Lispe caesia caesia Meigen, 1826

(Figs. 1 B; 3B; 4B, D, F; 8; 9; 31C, D)

Lispe caesia Meigen, 1826: 228; Hennig, 1960: 423; Pont, 1986: 185. Lispe crassiuscula Loew, 1847: 31 .

Lispa convexiuscula Kowarz, 1892: 48 .

Lispa odessae Becker, 1904: 37; Hennig, 1960: 449.

Material examined. Type material. HOLOTYPE female, labeled (1) Lispe caesia [handwritten]; (2) Meigen [handwritten]; in MNHN. Additonal material: 1 male, Italy: Sardegna Island, 7.VIII.1955, Coll. A.G. Soika; 1 male, Spain: Tabarca Island, 1908; 1 male, France: Palavas, 28.VI.1919; 1 female, Turkey, 26.V.1961, Coll. A.G. Soika; in MBFU.

Remarks. WIPs of this subspeices includes 4 color bands (magenta, green, blue and magenta) at posterior part of the wing in both male and female, of which the second magenta band is narrow (Figs, 31C, D). For major differences between males of L. caesia caesia and L. caesia microchaeta see the key above.

Distribution. Algeria, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Russia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey.