The Pegomya maculata species group (Diptera Anthomyiidae) in Europe, with description of a new species
Author
Michelsen, Verner
Author
Ackland, Michael
text
Zootaxa
2009
2315
51
65
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275413
c675fe58-7d68-4609-844d-bd31c551ad1a
1175-5326
275413
1.
Pegomya maculata
Stein, 1906
Figs. 1–7
,
24
.
Pegomyia maculata
Stein 1906
: 53
, 88 (in part);
Stein 1916
: 125
(in part), 131;
Engel 1916
: 76
, fig. 10, unidentified larvae and reared adults from
Lactarius deliciosus
(L.) Gray
teste
Hennig 1952
: 397
.
Pegomya maculata
Stein
;
Hennig 1973b
: 489
, 500, 502, 596, text-figs. 513–515, plate-figs. 773, 887 and 926;
Suwa 1977
: 12
, figs. 22–26; Chandler 1998: 168 (in part);
Michelsen & Báez 2002
: 201
;
Michelsen 2004
(in part). ‘
Pegomya atricauda
Ringdahl’;
Hackman 1976
: 130
–132; Hackman 1979: 62;
Hackman & Meinander 1979
: 59
, 60, 64, 65, 74. Misidentifications.
FIGURES 1–7.
Pegomya maculata
Stein
, male (Spain: Lerida: Sorpe, except
7
Finland: Ab: Kuustö).
1.
Sternite V.
2.
Posterior lobe of sternite V, postero-lateral.
3.
Hypopygium, posterior.
4.
Ditto, lateral.
5.
Gonites, right.
6, 7.
Phallus.
FIGURES 8–12.
Pegomya atricauda
Ringdahl
, male (Finland: Ka: Vehkalahti). 8. Sternite V. 9. Hypopygium, posterior. 10. Ditto, lateral. 11. Gonites, right. 12. Phallus and ejaculatory apodeme.
Description.
Size.
Comparatively large, wing length 5.7–6.6mm.
Male.
Fore femur fuscous yellow to yellow on basal two-thirds, fuscous brown on distal third, sometimes more extensively darkened along postero-dorsal surface; mid and hind femora extensively yellow except fuscous brown on apical fifth. Tibiae fuscous yellow to yellow. Short genal setae often in two irregular rows.
Hind
femur with complete row of av-setae decreasing in length towards base; comb of short, erect pv-setae confined to middle third. Sternite V (
Figs. 1, 2
) and hypopygium (
Figs. 3, 4
) not obviously different from all other species of the
P. maculata
species group. Postgonite (
Fig. 5
) moderately angled backwards on distal half. Phallus (
Figs. 6, 7
): Posterior hump of basiphallus variable, but well separated from epiphallus; distiphallus straight at hind surface.
Female.
Fore femur yellow, dorsally or widely fuscous black on distal quarter. Frontal vitta bare. Palpus extended, fully as long as prementum and distinctly dilated apically. Vein C dorsally bare, at most with a few scattered setulae. Oviscapt (
Fig. 24
):
Hind
marginal setae on segments VI–VIII stiff but slender. Sternite VIII with hind marginal sensilla but usually without distinct setulae.
Notes on
type
material.
Stein (1906)
described
Pegomyia maculata
from four male
syntypes
: two from
Hungary
, one from
Austria
and one from
England
; see
Pont & Ackland (2009: 25)
for details. The
syntype
from
Austria
(see ‘Material examined’) in
ZMHU
, Berlin was seen by
Hennig (1973b: 598)
and by VM during the present study. Incidentally, Hennig stated that there were two male
syntypes
from
Austria
, but this is a mistake. The only Austrian
syntype
, dissected by VM during the present study, fits Hennig’s description of
P. maculata
perfectly. It has been labelled and is herewith designated as
lectotype
of
Pegomyia maculata
Stein. The
paralectotype
in
NMS
, Edinburgh from
England
(see ‘Material examined’ under
Pegomya atricauda
for details) was examined and dissected by DMA during the present study. It is incorrectly associated with the
lectotype
and belongs to
Pegomya atricauda
. We have not been able to examine the
paralectotypes
from
Hungary
, probably originating from J. Thalhammer and present in Coll. G. Strobl of the Admont Stiftung,
Austria
(M. Chvála, pers. comm. to VM).
Material examined.
AUSTRIA
: Carinthia, Dobracz (J.A. Palmén), male
lectotype
of
Pegomyia maculata
Stein
[
ZMHU
].
