Xeromyia moderabilis Verves et Khrokalo, 2020

Verves, Yu. G., 2020, Review Of Subtribe Apodacrina (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) Of Middle East With Descriptions Of Ten New Species, Zoodiversity 54 (3), pp. 183-204 : 193-194

Xeromyia moderabilis Verves et Khrokalo , sp. n.

Material. Type. Holotype:}: Israel: Hazeva Field School , 30 o 43ʹ N, 35 o 15ʹ E, 25.06.1997, leg. A. Maklakov. Deposited in TAU.

D i f f e r e n t i a l d i a g n o s i s: Similar to X. orthogona ( Rohdendorf, 1925) in abdominal pattern and presence of black setae on gena, differing by entirely black pattern of 4 th and 5 th abdominal tergites.

F e m a l e. B o d y l e n g t h 5.0 mm. — Head. Frontal vitta brownish yellow, almost without dusting, parafrontalia, lunula, parafacialia and fore part of gena densely silvery white pollinose, hind part of gena and occiput light grey pollinose. Antenna and palp yellow, only apical narrowed part of arista darkened. Frons at vertex 0.38×, at level of antennal base 0.33× head-width. Frontal vitta 1,8× widened in hind part, in the middle of frontal length 1.5× as wide as one of parafrontalia. Postpedicel 4.2–4.3× as long as pedicel, arista widened in basal 0.7–0.8. Parafacialia at level of antennal base 0.17×, gena 0.09–0.10× eye-height. Palp at apex strongly widened. porb 1 row; oc midle long; fr 7–9, short and fine, not crossed; orb 1+1, proclinate ones medium long; parafrontalia and parafacialia with short light setae; gena with more dense and long yellow setae and 2–3 black setae in fore part; only one pair of vi; oral setae absent. — Thorax covered with with medium long black setae, densely light grey pollinose, the apex of scutellum light yellow. acr 0+1; dc 1+2–3; ia 0–1+1–2; pprn 2; npl 2 (without setulae). Scutellum with 3 pairs of strong marg and one pair ds. — Wings hyaline. Costal spine absent, petiolus of cell r 4+5 0.5x as long as r-m, R 4+5 bare, M -vein right-angled, dm-cu s -like curved. — Legs grey pollinose, tarsi brownish black; apical parts of f and basal 0.3–0.5 of t yellow. t 2 near the middle with one elongate and one short ad. — Abdomen with light yellowish grey dusting, with dark pattern. 1+2 nd tergite entirely brownish black, 3 rd tergite in hind 0.3 with brownish grey stripe, which formed middle triangle shining black area; 4 th tergite in hind 04 with black pattern, consisted from median spot and lateral stripes, separated by narrow pollinose areas; 5 th tergite in hind 0.6 with oval median spot and paired rectangle lateral spots in hind 0.4.

M a l e. Unknown.

Etymology: The species epithet is an adjective formed from the Latin word moderabilis — moderate.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: Asia: Israel.