • 1 ♂, Miyunxian, Huayuancun ; 672 m, 3.vi.2018; Ding Yang . - Hebei: • 1 ♂; Zhangjiakou, Heilongshanlinchang, Beigou ; 1421 m, 7.vii.2016; Wenmin Xiao . - Jilin: • 4 ♂, 3 ♀; Wangqing, Cilaoyagou ; 500 m, 3.vii.2023; Yuetian Gao . (all EMCAU).

Diagnosis.

Male S 5 with some setae and membranous posteromedial area (Fig. 27 d ). Surstylus broad, with some long setae at posterior corner and a short posteromedial process (Fig. 27 b ).

Type locality.

Germany, Südharz, Ilfeld.

Distribution.

Austria; Belgium; Canada; China (Beijing, Hebei, Jilin, Liaoning); Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Great Britain; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Latvia; Mongolia; Netherlands; North Korea; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland.

Comments.

Previous Chinese records of this species are from Jilin and Liaoning ( Su and Liu 2009; Su 2011; Dong et al. 2020). Here we present new records from Beijing and Hebei.

Figures

Figure 1. Terrilimosina wings. a. T. bicruris sp. nov.; b. T. dentata sp. nov.; c. T. parasmetanai Su & Liu; d. T. brevipexa Marshall; e. T. parabrevipexa Su & Liu; f. T. maoershanensis Su; g. T. schmitzi (Duda); h. T. deemingi Marshall; i. T. capricornis Su & Liu; j. T. longipexa Marshall; k. T. paralongipexa Hayashi; l. T. nana Hayashi; m. T. unio Marshall; n. T. digitata sp. nov. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Figure 26. T. schmitzi (Duda, 1918) habitus. a. Male lateral; b. Female lateral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 27. T. schmitzi (Duda, 1918) structures of male postabdomen. a. Terminalia posterior; b. Terminalia lateral; c. Phallus and associated structures lateral; d. S 5 ventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.