Review Of Subtribe Apodacrina (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) Of Middle East With Descriptions Of Ten New Species
Author
Verves, Yu. G.
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Zoodiversity
2020
2020-07-17
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/zoo2020.03.183
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10.15407/zoo2020.03.183
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Apodacra idiopatica
Verves et Khrokalo
,
sp. n.
(
fig. 6
)
Material. Type.
Holotype
:
{
:
Israel
:
Ma`agan Mikha`el
,
11.06.1985
, leg.
J. Kugler
. Deposited in
TAU
.
D i f f e r e n t i a l d i a g n o s i s: Similar to
A. dispar
Villeneuve,
1916
in the presence of black oral setae and shortened postpedicel, differing by the black setae of gena and the absence of ctenidium on
{
hind tarsi.
Male.
Body length
4.5 mm
. —
Head
(
figs 6
, b–d). Head yellowish silver pollinose, frontal vitta in fore 2/3 yellow, almost without dusting, antenna and palp yellow, apical part of arista blackish. Frons at vertex 0.43×, at level of antennal base 0.33× head-width. Frontal vitta 3.5x× widened backwards, at level of fore
orb
0.6× as wide as parafrontalia. Postpedicel 2.2× as long as pedicel, arista widened in basal 0.6. Parafacialia at level of antennal base 0.20×, gena 0.07× eye-height. Palp medium long, at apex widened. One regular row of
porb
;
vte
fine, 0.5× as long as
vti
;
oc
seta-like;
fr
9–10, mid-long, in fore part of frons crossed;
orb
1+3, strong; parafrontalia and parafacialia with microscopic yellow setae; below of
vi
several fine black oral setae present; gena in fore part with several black setae; hind part of gena and lower part of occiput with yellow setae. —
Thorax
(
fig. 6
, a) covered with short black setae, densely light grey pollinose, longitudinal stripes of mesonotum absent, scutellum entirely yellowish;
acr
0+1;
dc
2–3+4, only hind pair strong;
ia
0–1+1;
pprn
2;
npl
2 (without setulae);
kepst
1+1, katepisternum setaly. Scutellum with 3 pairs of strong
marg
,
ds
badly developed. —
Wing
(
fig. 6
, e) hyaline, basicosta and epaulett yellow. The petiolus of vein
R 4+5
0.3× as long as
r-m,
vein
R 4+5
bare, vein
M
right-angled,
dm-cu s
-like curved, the ratio of 3
rd
and 5
th
costal sections is 1: 2.5. —
Legs
(
fig. 6
, a) grey, knees yellow. 2
nd
– 4
th
tarsomeres of fore tarsi shortened, with numerous short
d
;
t 2
with one long and one short
ad
. Hind tarsi without ctenidium. —
Abdomen
(
figs 6
, a, f) densely yellowish grey pollinose. 1+2
nd
and 3
rd
tergites without medio-marginal setae. 1+2
nd
tergite with brownish median spot and widened brownish black lateral stripes; 3
rd
tergite in hind 0.3 with small black median spot and brownish black lateral stripes, the distance between elements of pattern more than diameter of median spot; 4
th
tergite with similar black pattern in hind 0.4, but the distance between elements equal to diameter of median spot; 5
th
tergite in hind 2/3 with 3 black spots. Terminalia black, densely light pollinose.
F e m a l e. Unknown.
Etymology: The species epithet is an adjective formed from the Greek words,
idios
— peculiar, and
pathos
— suffering; in the medical literature this word refers to the phenomenon of unknown origin of some feature.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: Asia:
Israel
.