Apodacra Macquart, 1854

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 : 184-185

Genus Apodacra Macquart, 1854

Apodacra Macquart, 1854: 425 . Type species: Apodacra seriemaculata Macquart, 1854 , by monotypy.

Apodacra: Nandi, 2002: 77 (review of Hindustan species); Povolný & Verves, 1997: 80 (review); Rohdendorf, 1925: 63 (review); 1930: 12, 18 (revision); 1970: 627 (in key), 629 (key to species); Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 462 (in key); Séguy, 1941: 251 (review of West Palaearctic species); Townsend, 1938: 99 (diagnose); Venturi, 1960: 34 (review of European species); Verves, 1986: 68 (catalog); 1990: 538 (key to East Palaearctic species); Verves et al., 2015: 265 (review); Zerova et al., 2006: 88 (in key), 95 (key to Ukrainian species).

Parapodacra Rohdendorf, 1925: 68 (as subgenus of Apodacra Macquart, 1854 ). Type species: Apodacra chrysocephala Rohdendorf, 1925 , by designation of Townsend, 1935: 203.

Diagnosis. Small, rarely medium-sized (3.0– 6.5 mm) bright colored flies. Frons and face broad, vibrissal angle placed at oral margin, head in profile angular; posterior border of head distinctly shortened; orb 1–2+2–6, strong; postpedicel 3–5× as long as pedicel.

D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d d i v e r s i t y. 16 species distributed in Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical Regions.

Key to species

1. All abdominal tergites shining black, with narrow stripe of light dusting near fore margin ( fig. 7, f). Oral setae black, anterior part of gena with black setulae ( figs 7, b–c). 4.5 mm ..................... A. melanura sp. n.

— Abdominal tergites not entirely black, with shining black spots in posterior half ( figs 1 , b; 3, g; 4 , b; 5, f; 6, f; 8, g; 9, b; 10, f; 11, b). ...................................................................................................................................2

2. Apart from a vi, other oral setae absent ( figs 1, c–d; 2 , c–d; 5, b–c; 10, b–c; 11, c–d). Gena with yellow setae. .......................................................................................................................................................................3

— Apart from vi, at least one black oral seta present ( figs 3, b–c; 4 , c–d; 6, b–c; 8, b–c; 9 , c–d). ..................5

3. Arista widened in basal 0.4–0.5 ( figs 1, c; 2 , c). Facials strongly narrower than frons ( figs 1, d; 2 , d–e). {: wing with cell r 2+3 entirely, cells r 1, r 4+5 and dm partly fumose ( fig. 1 , f), fore 5 th tarsomere with long d ( fig. 1 , e). 4.5–6.5 mm. ............................................................................ A. chrysocephala Rohdendorf, 1925

— Arista widened in basal 0.6–0.8 ( figs 5, b; 11, b–c). Facials almost as wide as frons ( figs 5, c; 10, c; 11, d). {: wing hyaline, without darkened areas ( figs 5, a; 10, f; 11, e). ....................................................................4

4. The distance between median spot of 4 th abdominal tergite and each lateral stripe more than diameter of median spot; median spot of 5 th tegite much shorter than its lateral spots ( fig. 5, f). {: hind 1 st tarsomere widened, with ventral ctenidium formed by short spine-like setae ( fig. 5, e). 5.0 mm. ............................... ................................................................................................................................................... A. firanensis sp. n.

— The distance between median spot of 4 th abdominal tergite and each lateral stripes much less than diameter of median spot; all spots of 5 th tergite equal in size ( fig. 10 , f). {: Hind 1 st tarsomere without ctenidium ( fig. 10 , a). 4.0– 6.5 mm. ............................................................. A. seriemaculata Macquart, 1854

5. Some black setae present above vi ( figs 8, b–c; 9 , c–d). {: Fore 1 st –4 th tarsomeres with numerous elongate, erect d ( fig. 8 , e). 4.5–6.5 mm. .............................................................................. A. pulchra Egger, 1861

— No black setae above vi ( figs 3, b–c; 4 ,c–d). {: Fore tarsus without long erect setae, normal setae only ( figs 3 , a; 6 , a).........................................................................................................................................................6

6. Gena with black setae ( figs 6 , b–c). {: Hind 1 st tarsomere not widened, without ventral ctenidium ( fig. 6 a ). 4.5 mm ..................................................................................................................... A. idiopatica sp. n.

— Gena with yellow setae ( figs 3, b; 4 , c). {: Hind 1 st tarsomere widened, with ventral ctenidium ( fig. 3 , e). .....7

7. Ground color of abdomen silver-white ( figs 3, g; 4 , b). 4.5–6.5 mm. ............... A. dispar Villeneuve, 1916

— Ground color of abdomen orange-yellow. 5.0 mm. ..................... A. radchenkoi Verves et Khrokalo, 2015

Figures

Figs 1–2. Apodacra chrysocephala Rohd.: 1 (male): a — habitus in lateral view; b — habitus in dorsal view; c — head in profile; d — head in frontal view; e — fore leg in anterior view; f — wing; g — label. 2(female): a — habitus in lateral view; b — abdomen in dorsal view; c — head in profile; d — head in frontal view; e — head in dorsal view; f — wing; g — label.

Figs 3–4. Apodacra dispar Vill.: 3 (male): a — habitus in lateral view; b — head in profile; c — head in frontal view; d — head in dorsal view; e — hind leg in anterior view; f — wing; g — abdomen in dorsal view; h — label. 4 (female): a — habitus in lateral view; b — abdomen in dorsal view; c— head in profile; d — head in frontal view; e — head in dorsal view; f — wing; g — label. Fig. 5. Apodacra firanense sp. n. (male): a — habitus in lateral view; b — head in profile; c — head in frontal view; d — head in dorsal view; e — hind legs in anterior view; f — wing & abdomen in dorsal view; g — label.

Fig. 6. Apodacra idiopatica sp. n. (male): a — habitus in lateral view; b — head in profile; c — head in frontal view; d — head in dorsal view; e — wing; f — abdomen in dorsal view; g — label. Fig. 7. Apodacra melanura sp. n. (female): a — habitus in lateral view; b — head in profile; c — head in frontal view; d — head in dorsal view; e — wing; f — abdomen in dorsal view; g — label. Figs 8–9. Apodacra pulchra Egger. 8 (male): a —habitus in lateral view; b —head in profile; c —head in frontal view; d —head in dorsal view; e — fore leg in posterior view; f — wing and abdomen in lateral view; g — abdomen in dorsal view; h — Label. 9 (female): a —habitus in lateral view; b — abdomen in dorsal view; c — head in profile; d —head in frontal view; e —head in dorsal view; f — wing; g — label.

Figs 10–11. Apodacra seriemaculata Mcq.: 10 (male): a —habitus in lateral view; b —head in profile; c —head in frontal view; d — head in dorsal view; e — wing; f — abdomen in dorsal view; g — label. 11 (female): a — habitus in lateral view; b — abdomen in dorsal view; c —head in profile; d —head in frontal view; e —head in dorsal view; f — wing; g — label.