Rediscovery of Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) incapax Starý, 2005 (Diptera, Limoniidae), a crane fly species flightless in both sexes and probably endemic to Sardinia

By

Stary, Jaroslav
Roháček, Jindřich

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

498

Pages

93-101

Subjects

behaviour , crane fly , Diptera , Ecology , Limoniidae , new female , Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) incapax , wing reduction

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.498.9446

 

Abstract

Rediscovery of Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) incapax Starý, 2005 in Sardinia made it possible to update the description of the male and to provide the first description of the female of this species. Notes on the wing reduction, ecology, and behaviour of this species are appended.