Table 2.
Comparative morphological characters of Asiodiplosis and Halodiplosis species in Israel. (Flag/s. = flagellommere/s).
| Character |
Asiodiplosis
largifica |
Asiodiplosis
paradoxa |
Asiodiplosis
admirabilis |
Asiodiplosis bimoda | Asiodiplosis stellata |
Asiodiplosis
pillosaeconspicua |
Asiodiplosis
mohicana |
Asiodiplosis mucronata | Asiodiplosis delicatula | Halodiplosis fugax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female wing length (mm) | 1.50–2.26 | 1.28–2.37 | 1.60–2.50 | 1.75–2.69 | 1.58–3.10 | 1.26–2.15 | 2.13–3.01 | 2.57–3.02 | 2.54–2.94 | 1.75 |
| Male wing length (mm) | 1.76–2.69 | 1.45–2.35 | 1.62–2.65 | 2.12–2.86 | 2.62–3.66 | 1.70–2.45 | 2.28–2.90 | 2.51–3.02 | 2.76–3.04 | 1.35 |
| Male flag. Number | 11–12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11–12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Female flag. Number | 11–12 | 11–12 | 10–11 | 11 | 11–12 | 11–12 | 11–12 | 11–12 | 11 | 12 |
| Apical flags. Fused? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Male flag. Necks | Successively longer along proximal half | Successively longer along proximal half | Same length throughout antenna | Same length throughout antenna | Successively longer | Same length throughout antenna |
Same length throughout antenna | Somewhat successively longer | Successively longer | Same length throughout antenna |
| Length of circumfilar loops | Half length of node | As long as node | Half length of node | Half length of node | As long as node | Half length of node |
Half length of node | Half length of node | Half length of node | Half length of node |
| Female flag. constriction | In flags. 1–5 | In flags. 1–3 | In flags. 2–5 | In flags. 2–7 | In flags. 1–7 | In flags. 1–5 | Slight or none | In flags. 1–11 | In flags. 2–7 | In flags. 1–12 |
| Female flag. necks | Flags 1–5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flags 1–7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flags 1–7 | Not really |
| Apical flag. projection | No | No | Yes | Occasionally slight | No | No | Occasionally slight | Occasionally slight | Yes | No |
| Setae on frontoclypeal membrane (each side) | 4–8 female 5–14 male |
5–6 | 1–2 | 5–7 | 5–12 female 15–20 male |
2–4 female 3–6 male |
5–6 | 1 | 3–8 | 3–4 |
| Ovipositor length | 13.2–21.2 | 5.6–16.9 | 8.58–11.31 | 9.01–15.13 | 9.31–13.04 | 6.16–13.60 | 8.4–13.9 | 9.2–11.8 | 6.46–16.21 | 11.8 |
| Ovipositor setae (segment 9) | 0.3 as long as Oviopositor width | As long as Oviopositor width | 0.5 as long as Ovipositor width | 0.5–0.7 as long as ovipositor width | 0.3 as long as ovipositor width | 0.3 as long as ovipositor width | 0.5–1 as long as ovipositor width | 0.5–1 as long as ovipositor width | Much longer than ovipositor width | 0.3 as long as ovipositor width |
| Male cerci, shape, and setation | Separate on distal half. 5–6 setae |
Separate apically. 3 setae | Separate apically. 3–4 setae | Separate to base | Separate at very top | Separate at very top | Almost completely fused | Completely fused | Separate apically | Separate apically |
| Male hypoproct, shape and, setation (on each side) | Longitudinal division. Wide; 10 setae |
Longitudinal division. Narrow; 3 setae |
Longitudinal division. Wide; 3–4 setae |
Longitudinal division. Wide; 3 setae |
Slight division. Wide; many setae |
Slight division. Wide; many setae |
Longitudinal division. Wide; 3 setae |
Longitudinal division. Narrow; parallel-sided 3–4 setae |
Longitudinal division. Rectangualr; apical “teeth” | Separate to base; without apical setae |
| Spatula | Rudimentary | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes |
| Pupal “horns” | No | Yes | No | No | Minute tips | Minute tips | No. posterior lobe | No | No | Unknown |