Stearibia nigriceps ( Meigen, 1826 )

Misiachna, A. V. & Korneyev, V. A., 2015, The First Records Of The Skipper Flies (Diptera, Piophilidae) From Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (2), pp. 113-118 : 117

Stearibia nigriceps ( Meigen, 1826) ( fig. 3, 3 –4)

Meigen, 1826: 397; Zuska, Laštovka, 1965: 150 ( Piophila ( Stearibia )); McAlpine, 1977: 42; Zuska, 1984: 239; Merz, 1996: 353 ( Prochyliza ). — foveolata Meigen, 1826: 396; Stackelberg, 1970 a: 216 ( Piophila ); Hennig, 1943: 28 ( Piophila ( Stearibia )).

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine: Kaniv, on meat, 27.05.195 9, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (Viktorov); Chernivtsy Region, Stavchany village , 18.06.195 9, 2 ♂ (Viktorov), Kyiv, 6.05.199 7, 5 ♂, 2 ♀; idem, Lysa Hora, 11.05.199 7, 6 ♂; idem, Pushkin Park, 8.05.199 6, 8 ♂, 3 ♀; idem, Darnytsya, on dogʹs corpse, 30.04.200 3, 4 ♂, idem , Ukraine, Kiev, Lukyanivka: Kyrylivskyj Yar, 8.06.200 3, 6 ♂ ( V. Korneyev); Kyiv Region, Vita-Poshtova village , 50°18ʹ N 30°22ʹ E, on pig bones, 6.05.201 3, 1 ♀; 26.05.201 3, 1 ♀ (Misiachna) ( SIZK) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Great Britain, Czech Republic, Finland, France (mainland and Corsica), Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland) (Ozerov, 2013); Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia ( Hennig, 1943); “Caucasus” (Duda, 1924); Far East Russia (Amur Region) ( Ozerov, 1999); Nearctic Region, Neotropical Region ( Peru, Chile) ( McAlpine, 1977). First record from Ukraine.

D i a g n o s i s. This species can be recognized from the combination of strongly shining anepisternum and postpronotal, presutural supra-alar, and katepisternal setae lacking; frons entirely black, without differentiated orbital setae.

Figures

Fig. 3. Prochyliza nigrimana (1), Protopiophila latipes (2), Stearibia nigriceps (3–4), and Neottiophilum praeustum (5): 1, 3 — habitus, left; 2, 4 — head and mesonotum, dorsal, 5 — wing. Рис. 3. Prochyliza nigrimana (1), Protopiophila latipes (2), Stearibia nigriceps (3–4) и Neottiophilum praeustum (5): 1, 3 — общий вид, слева; 2, 4 — голова и среднеспинка, сверху; 5 — крыло.