Review of genera of Sciomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae) from China, with new records, synonyms, and notes on distribution
Author
Li, Zhu
Author
Yang, Ding
Author
Murphy, William L.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-13
4656
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71
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journal article
26034
10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.3
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2.
Ditaeniella
Sack, 1939
(
Figs. 5, 7
,
34
,
66
)
Ditaeniella
Sack, 1939: 37
.
Type
species
:
Sciomyza grisescens
Meigen, 1830
(original designation).
Diagnosis
. Frons matt with only 1 orbital seta. Prosternum with a few setulae. Propleural seta distinct. Wing hyaline without spots or reticulated pattern.
Remarks
. Of the 4 described species, only
Ditaeniella grisescens
(
Meigen, 1830
)
is known from the Palearctic Region (its range extends into the Oriental Region); the other 3 species are Nearctic or Neotropical.
Rozkošný (1987)
reported
D. grisescens
from
China
, and it is still the only species of
Ditaeniella
known from
China
. About
10 males
and
5 females
were collected both in the Palearctic Region (
Heilongjiang
,
Inner Mongolia
,
Beijing
,
Hebei
,
Xinjiang
,
Tibet
) and the Oriental Region (
Yunnan
) of
China
, which is consistent with the known distribution of the genus in the Eastern Hemisphere.