Revision of the Aspistomella group of genera (Diptera: Ulidiidae: Pterocallinae: Lipsanini) Author Kovac, Damir Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, 60325 Germany https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0000 - 2202 - 4052 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8451 - 5500 Author Kameneva, Elena P. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogdan Chmielnicki St. 15, 01054 Kyiv, Ukraine https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7986 - 9942 & Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115 Germany Corresponding author: valery. korneyev @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9631 - 1038 valery.korneyev@gmail.com Author Korneyev, Severyn V. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogdan Chmielnicki St. 15, 01054 Kyiv, Ukraine https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7986 - 9942 & University of California, Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616 USA https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8599 - 7695 & California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California, 95832 - 1448 USA Author Araújo, Alexandre Santos University of São Paulo, “ Luiz de Queiroz ” College of Agriculture, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0245 - 763 X https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9145 - 6059 Author Savaris, Marcoandre University of São Paulo, “ Luiz de Queiroz ” College of Agriculture, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0245 - 763 X https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9145 - 6059 Author Smit, John T. EIS Kenniscentrum Insecten en andere ongewervelden p / a Naturalis Biodiversity Center Postbus 9517 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1568 - 5183 Author Schneider, Alexander Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, 60325 Germany https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0000 - 2202 - 4052 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8451 - 5500 Author Schreiber, Robert Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115 Germany Corresponding author: valery. korneyev @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9631 - 1038 valery.korneyev@gmail.com Author Korneyev, Valery A. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogdan Chmielnicki St. 15, 01054 Kyiv, Ukraine https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7986 - 9942 & Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115 Germany Corresponding author: valery. korneyev @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9631 - 1038 valery.korneyev@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-10-30 5530 1 1 117 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5530.1.1 journal article 308813 10.11646/zootaxa.5530.1.1 ec6e6e8f-cde1-4e9a-8068-4da444bd6d1d 1175-5334 14023149 41376D87-B401-4301-9DDC-54606653881F

TABLE 2. Comparison of measurements of third instar larvae of five species of Aspistomella and Ulivellia (number of specimens examined in brackets).

Larval characters	Aspistomella duo	Aspistomella tres	Aspistomella sp.	Ulivellia tenoris	Ulivellia arcuata
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Larva Total length [mm]	7.5–11.2 (8) M=8.45	8.4–11.8 (10) M=9.9	9.9–10.0 (2)	7.6–12.7 (10) M=9.45	7.1–7.7 (8) M=6.95
Greatest width [mm]	1.8–2.5 (8) M=2.4	2.2–2.9 (10) M=2.75	1.9 (2)	2.5–2.9 (10) M=2–65	1.8–2.1 (8) M=2
Anterior spiracles Number of tubules	22–27 (19) M = 20	19–25 (20) M = 22	22–23 (2)	18–24 (20) M = 21	16–19 (16) M = 17
Pseudocephalon Number of oral ridges Tip of mouth hook	28 (2) blunted	30 (1) blunted	25 (1) blunted	25–28 (2) blunted	29 (1) tapered
Creeping welts (CW): Number of spinules rows in CW1 (first abdominal segment)	3(4)	3(2)	3(1)	5(3)	5(2)
Number of a -rows (anteriorly oriented spinules) in CW3–CW7	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (1)	2–3 (3)	2–3 (2)
Number of b -rows (posteriorly oriented spinules) in CW3–CW7	2 (2)	2 (2)	2 (1)	3 (3)	5–6 (2)
Central row c: continuous or discontinuous	continuous	continuous	continuous	continuous	discontinuous
Large spinules in row d forming single or double row (CW3–CW8) Posterior spiracles	single row	double row	double row	double row	single row
Shape	as in Fig. 9 A	as in Fig. 9 B	as in Fig. 9 F	as in Fig. 9 C	as in Fig. 9 D
Length [mm]	0.4–0. 5 (12) M=0.44	0.5–0.72 (15) M=0.6	0.32	0.58–0.69 (26) M=0.6	0.38–0.48 (18) M=0.4
Width [mm]	0.36–0.48 (12) M=0.42	0.43–0.59 (15) M=0.48	0.28	0.45–0.52 (26) M=0.49	0.29–0.37 (18) M=0.33
Distance between lateral edges of spiracles (= sw, Fig. 9) [mm]	0.72–1.0 (19)	0.93–1.34 (19)	0.7	1.04–1.34 (15)	0.72–0.95
Shortest distance between spiracles (= sd, Fig. 9) [mm]	0.06–0.18 (19)	0.04–0.07 (19)	0.13	0.09–0.15 (15)	0.06–0.93 (10)
Ratio sd/sw	0.07–0.15 M = 0.11	0.03–0.06 M = 0.05	0.19	0.08–0.12 M = 0.09	0.07–0.1 M = 0.08
Cephalopharyngeal skeleton
Total length	1.6–1.7 (2)	1.3 (2)		1.6–1.7 (3)	1.2–1.3 (3)
Preapical tooth	absent (2)	absent (2)		present or absent (3)	present or absent (3)
Mouth hook (Measurements, see Fig. 10)
Mouth hook length a	0.26–0.27 (2)	0.24–0.25 (2)		0.30–0.32 (3)	0.21–0.24 (3)
Mouth hook length b	0.09 (2)	0.08–0.10 (2)		0.10–0.11 (3)	0.05–0.06 (3)
Mouth hook length c	0.14 (2)	0.12 (2)		0.15–0.16 (3)	0.10–0.12 (3)
Mouth hook length d	0.01 (2)	0.01 (2)		0.01–0.02 (3)	0.01 (3)
Mouth hook length e	0.17–0.18 (2)	0.12–0.14 (2)		0.14–0.17 (3)	0.12–0.14 (3)
Mouth hook length f	0.10–0.11 (2)	0.10–0.11 (2)		0.09–0.10 (3)	0.08–0.10 (3)
Mouth hook length f/ mouth hook length e	0.57–0.60 (2)	0.81–0.83 (2)		0.59–0.68 (3)	0.67–0.85 (2)
Hypopharyngeal sclerite: Length/ height ratio	4.0–4.5 (2)	4.5–4.9 (2)		3.6–5.2 (3)	3.8–5.3 (3)