Pherbellia pilosa Hendel, 1902

Vikhrev, Nikita E. & Murphy, William L., 2022, Notes on the taxonomy of species of Sciomyzini with a predominantly setulose anepisternum (Diptera, Sciomyzidae), Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (2), pp. 281-298 : 284-285

Pherbellia pilosa Hendel, 1902

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Specimens examined:

BELARUS, Gomel Reg., Mozyr env., 52.02 ° N, 29.32 ° E: 20.05.2019, N. Vikhrev, 1♂ ( ZMUM) ;

RUSSIA: Astrakhan Reg., Baskunchak L., 48.16 ° N, 46.83 ° E, 1– 6.05.2010, K. Tomkovich, 3♂, 4♀ ( ZMUM) ;

Kursk Reg., Selikhovy Dvory , (51.57 ° N 36.09 ° E), 12.05.2008, K. Tomkovich, 1♀ ( ZMUM) ;

Khanty-Mansi Reg., Shapsha , 61.087 ° N, 69.442 ° E, 14– 16.07.2010, K. Tomkovich, 1♂ ; 61.09 ° N, 69.46 ° E, 15.08.2018, K. Tomkovich, 1♂ (all ZMUM) ;

Mordovia Reg., Pushta village env., 54.71 ° N, 43.22 ° E: 18 – 22.05.2020, N. Vikhrev , 1♂, 1♀ ( ZMUM) ; 8– 12.05.2020, N. Vikhrev , 5♂, 6♀ ( ZMUM and USNM) ; 22– 24.05.2020, M. Yanbulat , 10♂, 10♀; 1 – 5.09.2020, N. Vikhrev , 1♂, 1♀ (all ZMUM) ;

Moscow Reg., Puschino (54.8 ° N, 37.6 ° E), 21.07.1984, M. Krivosheina, 1♀ ( ZMUM) ;

Omsk Reg: Omsk, Ptichya Gavan , 54.97 ° N, 73.35 ° E, 24.06.2008, O. Kosterin, 1♂; Cherlak env., 54.1 ° N, 75.0 ° E, 10.05.2009, O. Kosterin, 1♂, 4♀ (all ZMUM) ;

Ryazan Reg., Oksky Natural Reserve (54.7 ° N, 40.8 ° E), 15.06.1965, V. Kovalev, 1♀ ( ZMUM) ;

Voronezh Reg.: Voronezh, Botanical Garden (51.71 ° N, 39.23 ° E), Aksenenko , 7.05.2012, 1♂, 2♀ ( ZIN); near Khopyor R., 51.36 ° N, 42.05 ° E, 7.06.2012, N. Vikhrev, 4♂, 3♀ ( ZMUM) .

Remarks. Surprisingly, in the 120 years during which this species has been known, no one has reported that Ph. pilosa has hairs on the inner posterodorsal margin of the hind coxa.

Distribution. Type locality: Danube R. near Vienna, Austria. W Palaearctic species extending to W Siberia to 75 ° E, north to 61 ° N, south to 48 ° N. More southerly records — Kyrgyzstan, Issyk-Kul Lake, and Near East ( Rozkošný 1987) — require confirmation. Newly recorded for Belarus, south of European Russia and Western Siberia.

Figures

Figs. 1–3. 1 — Ph. pilosa, ventral view, postabdomen showing anterior surstyli (at bottom), each with about 15 spinules; 2 — Ph. pilosa, male terminalia, lateral view, anterior surstylus with spinules (from Rozkošný 1991: fig. 49); 3 — Ph. shatalkini, ventral view, postabdomen showing anterior surstyli (at bottom), each with 7–8 spinules stronger than those of Ph. pilosa (from Kurina, Knutson 2019) Рис. 1–3. 1 — Ph. pilosa, постабΔомен снизу, виΔны переΔние сурстиΛи, кажΔый с примерно 15 шипиками; 2 — Ph. pilosa, терминаΛии самца, виΔ сбоку, переΔние сурстиΛи с шипиками (по Rozkošný 1991: fig. 49); 3 — Ph. shatalkini, постабΔомен снизу, виΔны переΔние сурстиΛи, кажΔый с примерно 7–8 шипиками, которые сиΛьнее, чем таковые у Ph. pilosa (по Kurina, Knutson 2019)