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; type-locality: “bei Beaucaire im südlichen
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is another variable species with several colour morphs that have been described as distinct species, and misidentified in many cases.
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belongs with
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<emphasis id="B913EAE3B32C927B33A2FA0DF6F7FA68" box="[1007,1257,1506,1531]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="528">Physocephala antiqua</emphasis>
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,
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and
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<emphasis id="B913EAE3B32C927B308BF9E8F352F98D" box="[198,332,1543,1566]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="528">P. variegata</emphasis>
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, to the group of species that have an obvious broad dusted stripe reaching from the mid coxa to the notopleuron, without becoming narrower above. Typical
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can readily be recognised by the wing pattern: the wing is completely covered with michrotrichia, the subcostal cell sc is dark, and all the veins, including the subcostal Sc, are dark brown to black. Dark winged specimens of
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with some microtrichia on cell dm can be confused with lighter, larger specimens of
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colour morph
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which has a light brown subcostal vein Sc and a slightly paler subcostal cell.
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Key to the colour morphs of
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1 At least hind femora and fore coxa black, and usually legs more or less all black; proboscis black; subcostal vein Sc and radial vein R1 always black to dark brown; head may be more or less darkened, with a black frons or black facial spot; smaller specimens (wing length may be only
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, typical colour morph
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- Often legs completely orange-brown, fore coxa and hind femur at least orange-brown in most specimens; proboscis (with the exception of the labellum) brown; subcostal vein Sc and radial vein R
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be light brown; head always orange-brown; larger species (wing length up to
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<emphasis id="B913EAE3B323927430DAFF52F325FF46" box="[151,315,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="529">Conops lacera</emphasis>
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: 130
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131; type-locality: “
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”;
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of unknown sex [
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Large, reddish brown specimens previously referred to
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<emphasis id="B913EAE3B32392743308FF30F62AFF6B" box="[837,1076,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="529">Physocephala lacera</emphasis>
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appear obviously distinct from the small black specimens that represent typical
<taxonomicName id="4C674D72B323927432F4FEEBF1B4FE8E" box="[697,938,260,285]" class="Insecta" family="Conopidae" genus="Physocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis id="B913EAE3B323927432F4FEEBF1B4FE8E" box="[697,938,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="529">Physocephala pusilla</emphasis>
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. But there are many intermediates available and therefore I interpret
<emphasis id="B913EAE3B323927431F9FEC6F008FED3" box="[436,534,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="529">P. l acera</emphasis>
as a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D72B32392743377FEC6F1BAFED3" box="[826,932,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Conopidae" genus="Physocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis id="B913EAE3B32392743377FEC6F1BAFED3" box="[826,932,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="529">P. pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B913EAE3B323927433F5FEC7F63CFED3" bold="true" box="[952,1058,296,320]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529">syn. nov.</emphasis>
). This interpretation agrees with
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B00B323927430DAFEA3F32FFEF6" author="Krober" box="[151,305,332,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" refString="Krober, O. (1925) Conopidae. In: Lindner, E. (Eds.), Die Fliegen der Palaarktischen Region. Band IV (7). Schweitzerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, pp 1 - 48." type="journal article" year="1925">Kröber (1925</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B00B32392743170FEA3F367FEF6" author="Krober" box="[317,377,332,357]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" refString="Krober, O. (1936) Katalog und Bestimmungstabellen palearktischer Conopiden. Acta Instituti et Musei Zoologici Universitatis Atheniensis, 1, 121 - 159." type="journal article" year="1936">1936</bibRefCitation>
), who also treated
<emphasis id="B913EAE3B32392743201FEA2F0B3FEF7" box="[588,685,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="529">P. l a c er a</emphasis>
as a form of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D72B3239274330BFEA2F1B0FEF6" box="[838,942,332,357]" class="Insecta" family="Conopidae" genus="Physocephala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusilla">
<emphasis id="B913EAE3B3239274330BFEA2F1B0FEF6" box="[838,942,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="529">P. pusilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although his interpretation was rejected by later authors including
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B00B323927431D4FE80F078FE1B" author="Bankowska" box="[409,614,367,392]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" refString="Bankowska, R. (1961) Materiaux pour la connaissance de la famille Conopidae (Diptera) de Roumanie. Fragmenta Faunistica, 8, 619 - 628." type="journal article" year="1961">Bankowska (1961</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B00B3239274323FFE9FF0B0FE1B" author="Bankowska" box="[626,686,368,392]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" refString="Bankowska, R. (1979) Conopidae. Fauna Polski, 7, 5 - 135." type="journal article" year="1979">1979</bibRefCitation>
),
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B00B3239274328CFE80F17BFE1B" author="Chvala" box="[705,869,367,392]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" refString="Chvala, M. (1961) Czechoslovak species of the subfamily Conopinae (Diptera: Conopidae). Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica, 61, 103 - 145." type="journal article" year="1961">Chvála (1961)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B00B3239274333DFE80F669FE1B" author="Chvala" box="[880,1143,367,392]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" refString="Chvala, M. &amp; Smith, K. G. V. (1988) Conopidae. In: Soos, A. &amp; Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 8. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York &amp; Tokyo, pp. 245 - 272." type="book" year="1988">Chvála &amp; Smith (1988)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B00B323927434E0FE80F757FE1B" author="Zimina" box="[1197,1353,367,392]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" refString="Zimina, L. V. (1976) Catalogue of Conopidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic. Sbornik Trudov Zoologicheskogo Muzeya, Moskovskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, 15, 149 - 182. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="1976">Zimina (1976</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B00B32392743519FE9FF78FFE1B" author="Zimina" box="[1364,1425,368,392]" pageId="8" pageNumber="529" refString="Zimina, L. V. (2000) Key to the species of parasitic flies of the family Conopidae (Diptera) of Middle Asia. Entomologiceskoe Obozrenie, 79, 723 - 733. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="2000">2000</bibRefCitation>
).
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