Revision of the West Palaearctic species of the genus Pales Robineau­Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) Author Cerretti, Pierfilippo text Zootaxa 2005 885 1 36 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.170907 6d24a957-c673-4d86-938f-739ddfe6b06c 1175­5326 170907 Pales pumicata ( Meigen, 1824 ) ( Figs 4 , 11 ) Tachina pumicata Meigen, 1824 : 397 . Type locality: not given [Europe]. Pales brunicans Robineau­Desvoidy, 1830 : 156 . Type locality: St. Sauveur [Yonne, France ]. Tachina diniele Walker, 1849 : 771 . Type locality: England [?]. Zenillia speculanda Pandellé, 1895 : 338 . Type locality: Hautes­Pyénées [ France ]. Type material . Syntype ɗ of Tachina pumicata : [round card] Meigen / [rear] 2002 / 40 // Phorocera / pumicata / ɗ [ MNHN ]. [specimen in good condition with 2 reclinate upper orbital setae]. Syntype ɗ of Tachina pumicata : [round card] Meigen / [retro] 2002 / 40 // pumicata / Ψ [sic!] [ NHMP ]. [actually a male — in good condition]. Holotype ɗ of Tachina diniele : Type Tachina diniele Walk. [round, with green circle] // Holotype [round, with red circle] // England // HOLOTYPE ɗ / OF Tachina / diniele Walk. / examined 1970 / R. W. Crosskey // Pales diniele (Walk) det R. W. Crosskey, 1973 / (?= pumicata Mgn ) // Pales / pumicata Meig. / B. Herting det. // BMNH (E) # 239687 [ BMNH ]. [specimen in good condition]. Additional material . FRANCE — Basses­Alpes, Lurs, 21.VI.1991 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Ailefroide, Torrent de St. Pierre , 10.VIII.1997 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes. 1 km N Ailefroide, 5–6.VIII.1997 , Tschorsnig leg., 2 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Briançon, Ailefroide, 2.VIII.1985 , Tschorsnig leg., 2 ɗɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Dauphiné, Ailefroide, 7.VII.1975 , 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Briançon, Les Aberts, 1.VIII.1985 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Brunissard, 11.VII.1991 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ; ditto 10.VII.1991 1 ɗ; ditto 7.VII.1991 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Col Izoard Nord 1700 m , 14.VII.1976 , 2 ɗɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­ Alpes, S of Col de la Pousterle, 9.VIII.1998 , Tschorsnig leg., 3 ɗɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­ Alpes, E Lauteret 1950 m , 30.VII.1992 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Prorel 2570 m , 30.VII.1992 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Queyras, Brunissard, 10.VII.1975 , Herting leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ); ditto, 14.VII.1976 , Herting leg., 2 ɗɗ, 2 ΨΨ ( SMNS ); ditto, 31.VII.1985 , Tschorsnig leg., 9 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ ( SMNS ); ditto, 4.VIII.1983 , Tschorsnig leg., 2 ɗɗ, 3 ΨΨ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, le Rocher Blanc, 2550 m , 26.VII.1995 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Hautes­Alpes, Val Biaysse, les Mensals, 11.VIII.1998 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Drôme, Saillans, 17.VI.1988 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Roussilon, Umg. Banyuls s. Mer, 10–20. VI.1994 , leg. Mittelm. Exkurs. 2 ΨΨ ( SMNS ). Var, Cavalière, V, 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Vaucluse, Lagnes, 9.V.1965 , B. Herting leg., 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ ( SMNS ); ditto, 4.VI.1966 , Herting leg., 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). ITALY ( mainland ) — Emilia­Romagna, Bologna prov., Borgo Capanne, VIII.1950, 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). Latium, Latina prov., Parco Nazionale del Circeo, Monte Circeo, quarto freddo 30 m a.s.l., 1.IX.2004 , P. Cerretti, B. Merz, G. Nardi leg., 1 ɗ ( PCCR ). Toscana, Firenze prov., Palazzuolo sul Senio 400 m , VIII.1982, 1 ɗ; ditto, 24.IX.1984 , 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Firenze prov., Quadalto, 450 m , 4.VIII.1998 , G. Campadelli leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Toscana, Firenze prov., Valico Paretaio 950 m , 27.VIII.1978 , 3 ɗ ( SMNS ). ITALY ( Sicily ) — Palermo prov., Bosco della Ficuzza 600–1000 m a.s.l., 31.VII.2003 , P. Cerretti, M. Tisato leg. (2 ɗɗ, swept from flowers of Foeniculum vulgare ( Apiaceae )) ( PCCR ). SPAIN — Gerona prov., 3–5 km SE LEscala, 27.V.1998 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). Gerona prov., Port de la Selva, Puig vaquer, 430 m , 31.V.1998 , Tschorsnig leg., 3 ɗɗ ( SMNS ). Gerona prov., E Sant Pere de Rodes, 30–31.V.1994 , Tschorsnig leg., 26 ɗɗ, 2 ΨΨ ( SMNS ). Gerona prov., 2 km W Sant Pere de Rodes, 1.VI.1998 Tschorsnig leg., 2 ɗɗ ( SMNS ). Granada prov., Prado Llano, 18.VI.1987 , Tschorsnig leg., 3 ɗɗ ( SMNS ). Huesca prov., Puerto de Oroel, 25.VI.1992 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 ɗ ( SMNS ). Huesca prov.,Valle de Ansó, 1 km W Zuriza, 21.VIII.2000 , Tschorsnig leg., 3 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). Huesca prov., Valle del Hecho, 6 km S Hecho, 22.VIII.2000 , Tschorsnig leg., 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). Huesca prov., 5 km N Sallent de Gállego, 23.VIII.2000 , Tschorsnig leg., 2 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). SWITZERLAND – Genève, Genthod, Frey G. coll. 2 ΨΨ ( MHNG ). Vaud, la Sarraz, 17.VII.1974 , 1 Ψ ( SMNS ). Diagnosis . Thorax (except scutellum) black in ground colour; scutellum red on posterior 1/3 or more. Abdomen black (rarely reddish on sides of abdominal tergites 3 and 4), sometimes with bronze or dark blue reflections, covered with more or less dense grey or golden­grey microtrichosity (very dense with shifting spots in the specimens from Sicily). Usually 1 reclinate upper orbital seta (about 20% of the material examined have 2); lateral vertical seta weak, not or slightly differentiated from the postocular setulae. ɗ: postpedicel about 2.2–3.3 times as long as pedicel; parafacial (in lateral view) at its narrowest point 0.43–0.75 times as wide as postpedicel; frons 0.83–1.3 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view; legs entirely black (rarely tibiae dark brown); claws at least as long as tarsomere 5 (fore claws longer than tarsomere 5); cerci short and stout; surstylus shorter than cerci in lateral view (as in Fig. 17 ). Ψ: postpedicel about 1.7–2.6 times as long as pedicel; lateral vertical setae strong, well differentiated from the postocular row; frons 0.9–1.3 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view. Distribution . Euro­Mediterranean (cf. Tschorsnig et al. 2004 ). Hosts . Unknown. Remarks . P. pumicata was firstly cited from Sardinia by Martelli and Arru (1958) on the basis of specimens reared from Malacosoma neustria ( Lepidoptera : Lasiocampidae ) and identified by Prof. Filippo Venturi. My examination of these specimens (FVCP) revealed that they belong to P. pavida . The record of P. pumicata from Sardinia by Richter (1995) is also based on this misidentification.