Flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of French Polynesia, with the description of two new species
Author
Ramage, Thibault
8DE31F66-13BF-4516-A205-60F2EA39E3DD
9 Quartier de la Glacière, 29900 Concarneau, France.
thibault.ramage@hotmail.fr
Author
Charlat, Sylvain
A9AE69C2-039D-47FD-9DD2-B34C4363CB71
Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, CNRS (UMR 5558), Université Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.
sylvain.charlat@univ-lyon1.fr
Author
Mengual, Ximo
A509310D-B567-4830-B8A4-BCB139BB8768
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany.
x.mengual@leibniz-zfmk.de
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-07-04
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journal article
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Allograpta nigripilosa
(
Hull, 1944
)
Figs 2C
,
3
E–F
Xanthogramma nigripilosa
Hull, 1944: 52
(
holotype
: ♂, BMNH; type locality: Tahiti,
French Polynesia
).
Differential diagnosis
Extremely similar to
A. amphotera
, but it has a different microtrichia pattern on the wings, as stated in the key.
Material examined
Holotype
FRENCH POLYNESIA
:
♂
, “
HOLOTYPE
//
XANTHOGRAMMA
//
nigropilosa
//
Hull
” [red], “Holo- // type” [round, red margin], “
Society Is.
//
Tahiti
. //
5.5.25
//
L.E.Cheesman.
//
B.M.1925–464
.” (
BMNH
).
Paratypes
FRENCH POLYNESIA
:
2 ♂♂
,
Society Islands
,
Raiatea
,
29 May 1925
,
L.E. Cheesman
leg. (
BMNH
);
1 ♂
,
Tahiti
,
5 May 1925
,
L.E. Cheesman
leg. (
BMNH
)
.
Other material
FRENCH POLYNESIA
:
Society Islands
:
7 ♂♂
,
Raiatea
,
29 May 1925
,
L.E. Cheesman
leg. (
BMNH
);
1 ♀
,
Raiatea
,
Opoa
,
Aratao
, 2015,
F. Jacq
leg. (
ZFMK
:
ZFMK-DIP-00019705
);
1 ♀
,
Moorea
,
Opunohu
,
Trois Cocotiers Trail
,
17°33′00″ S
,
149°50′15″ W
,
420 m
a.s.l.,
2 Dec. 2006
,
Malaise trap
,
S. Charlat
leg. (
ZFMK
: symbiocode_03846,
ZFMK-DIP-00046221
);
1 ♂
,
Taha’a
,
Paripari
,
16°35′20.29″ S
,
151°31′47.16″ W
,
30 m
a.s.l.,
29 Sep. 2012
,
T. Ramage
leg. (
ZFMK
:
ZFMK-DIP-00019704
);
1 ♂
,
Raiatea
,
5 May 1925
,
L.E. Cheesman
leg. (
BMNH
);
1 ♀
,
Tahiti
,
16 May 1925
,
LE. Cheesman
leg. (
BMNH
);
1 ♂
,
Tahiti
,
9 Jul. 1925
,
L.E. Cheesman
leg. (
BMNH
);
1 ♀
,
Tahiti
,
Mount Marau
,
17°36′08″ S
,
149°33′42″ W
,
970 m
a.s.l.,
31 Mar. 2007
,
Malaise trap
,
E. Claridge
leg. (
SCL
: symbiocode_04422);
2 ♂♂
,
Tahiti
,
Mont Marau
,
1400 m
a.s.l.,
27 Aug. 2017
,
T. Ramage
and
F. Jacq
leg. (
ZFMK
:
ZFMK- DIP-00026904
,
ZFMK DIP-00026905
);
1♀
,
Tahiti
,PapenooValley,
Te Faaiti Natural Park
,
17°35′34.96″S
,
149°26′32.37″ W
,
296 m
a.s.l.,
Malaise trap
,
11 Jun. 2018
,
F. Jacq
leg. (
CTR
)
.
Geographical distribution
French Polynesia
(Society Islands).
Status in
French Polynesia
Endemic.
Flowers visited
No records.
Genetics
The GenBank accession numbers for this species are: 28S gene (
MF446468
, specimen
ZFMK-
DIP-00019705), 18S gene (
MF446423
, specimen ZFMK-DIP-00019705), protein-coding COI gene (
MF446518
, specimen ZFMK-DIP-00019705;
MF446520
, specimen ZFMK-DIP-00019704). The BOLD Process ID for the DNA barcodes (5′–
COI
) for this species is SYC4342-14 (= GenBank accession number
KX
051597
, specimen symbiocode_04422). The Barcode Index Number (
BIN
) for these specimens is BOLD:AAZ6685 (https://doi.org/10.5883/BOLD:AAZ6685).
References
Hull 1944: 52
(description);
Vockeroth 1969: 130
(list); Thompson 1989: 16 (cit.);
Thompson & Vockeroth 1989: 441
(catalogue);
Mengual
et al.
2009: 15
(list).
Remarks
See Remarks under
A. amphotera
.