New taxonomic and nomenclatural data on Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with description of six new species
Author
Whitmore, Daniel
text
Zootaxa
2011
2778
1
57
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.201885
3bccf899-9463-450f-83c6-bf41dcb7149d
1175-5326
201885
Sarcophaga
(
Heteronychia
)
sicilia
Pape, 1996
Pierretia
(
Pandelleola
)
filia
ssp.
siciliana
Rohdendorf, 1937
: 332
. [Junior secondary homonym of
Sarcoctenia siciliana
Enderlein, 1928
.]
Sarcophaga sicilia
Pape, 1996
: 334
. New replacement name for
Pierretia siciliana
Rohdendorf, 1937
.
Heteronychia
(
Pandelleola
)
volcanoaetnica
Povolný, 2002b
: 165
,
syn. nov.
Type
material examined.
Pierretia
(
Pandelleola
)
filia
ssp.
siciliana
:
Holotype
3: [slide] [handwritten on glass]
Pierretia
/ (
Pandelleola
) /
filia
/
siciliana
/
Typus
/ Rohdendorf 1936 // [small rectangular label included in
Canada
balsam] 18 / 0 1 // [red label glued to slide]
HOLOTYPE
3 /
Pierretia
/ (
Pandelleola
) /
filia
siciliana
/
Rohdendorf, 1937
/ det.
D. Whitmore 2007
// [white label glued to slide]
Sarcophaga
/
sicilia
/
Pape, 1996
/ det.
D. Whitmore 2007
(
ZIN
) [slide contains only the terminalia; rest of specimen not found in
ZIN
].
Heteronychia
(
Pandelleola
)
volcanoaetnica
:
Holotype
3: [Sicily, Catania prov., Linguaglossa] Etna / Bosco Rabago / det. Povolný [/] Etna Bosco / Rabago /
5.VI.01
// [red label]
H. volcanoaetnica
/
Holotypus
/ det. Povolný (
MMBC
) [
holotype
in average condition with left middle leg missing; terminalia extended].
Additional material examined.
No locality: [probably from the same locality as the
holotype
of
H. volcanoaetnica
(see
Povolný 2003
)], 1 3 (
MMBC
, as “
Heteronychia volcanoaetnica
det. Povolný”).
Italy
: Sicily, Messina prov., Lipari Is.,
26.V.2003
, D. Povolný leg., 5 3 (
MMBC
, as “
H. volcanoaetnica
det. Povolný”); Palermo prov.: Bosco della Ficuzza,
30.VII.2003
, P. Cerretti & M. Tisato leg., 1 3 (CNBFVR); Bosco della Ficuzza, Valle Cerasa,
23–27.VI.2005
, D. Whitmore et al. leg., 4 3 (CNBFVR); Corleone, Bivio Ponte Casale,
476m
,
27.VI.2005
, D. Whitmore et al. leg., 2 3, 1 Ƥ (CNBFVR); Corleone, S slope of Rocca Busambra,
950m
,
30.VI.2005
, D. Whitmore et al. leg., 2 3 (CNBFVR); Ficuzza, nr. road S-118,
25
.VI.2005, D. Whitmore et al. leg., 2 3 (CNBFVR).
Malta
: Gozo Is., Is-Srug, W of Xaghra,
30.III.1999
, B. & G. Degen leg., 1 3 (
NHRS
); Melieha,
25–29.IV.1980
, J. Hansen leg., 1 3 (
ZMUC
); Melieha Bay, Ghadira,
19–31.VIII.1992
, B. Petersen leg., 2 3 (
ZMUC
).
Remarks.
No consistent differences were found to justify a separation of
Heteronychia volcanoaetnica
from
Sarcophaga
(
H
.)
sicilia
. Differences in the shape of the cercus (
Povolný 2002b: 167–168, figs 1 and 4
) are considered to be due to intraspecific variability and partly also to a different preparation of the terminalia (dry vs. mounted in
Canada
balsam), whereas differences in the shape of the juxta (hooked in
H. volcanoaetnica
) may be ascribed to post-mortem deformation.