Empis (Enoplempis) paraerobatica Sinclair, Brooks & Cumming, 2025, sp. nov.
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Empis (Enoplempis) paraerobatica sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 79E3D7B8-D43C-4301-B255-4428FEEBD63A (Figs 71, 72, 78, 79, 80) Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: “USA: OR: Benton Co., Corvallis,/ Lewisburg Saddle, below Old / Growth Trail, 44°38′32.28″N / 123°17′20.76″W, Malaise trap,/ over creek, 23.iv-6.v.2013, S./ Fitzgerald, CNC350391 ”; “ HOLOTYPE / Empis (Enoplempis) / paraerobatica Sinclair,/ Brooks & Cumming [red label]” (CNC). PARATYPES: USA. California: Butte County: Madrone Lk. [39°38′N 121°24′W], 5.vi.1977, R. O. Schuster, E.C. Toftner (1♂, UCDC). Calaveras County: 8 km NE Dorrington [38°20′N 120°12′W], 24.vi.1963, PHA (1♂, 1♀, CAS). El Dorado County: Blodgett Forest, 13 mi. E Georgetown [38°54′N 120°39′W], 4000–4500 ft, 29.v.1971, El Ali (2♂, EMEC); same data except, 30.v.1975, E. Schlinger (1♂, EMEC); same data except, 1.vi.1975, L. Greene (2♀, EMEC); Blodgett Forest Res. Sta., 15 mi. E Georgetown, 26.v.1973, Ceanothus, R.W. Thorp (1♂, UCDC); Ice House [38°49′N 120°21′W], 26.v.1985 (1♂, CNC). Lassen County: Laufman Sta., 3 mi. SE Milford, [40°08′N 120°20′W], 5100 ft, 17.v.1982, JAP (1♂, EMEC). Mariposa County: Yosemite [37°44′N 119°32′W], 10.vi.1935, ALM (1♂, USNM); same data except, 14.vi.1935 (1♀, USNM); same data except, 16.vi.1935 (2♀, USNM). Placer County: Dutch Flat [39°12′N 120°50′W], 20.v.1952, E.I. Schlinger (1♂, UCDC). Nevada County: Sagehen Ck [39°25′N 120°14′W], 5.vii.1978, L. R. Bronson (1♂, UCDC); same data except, 1920 m, 16–20.vii.1982, P. Timper, #64 (1♂, UCDC); Sagehen Ck nr Hobart Mills [39°26′N 120°12′W], 24.vi.1964, A. Gillogly (1♂, UCRC). Plumas County: Humbug Ck, 3 mi. NW Portola [39°50′N 120°29′W], 5100 ft, 18.v.1982, JAP (1♂, EMEC); Quincy [39°56′N 120°56′W], 28.vi.1964, M.E. Irwin (1♂, UCRC). Trinity County: Hayfork Bally [40°39′N 123°13′W], 5000–6200 ft, 22.v.1973, on fls Prunus emarginata, J. Doyen (1♂, EMEC). Tuolumne County: Strawberry, 11 mi. N [38°17′N 119°58′W], 24.vi.1951, R. W. Morgan (1♂, EMEC); Pinecrest [38°11′N 119°59′W], 22.vii.1948, PHA (1♂, 2♀, USNM); same data except, 24.vi.1948 (1♂, 1♀, USNM); same data except, 407-3, 1.vii.1948 (1♂, USNM). Oregon: Coos County: Rogue R / Siskiyou NF, Coquille R Falls Tr. #1257, ca 42.713657°N 124.022767, 24.v.2014, SJF (1♂, CNC). Diagnosis. This species is only distinguishable from E. (En.) aerobatica on the basis of the male terminalia, where the phallic shaft projects beyond base of apical section of the phallus and the apical phallic section is not tapered, with apex expanded with teeth-like roughened outer margin. Description. Wing length 4.5–5.7 mm. Male. Similar to E. (En.) aerobatica, except as follows: hind tibia with anteroventral digitiform process usually broader, with setae nearly as long or longer than length of process (Fig. 72). Terminalia (Figs 71, 78, 79): cercus slightly longer than half length of epandrium; apex slightly truncate; dorsal margin somewhat concave near mid-length; setae shorter than width of cercus. Epandrial lamella with weakly upturned dorsal margin; posterior margin rounded. Hypandrium long, with tapered, pointed apical margin; without setae. Phallus gradually expanded beyond base, arched with smoothly rounded projection beyond mid-length; apical half not tapered, broad, gently curved, apex expanded with teeth-like roughened outer surface (Fig. 79). Ejaculatory apodeme with lateral apodemes projecting perpendicular at mid-length. Female. Similar to female of E. (En.) aerobatica. Geographical distribution and seasonal occurrence (Fig. 80). Empis (En.) paraerobatica sp. nov. is known from Oregon and California. Adults have been collected from April to July. Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Greek para meaning near and aerobatica, in reference to the similarity with E. (En.) aerobatica. 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 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.019 | 0.015 |
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".