Pleciidae as a separate family on the basis of the musculature of the male genitalia (Diptera)

O.G. Ovtshinnikova

Abstract. There is no general agreement among authors on whether to rank Pleciidae (Diptera) as a subfamily or a family. The description of the muscles of the male genitalia in Penthetria sp. (Pleciidae, Bibionoidae) and comparison with Bibionidae (Bibionoidae) and Trichoceridae (Trichoceridae) are reported in this paper. Comparative studies confirm Pleciidae to be a separate family (Rohdendorf, 1964, 1977: Krivosheina, Mamaev, 1967; Krivosheina, 1969, 1972, 1986; Nartshuk, 1990).

Zoosystematica Rossica, 1994, 3(1): 149–152 ▪ Published in print 24 August 1994

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