Hydrotaea kashmirana Pont, 1976

Vikhrev, Nikita E., 2024, Review of Hydrotaea dentipes species group (Diptera, Muscidae), Amurian Zoological Journal XVI (4), pp. 1008-1020 : 1015

Hydrotaea kashmirana Pont, 1976

Fig. 6

NEPAL: Rasuwa distr. , Dhunche env., 28.098 ° N, 85.318 ° E, 2000 m, 7– 9.06.2017, A. Ozerov. A. Medvedev, 6♂, 7♀ ; Mustang distr. , Muktinath env., 28.82 ° N, 83.86 ° E, 3600 m, 1– 9.07.2017, A. Medvedev, 9♂, 11♀ .

Distribution. Known from India (Kashmir) and Nepal.

Remarks. As follows from the original publication ( Pont 1975), H. kashmirana has bare eyes, while my specimens from Nepal have hairy eyes. Dr. Nigel Wyatt, curator of Diptera of the Natural History Museum, London, UK, kindly reexamined the holotype and confirmed that eyes are hairy, though the hairs are short and sparse, exactly as shown in Figs. 5–7.

Hydrotaea lalashanensis Shinonaga, 2006

Described from Taiwan, from a single male from an elevation of 1600 m. According to Shinonaga (Shinonaga 2006), it is related to H. cyrtoneurina Zetterstedt, 1845 but differs from it by 2+3 instead of 2+4 dc.

Hydrotaea lasiopa Emden, 1965

Described from Burma, Kambaiti, 7000 feet (= Myanmar, Kan Paik Ti, 25.40 ° N 98.12 ° E, 2100 m), from three female specimens with strong prst ac, vein M apically curved, t3 with strong pd. Eyes described as ‘densely long-haired’, which is atypical for females. Emden ( Emden 1965: 328–329) compared his species with H. cyrtoneurina .