FINLAND
: Regio aboensis (Ab): Kuusisto /Kustö [as Kuustö],
1 male
[
ZMHU
]; Turku, Satava,
1 male
22.vii.2007
(K. Winqvist) [
ZMUC
]; Nylandia (N): Esbo, reared from
Tricholoma album
:
14 males
iii–v.1976
–1978,
8 females
iii–vii.1975
, 1976 (W. Hackman) [
FMNH
,
ZMUC
]; Esbo, reared from
Tricholoma saponaceum
:
2 males
iv.1976,
2
females
iv
,
vii.1976
(W. Hackman) [
FMNH
]; Esbo, reared from
Cortinarius caperatus
:
1 female
iv.1977
(W. Hackman) [
FMNH
]; Esbo, reared from
Megacollybia platyphylla
:
1 male
iv.1976,
1
female
iii.1976
(W. Hackman) [
FMNH
]; Kyrkslätt, reared from
Tricholoma saponaceum
:
1 male
iv.1976
(W. Hackman) [
FMNH
]; Tvärminne, reared from
Tricholoma album
:
1 male
iv.1975,
4
females
ii–iv.1975
(C. Oker-Blom) [
FMNH
]; Snappertuna, reared from
Cortinarius triumphans
:
1 female
vii.1976
(A. Forsblom) [
FMNH
]; Tavastia australis (Ta): Lammi, reared from
Melanoleuca cognata
:
1 female
iii.1976
(G.-B. Lindholm) [
FMNH
]; reared from
Cortinarius triumphans
:
1 female
iii.1976
(G.-B. Lindholm) [
FMNH
].
GREAT BRITAIN
:
SCOTLAND
: Inverness, Kinrara,
1 male
9.vii.1938
(C.J. Wainwright) [
BMNH
]; Aberdeenshire, Glen Gairn,
1 male
17.vii.1991
(P.J. Chandler) [Coll. Chandler].
ITALY
: South Tyrol: Trafoi,
1 male
15.viii.1909
(M.P. Riedel) [
ZMHU
].
SPAIN
: Gerona: Queralps, c.
1200m
,
1 male
13–17.vi.1982
(Andersen, Lyneborg & Michelsen) [
ZMUC
]; Lerida: Sorpe, c.
1300m
,
1 male
19–22.vi.1982
(Andersen, Lyneborg & Michelsen) [
ZMUC
].
Tentatively identified females:
ANDORRA
:
2 females
x.1992
[
ZMUC
].
SWEDEN
: Skåne (SK): Lillöviken,
1 female
viii [no year] (R. Dahl) [
MZLU
]; Kullaberg, broadleaf forest,
1 female
20–25.vi.1957
(H. Andersson) [
MZLU
]; Blekinge (BL): Listerby, Gö,
1 female
22.ix.1971
(A. Sundholm) [
MZLU
]; Dalarna (DR): Leksand, Tällberg,
1 female
10.vii.1949
(T. Tjeder) [
MZLU
].
Biology.
Larval development is known to take place in fruit bodies of various gilled fungi (‘agarics’). The following is a list of known host taxa:
AGARICALES
(
Hackman 1976
;
Hackman & Meinander 1979
)
Cortinarius
[as
Rozites
]
caperatus
(
Pers
.) Fr. (Gypsy Mushroom)
[
Cortinariaceae
]
Cortinarius triumphans
Fr.
(Yellow-girdled Web-cap) [
Cortinariaceae
]
Megacollybia
[as
Oudemansiella
]
platyphylla
(
Pers
.) Kotl. & Pouzar (Widelaced Shank)
[
Marasmiaceae
]
Tricholoma album
(Schaeff.) P. Kumm. (White Knight)
[
Tricholomataceae
]
Tricholoma imbricatum
(Fr.) P. Kumm. (Matt Knight)
[
Tricholomataceae
]
Tricholoma saponaceum
(Fr.) P. Kumm. (Soapy Knight)
[
Tricholomataceae
]
Melanoleuca cognata
(Fr.) Konrad & Maubl. (Spring Cavalier)
[
Tricholomataceae
]
RUSSULALES
(
Engel 1916
;
Hennig 1952
,
1973b
)
Lactarius deliciosus
(L.) Gray (Saffron Milkcap) [
Russulaceae
]
Distribution.
Three species belonging to the same species group have up to the present been confused with
Pegomya maculata
Stein
, but we can confirm the following country records based on male specimens with dissected terminalia:
Austria
(
Stein 1916
;
Hennig 1973b
),
Finland
(
Hennig 1973b
),
Germany
(
Hennig 1973b
),
Great Britain
(
Scotland
),
Italy
(
Stein 1916
) and
Spain
(
Michelsen & Báez 2002
). Outside Europe known from
Japan
(Suwa 1998). Females presently considered identical with
P. maculata
are known from
Andorra
(
Michelsen & Báez 2002
) and
Sweden
.
Further European records of
P. maculata
from the
Czech Republic
(
Rozkošný 1978
),
Hungary
(
Stein 1906
),
Poland
(
Karl 1928
,
1937
) and
Slovakia
(Č epelák 1989) need verification.