Epischnomyia merzi Roháček, 2009

Roháček, Jindřich, 2018, First Anthomyzidae (Diptera) from China: a new genus, six new species and new records, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 35-76 : 57

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0007

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3681325

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AAB202-7C66-FFF2-FEB6-FF03F8E4603E

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Tatiana

scientific name

Epischnomyia merzi Roháček, 2009
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Epischnomyia merzi Roháček, 2009 View in CoL

( Fig. 66 View Figs 62–67 )

Material examined. CHINA: SICHUAN: Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Laohegou (= Old Creek), Xiaogou (= Small Valley), 32°29′02.47′′N 104°42′21.17′′E, 15.v.2016, 1814 m, 1 1 ♀ in copula on leaf, S. + S. Marshall leg. ( DEBU, dried from ethanol and mounted on triangular pinned card, both genit. prep. but female body lost during drying process so only its abdomen is preserved).

Remarks. The pair of specimens examined belong to the pale form of E. merzi as described by ROHÁČEK (2009: 80) having frons and medial part of mesonotum largely yellow although the latter has a pair of faint vittae in the female (see Fig. 66 View Figs 62–67 ). This form closely resembles in colour the species E. triarmigera ( Sueyoshi & Roháček, 2003) but detailed study of characters of the male and female terminalia confirmed the identity of the above Chinese specimens as E. merzi .

Biology. Very little known. The type specimens were found in South Korea in forests at higher altitudes (750–1200 m) in the second half of June ( ROHÁČEK 2009). The specimens from Sichuan were photographed on a small shrub in a slightly open hilltop (1814 m) surrounded by dense forest (as in Fig. 67 View Figs 62–67 ) in May (S. A. Marshall, personal communication, 2018). The first habitat photos (see also that of E. tkoci below, Fig. 72 View Figs 68–72 ) of Epischnomyia species in China indicate that members of this genus could be associated with dicotyledonous plants in the undergrowth of leafy forests.

Distribution. South Korea ( ROHÁČEK 2009), China: Sichuan (new record).

DEBU

Ontario Insect Collection, University of Guelph

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Anthomyzidae

Genus

Epischnomyia

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