Stratiomys brunettii sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 64AD3057-6EA2-47B8-9EEC-C5C3B63F3A0C Figs 4–5 Diagnosis The new species appears distinct among its congeners in having upcurved scutellar spines nearly perpendicular to the body axis. The species is somewhat similar to the Oriental species S. micropilosa (Brunetti, 1920) but has upcurved scutellar spines nearly perpendicular to the body axis, all tibiae are nearly completely yellow, the postocular area is relatively expanded, and black sternites with wide yellow margins are joined laterally, as opposed to the scutellar spines not upright, all tibiae are nearly completely black, the postocular area is not expanded that much, the sternites are yellow-orange with lateral dark spots and no dark continuous bands in addition to the other characters stated below. Etymology This species is named in memory of Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti (1862–1927), for his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the systematics of the Indian Diptera. Type material Holotype INDIA • ♂; Jammu and Kashmir, Dist. Kulgam, Kongwattan Meadow; 33°36′03″ N, 74°46′50″ E; alt. 2346 m; 28 Jul. 2020; A.A. Wachkoo leg.; GCSI A_Wachkoo00044. Paratypes INDIA – Jammu and Kashmir • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Dist. Kulgam, Aharbal; 33°38′56″ N, 74°46′55″ E; alt. 2266 m; 18 Jun. 2021; A.A. Wachkoo leg.; GCSI A_Wachkool00045 to A_Wachkool00047 • 1 ♂; Dist. Baramulla, Gulmarg Nagbal; 34°03′09.5″ N, 74°24′00″ E; alt. 2697 m; 10 Aug. 2020; S.F. Yatoo leg.; CUZM S_Yatool00012 • 1 ♀; Dist. Baramulla, Ladi Angan; 34°13′47.02″ N, 74°16′27.64″ E; alt. 2274 m; 18 Aug. 2020; S.F. Yatoo leg.; CUZM S_Yatool00013 • 1 ♀; Dist. Baramulla, Rafiabad, Hamam Forest; 34°16′45″ N, 74°11′35.03″ E; alt. 2174 m; 15 Aug. 2021; A. Maqbool leg.; CUZM A_Maqbool00014. Additional material INDIA • 1 ♂; NW Himalayas, Kashmir, Sonamarg; alt. 9000 ft; 17–23 Jun. 1921; stn 7 Kashmir Survey Collection; ZSI 9824 /H2 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ZSI 9826 /H2. Images match our specimens, but we have not examined the actual specimens. Description Male (Fig. 4) MEASUREMENTS. Body length, 12.35–13.26 mm; wing length, 9.85–11.33 mm. HEAD. Black, dorsally hemispherical, elliptical in anterior view, suboval in lateral view, ocellar triangle black (Fig. 4E–F); eye bare, facets markedly smaller in lower third; antenna long, black, flagellum with 5 flagellomeres, flagellum longer than scape and pedicel combined, apical flagellomere dull, relative lengths of scape: pedicel: flagellum = 3: 1: 5 (Fig. 4G); face smooth with fine punctations, rugulose in lower middle portion (Fig. 4D); oral margin broadly black with black colouration continuing on gena below eye; face with long whitish yellow pilosity; lower frons above antenna shiny black, finely punctate with long whitish yellow pilosity; median line between eyes with tuft of small black setae longer and brownish behind ocellar tubercle; vertex with brownish yellow pilosity (Fig. 4E–F); face yellow with broad median stripe, narrowing toward oral margin and there merging into black oral margin (Fig. 4C– E); postocular rim narrow, yellow and swollen in lower third; back of head mainly black only with some yellow from postocular rim continuing to back of head; occiput pilose (Fig. 4F). THORAX. Entirely black and coarse with yellowish white, woolly pilosity (Fig. 4H); pilosity longer and denser on sides (Fig. 4I); scutellum mostly yellow with yellowish or brownish yellow upcurved scutellar spines nearly perpendicular to body axis (Fig. 4J); wing hyaline, large veins brownish with slightly bronze tinge, smaller veins dark brown; veins R4 and R5 ending well before wing apex; veins M 2, M 3 and M 4 curved, ending far before wing margin; vein r-m

Published as part of Yatoo, Suhaib Firdous, Maqbool, Amir & Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, 2023, A review of the genus Stratiomys Geoffroy (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from India with description of a new species, pp. 1-13 in European Journal of Taxonomy 910 on pages 7-11, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.910.2353, http://zenodo.org/record/10245192