Empis (Enoplempis) scutica Sinclair, Brooks & Cumming, 2025, sp. nov.
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Empis (Enoplempis) scutica sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2103BBBB-6965-4277-BA06-298BE43A18D1 (Figs 224–226, 233, 234, 237) Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: “ WASHINGTON: Asotin Co. / Fields’ Spr SP [46°4′N 117°10′W]/ 4 mi S. Anatone, 3500-/ 4000 ft., VI-(12-23)-74”; “dry ice/ Malaise Trap ”; “ W.J. Turner / Collector”; “ HOLOTYPE / Empis (Enoplempis) / scutica Sinclair,/ Brooks & Cumming [red label]” (WSU). PARATYPES: USA. Idaho: Latah County: Troy [46°44′N 116°46′W], 31.v (1♂, USNM). Nez Perce County: Coyote Grade [46.4477°N 116.8479°W], 18.iv.1979, D.J. Schotzko (2♂, WFBM). Oregon: Wallowa County: 7 km E Minam [45°36′N 117°36′W], 9.vi.1971, D.N. Ferro (1♂, WSU). Washington: Asotin County: Fields Spring SP [46°4′N 117°10′W], 14.vi.1972, dry ice MT, WJT (1♂, WSU); same data as holotype except, 26.v.1974 (1♂, WSU); same data except, 7.vi.1973 (1♂, WSU). Whitman County: Almocli Ck, nr Almota [46°42′N 117°28′W], 15.v.1975, D.M. Jackson (1♂, WSU); 8 mi. SW Pullman [46°43′N 117°11ʹW], Lyle Grove Biol. Area, 2100 ft, 26.v.1979, sweep, WJT (8♂, 3♀, WFBM); same data except, MT (1♂, WSU); same data except, S. Woods (1♂, WSU); same data except, 27.v.1979 (3♂, WSU); same data except, 28.v.1979 (4♂, 3♀, CNC); same data except, 30.v.1979 (1♂, 1♀, WSU); same data except, 1.vi.1979 (3♂, 2♀, WSU); same data except, 4.vi.1979 (1♂, 1♀, WSU); same data except, 4–6.vi.1979 (2♀, WSU); same data except, 6–8.vi.1979 (1♂, 1♀, WSU); same data except, 8–13.vi.1979 (1♂, WSU); same data except, 25–27.vi.1979 (1♂, WSU); same data except, 28.vi.1979 (2♂, WSU). Additional material examined. USA. Idaho: Moscow, J.M. Aldrich (1♂, USNM; paralectotype of E. teres). Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from other species of the E. (En.) teres species group by four brown scutal vittae (outer vittae sometimes faint), male hind femur with ventral process with tuft of whip-like setae and epandrium with short, straight setae. Description. Wing length 4.8–5.8 mm. Male. Similar to E. (En.) teres, except as follows: head with postpedicel long and tapered, 3× longer than basal width. Thorax dark brown in ground-colour, densely grey pruinescent. Scutum with median pair of narrow brown vittae between setal rows, with outer, broader pair of brown vittae, sometimes faint; 1–2 posterior npl. Hind femur with white ventral pile on basal three-quarters; apical fourth straight slightly swollen, ventral process digitiform, projecting posteriorly with apical whip-like tuft of black setae, subequal to length of process and pointed lobe projecting anteriorly near mid-length; preapical ventral swelling with short, clustered setae on either end, with posteroventral cluster of longer, strong setae; apex without preapical row of posterior setae; without strong preapical anterior seta (Figs 225, 226). Hind tibia narrowed and slightly twisted at base; anteroventral digitiform process with bifid apex, with appressed setae on distal tip; posteroventral process subequal in length to anteroventral process, bifid with tufts of apical, appressed setae; ventral setae distal to processes dense, erect; long anterodorsal and posterodorsal setae on apical half, nearly twice as long as width of tibia (Figs 224–226). Hind tarsus similar to fore tarsus with long dorsal setae and slightly swollen tarsomere 1. Terminalia (Figs 233, 234): brown with phallus paler. Cercus short, triangular, tapered posteriorly; dorsal margin sculptured, uneven; dense setae basally; setae shorter than width of cercus; base weakly fused to epandrial lamella. Subepandrial process extending on either side of phallus, with apex narrowed and outturned. Epandrial lamella narrow, linear, longer than height; posterior margin strongly upturned; bearing long setae ventrally, subequal to width of lamella. Hypandrium very short, truncate, not prolonged laterally; without setae. Phallus (Fig. 234) with extreme base expanded, otherwise narrow, gently arched anteriorly; apex emerging beyond cercus; apex slender and downcurved in lateral view; roughened, spiculate on apical fifth, near dorsal margin of epandrium; ejaculatory apodeme oval, half-length of epandrium, Y-shaped, with ventrally positioned lateral apodemes. Female. Similar to female of E. (En.) teres. Geographical distribution and seasonal occurrence (Fig. 237). Empis (En.) scutica sp. nov. is known from eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and Idaho. Adults have been collected from April to June. Etymology. The species name is Latin for whip, in reference to the elongate whip-like setal tuft on the preapical ventral lobe of the male hind femur of this species. Nuptial gift presentation. Form unknown.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.004 | 0.003 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.004 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.031 | 0.022 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".