Taxonomic review of the species of Andrenosoma (Diptera: Asilidae) in Spain and description of a new species
Author
García, Marta
Author
Pérez, Guillermo
Author
Portillo, Manuel
text
Zootaxa
2017
4299
3
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journal article
32595
10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.8
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Andrenosoma albibarbe
(
Meigen, 1820
)
Andrenosoma albibarbe
(
Meigen, 1820
)
: 295.
Laphria albibarbe
Meigen, 1820
: 295
.
Laphria erythrurum
Loew, 1847
: 552
.
Elaeotoma adustiventre
Costa, 1863
: 50
.
Diagnosis.
Although it is morphologically very similar to
A. bayardi
and
A. cyrtoxys
. It is distinguished from congeners by the combined characters of the male terminalia.
Description.
Medium sized species (10 ̶
15 mm
); body black with metallic blue reflections and sparse tomentum.
Head.
Face with black setae; facial gibbosity with black and white setae; white beard. Antennae with black setae on the basal two segments.
Thorax
with black and white setae, without pruinosity, and with long black setae laterally.
Wings
with first posterior cell opened at margin (
Fig. 1
a).
Legs.
Black with white setae, very abundant on coxae.
Abdomen
. Flattened with central part of the III ̶VII tergites red-orange; wider in female.
Male terminalia
. With two tips on gonostylus (
Fig. 1
b).
Female terminalia
. Short, tubular, and with yellow setae.
Biology and ecology
. Known flight period comprises May to August. They are commonly perched on trunks or branches in valleys and high mountain woods, located between
500m
and
1700m
above sea level. Their main preys are Hymenoptera and other
Diptera
, included asilids of the genus
Choerades
(
Lehr, 1989
)
.
Specimens
examined.
SPAIN
.
Province of Ávila
:
Aliseda de Tormes
, (
40° 20' N
,
5° 23' W
),
1125 m
,
31/05/ 1987
,
M. Portillo
,
1♂
and
1♀
;
Aliseda de Tormes
, (
40° 19' N
,
5° 23' W
),
1100 m
,
31/05/2008
,
M. Portillo
,
1♂
;
Castañar de El Tiemblo
(
El Tiemblo
), (
40° 21' N
,
4° 30' W
),
900 m
,
13/06/2007
,
M. Portillo
,
1♂
;
Garganta
de los
Caballeros
(
Navalguijo
), (
40° 12' N
,
5° 32' W
), between 1400 ̶
2000 m
,
17/07/2007
,
M. Portillo
,
3♂
;
Hoyos
del
Espino
, (
40° 20' N
,
5° 10' W
),
1400 m
,
04/07/2007
,
M. Portillo
,
1♂
;
La Rinconada
, (
40° 24' N
,
4° 35' W
),
800 m
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
3♂
and
2♀
;
Puerto de Umbrías
(
between Nava de Barco and Umbrías
), (
40° 18' N
,
5° 33' W
),
1250 m
,
18/06/2008
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
1♀
;
Pinar de Hoyocasero
(
Hoyocasero
), (
40° 23' N
,
4° 59' W
),
1250 m
,
05/07/ 2007
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
1♂
;
Pinar de Hoyocasero
(
Hoyocasero
), (
40° 23' N
,
4° 59' W
),
1250 m
,
26/07/2008
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
1♂
and
1♀
;
Plataforma de Gredos
(
Navalperal de Tormes
), (
40° 16' N
,
5° 14' W
),
1900 m
,
23/07/ 2008
,
M. Portillo
,
1♂
;
Puente
del
Duque
(
Hoyos
del
Espino
), (
40° 20' N
,
5° 10' W
),
1300 m
,
21/05/2009
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
1♂
;
Puente
de las
Juntas
(
Valle de Iruelas
), (
40° 22' N
,
4° 34' W
),
900 m
,
13/06/2007
,
M. Portillo
,
1♀
;
Puerto de Casillas
(
Casillas
), (
40° 20' N
,
4° 34' W
),
1450 m
,
14/05/2009
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
2♂
and
2♀
;
Puerto de Casillas
(
Casillas
), (
40° 20' N
,
4° 34' W
),
1450 m
,
24/06/2008
,
M. Portillo
,
5♂
and
3♀
;
Puerto de Casillas
(
Casillas
), (
40° 20' N
,
4° 34' W
),
1450 m
,
1450 m
,
12/07/2007
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
2♂
and
3♀
;
Puerto de Casillas
(
Casillas
), (
40° 20' N
,
4° 34' W
),
1450 m
,
27/07/2008
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
1♂
and
1♀
;
Puerto
del
Pico
(
Villarejo
del
Valle
), (
40° 19' N
,
5° 00' W
),
1300 m
,
28/06/1985
,
J.J. Pedrero
,
1♂
;
Puerto de Serranillos
(
Serranillos
), (
40° 18' N
,
4° 56' W
),
1600 m
,
07/04/1995
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
6♂
and
6♀
;
Puerto de El Tremedal
(
Becedas
), (
40° 21' N
,
5° 37' W
),
1637 m
,
18/06/2008
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
2♀
;
Puerto de El Tremedal
(
Becedas
), (
40° 21' N
,
5° 37' W
),
1637 m
,
02/08/2007
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
3♀
;
Río Iruelas
(
Valle de Iruelas
), (
40° 22' N
,
4° 34' W
),
900 m
,
04/06/2008
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
1♀
.
Province of Barcelona
:
Cornet
, (
41° 41' N
,
1° 49' E
),
460 m
, 08/1887, without leg,
1♀
.
Province of Guadalajara
:
Valdepinillos
, (
41° 10' N
,
3° 10' W
),
1310 m
,
01/08/1994
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
2♂
.
Province of León
:
El Rabizo
(
La Robla
), (
42° 46' N
,
5° 36' W
),
1100 m
,
22/07/1996
,
M. Portillo
,
1♂
and
1♀
.
Province of Salamanca
:
El Maillo
, (
40° 33' N
,
6° 12' W
),
1100 m
,
20/06/1996
,
M. Portillo
and
E. Sierra
,
3♀
.
Province of Segovia
:
Embalse de El Tejo
(
El Espinar
), (
40° 06' N
,
4° 06' W
),
1500 m
,
01/06/1995
,
G. Pérez Andueza
,
2♂
.
Province of Valladolid
:
Viana de Cega
, (
41° 31' N
,
4° 44' W
),
693 m
,
14/06/1993
,
E. Sierra
,
1♀
.
Distribution.
Paleartic Region:
Austria
,
France
,
Germany
,
Greece
,
Italy
,
Poland
, Eastern and
Southern
Russia
,
Spain
,
Switzerland
and
Turkey
. In
Spain
, previously, this species had been cited by
Czerny & Strobl (1909)
in El Escorial (Province of
Madrid
), and by
Pérez Andueza & Portillo (1991)
in Aliseda de Tormes, Risco de los Barrerones-Gredos, Umbrías, Cuerda del Risco del Águila-Puerto de Castilla, Puerto del Tremedal, Puerto de Mijares and Villanueva del Campillo (all these locations belonging to the Province of Ávila); also in El Cerro de Peña Negra-Tornavacas (Province of Cáceres) and in the Province of Zamora, without specifying locations.