Brachyopa maculipennis Thompson, 1980

Prokhorov, A. V., Popov, G. V. & Zaika, M. I., 2018, New Records Of Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) From Ukraine. Ii. Brachyopini And Merodontini, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (2), pp. 125-136 : 126

Brachyopa maculipennis Thompson, 1980 ( FIgs 1, 2 )

Popov, 2003: 47, 508: “ Brachyopa bicolor ” (misidentiFIcation).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Ukraine. Kyiv Region: Kyiv, 9.06.2005 (M. Zaika) ; Crimea: Stary Krym, Zolotoy

Klyuch [formerly Suv Baş], 45.10 N 35.05 E, 13.05.1951, 1 Ơ (I. Maltsev).

Distribution. Northern Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, northern Italy, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro ( Peck, 1988; Vujić, 1991; Holinka & Mazánek, 1997; Tóth, 2011; Speight, 2013, 2017; Mielczarek, 2018), Ukraine (first record). Our records are the easternmost for this very rare species.

Diagnosis. It can be easily differentiated from other species of the genus by the distinct dark maculae over crossvein r-m and at the apical end of the spurious vein ( FIg. 2 ).

Figures

Figs 1–2. Male of Brachyopa maculipennis: 1 — habitus, dorsal view; 2 — left wing (arrow shows the dark maculae around the crossvein r-m and at the end of the spurious vein).