Fauna of New Zealand 71: Fanniidae (Insecta: Diptera) - Material and methods
Domínguez, MC; Pont, AC 2014. Fauna of New Zealand. 71, 91 pages.
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ISSN 0111-5383 (print),
ISSN 1179-7193 (online)
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no.
71.
ISBN 978-0-478-34745-6 (print),
ISBN 978-0-478-34746-3 (online)
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Published 30 Jun 2014
ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/References/1B70674A-0283-4696-80A8-03BC38ED4B28
DOI: 0.7931/J2/FNZ.71
Materials and methods
The material used in this study is located in the following museums:
ANIC Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, Australia
BMNH Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
CNC Canadian National Collection, Ottawa, Canada
CMC Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand
IADIZA Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Áridas, CCT-Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
LSL Linnean Society, London, United Kingdom
LUNZ Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
NMW Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
NZAC New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
NMNZ Museum of New Zealand (formerly National Museum), Wellington, New Zealand
OUMNH Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, United Kingdom
SDEI Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany
SMT Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany
Synonymy and literature are given only insofar as they refer to the New Zealand species.
Label data of primary types are presented verbatim and are enclosed within quotation marks, with a forward slash (/) used to indicate a change of line and a semi-colon (;) a change in label.
Species distributions are based on examined material and reliable published records. Countries and localities are given in full. Abbreviations for the regions of New Zealand follow the area codes of Crosby et al. (1998) as follows: AK—Auckland; BP—Bay of Plenty; HB—Hawke’s Bay; KA—Kaikoura; MB—Marlborough; MC—Mid Canterbury; ND—Northland; NN—Nelson; SD—Marlborough Sounds; SL—Southland; TO—Taupo; WN—Wellington; WO—Waikato; AU—Auckland Islands; CA—Campbell Island; CH—Chatham Islands; SN—Snares Islands; TH—Three Kings Islands.
Adult morphological terminology mainly follows McAlpine (1981), with the exception of the following genitalic terms: pregonite and postgonite (paramere and gonopod of McAlpine). Postpedicel is used for antennal flagellomere 1 (or 3rd antennal segment) (Stuckenberg 1999), and oviscapt is used for ovipositor (following contemporary practice). Morphological terminology for the larvae is based on Holloway (1985).
Measurements are expressed as follows:
body length: anterior margin of head (frons), excluding antenna, to apex of abdomen;
frontal width: narrowest distance between eye margins;
vitta width: measured at uppermost pair of frontal setae;
parafacial width: relative to width of postpedicel at its base;
shape of postpedicel: length/width;
shape of fore femur: length/width;
length of ventral pubescence of mid tibia: relative to tibial width;
shape of hind femur: length/width.
For examination of the terminalia, the abdomen was removed from a dry specimen and left soaking overnight in 10% KOH. The male postabdominal structures were separated from the rest of the abdomen, and the female oviscapt was extended with a fine pin. The abdomen and dissected parts were then transferred to ethanol, and then to glycerine. Examination and illustration of genitalic structures was made using a compound microscope and squared eyepiece. After examination, the terminalia and the rest of the abdomen were placed in glycerine in a plastic microvial and pinned directly under the source specimen. Other illustrations were made using a stereomicroscope combined with a camera lucida. Scales are indicated in each drawing, except when scales were absent in the original illustration.Other illustrations were made using a stereomicroscope.