The First Records Of The Skipper Flies (Diptera, Piophilidae) From Ukraine
Author
Misiachna, A. V.
Author
Korneyev, V. A.
text
Vestnik Zoologii
2015
2015-04-01
49
2
113
118
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journal article
10.1515/vzoo-2015-0012
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2073-2333
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Mycetaulus
cf.
bipunctatus
(
Fallén, 1823
)
(
fig. 1
,
3
–4
)
Fallén, 1823: 3
(
Geomyza
);
Hennig, 1943: 46
(
Piophila
(
Mycetaulus
));
Bukowski, 1940: 203
;
Zuska, Laštovka, 1965: 154
;
Stackelberg, 1970 a: 218
;
McAlpine, 1977: 29
;
Zuska, 1984: 237
;
Merz, 1996: 348
;
Ozerov, 1999: 535
(
Mycetaulus
).
M a t e r i a l.
Ukraine
,
Kiev
, on horse-shoe fungus, 26.09.201 0, 1 Ơ (
V
. Korneyev) (
SIZK
)
.
D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe:
Czech Republic
,
Great Britain
,
France
(mainland),
Finland
,
Germany
,
the Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Slovakia
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
(Ozerov, 2013);
Russia
(European Territory; Caucasus; Far East) (
Ozerov, 1999
);
Ukraine
(
Crimea
) (
Bukowski, 1940
); Asia:
Kyrgyzstan
(
Ozerov, 1999
). First record from mainland
Ukraine
.
D i a g n o s i s. This species can be recognized from having wing with large brown apical fleck (
fig. 1
,
4
) with brownish yellow mesonotum and black abdomen (
fig. 1
,
3
), with strong orbital, well developed postpronotal and presutural supra-alar, and two pairs of katepisternal setae.
Fig. 1.
Allopiophila luteata
(
1–2
) and
Mycetaulus bipunctatus
(
3–4
):
1, 3 —
habitus, left;
2 —
head and mesonotum, dorsal; habitus, dorsal and right.
Рис. 1.
Allopiophila luteata
(
1–2
) и
Mycetaulus bipunctatus
(
3–4
):
1, 3 —
общий вид, слева;
2 —
голова и среднеспинка, сверху;
4 —
общий вид, справа и сверху.
R e m a r k s. There are two cryptic species in the Nearctic Region (S. Rochefort, pers. comm.),which can be distinguished only from male genitalic characters, and since it is not clear if both of them are present or absent also in Europe, we identify the specimen provisionally.