Cleigastra apicalis ( Meigen, 1826 )

Iwasa, Mitsuhiro, 2021, Three new species and six new records of Scathophagidae (Diptera) from Japan with a key to the Japanese genera, Zootaxa 4981 (3), pp. 531-553 : 536

Cleigastra apicalis ( Meigen, 1826)

[Japanese name: Hizaguro-funbae]

( Figs 11–14 )

Cordylura apicalis Meigen, 1826: 236 . Type-locality: not given.

Material examined. Honshu, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Hayachine , Iwate Pref., 17-18. vi. 1971, leg. S. Shinonaga ; 1 ♂, Sawauchi Vill. , Iwate Pref., 19. v. 1991 , leg. T. Hasegawa ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Mt. Shiritaka , Ishikawa Pref., 23. v. 1971, leg. S. Shinonaga ; 1 ♂, Mt. Hakusan , Ishikawa Pref., 24. v. 1971, leg. S. Shinonaga.

Diagnosis. This species can be characterized as follows: face, parafacial, and gena distinctly silvery shiny; fore coxae yellow; scutellum with apsc and dsc setae ( Fig. 11 ); legs very bristled; fore femur yellow often with black stripe anteriorly with long black and pale hairs ventrally; female fore femur without pale hairs; mid and hind femora with black apical rings; posterior lobes on male sternite V with long hairs ( Fig. 12 ); male surstyli apically broad in posterior view ( Fig. 14 ); male cerci sclerotized and projected dorsally ( Figs 13, 14 ).

Body length (♂ ♀). 7.8–8.2 mm.

Distribution. Europe (widespread), Iraq, Mongolia, Russia (widespread) ( Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2015), and Japan (Honshu).

Figures

FIGURES 11–14. Cleigastra apicalis (Meigen). 11, Scutellum, dorsal view; 12, Male sternite V, ventral view; 13, Male terminalia, left lateral view; 14, Male terminalia, posterior view.