Xerophilomyia plumipes ( Villeneuve, 1933 )

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 : 202

Xerophilomyia plumipes ( Villeneuve, 1933) ( figs 22–23 )

Apodacra plumipes Villeneuve, 1933: 254 ; Pape, 1988: 7 (discussion); 2004: 19 (in key); Piwczyński et al., 2017: 53, 57 (in dendrograms); Séguy, 1941: 256 (redescription); Szpila, 2010: 23 (morphology of 1 st instar larva); Venturi, 1960: 35 (in key), 36 (discussion).

Xerophilomyia plumipes: Koçak & Kemal, 2015: 352 (faunistic); Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 462 (in key); Verves, 1986: 87 (catalog); Verves & Khrokalo, 2018 (Supplementary Material): 21 (faunistic); Verves et al., 2015: 274 (review).

Material. Israel: 4 {, 2}, Oranim (32°42ʹ33ʹʹN, 35°06ʹ19ʹʹE), 6.07.1960, ex nest of Eumenes (Delta) asinus , leg. Abalafia ( NHMUK) . 1 {, Makhtech Ramon NR, Nahal Ramon , 19.05.2004, leg. K. Szpila ( PCV) . 1}, Lahav , 19.07.1971, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 4 {, 1}, N. Zafit , 23.03.1977, ex Eumenes nest 15.04.1971, leg. J. Kugler ( TAU) . 4}, Hazeva , 27.09.1979, ex pupae Rhynchium sp. ( TAU) . 1 {, 1}, Hazeva, Field School (30 o 43ʹ N, 35 o 15ʹ E), 24.08. & 2.11.1997, S. Plotkin ( TAU) . 1 {, Zin Wilderness, Nahal Zin at An Akrabim canecovered sandy wadi el. — 61 m (30 o 53ʹ38ʹʹ N, 35 o 09ʹ39ʹʹ E), 10.04.1995, leg. M. Irwin ( NHMUK) . 5 {, 1}, Elat , 30.06.1975, leg. A. Lapo Egypt: 1 {, Sinai, Ein Fortaga , 12.08.1971, leg. J. Kugler ( TAU) . 2}, Sinai, Sarabit el-Chadem , 12.04.1975, ex coccon of Eumenes , 17.10.1975, leg. D. Aizikovitch ( TAU) . Jordan *: 1 {, Jordan Valley , Zerda R. Valley, c. 200 m, at light, 18.09.1954 (( NHMUK).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: Europe: South France (mainland), Greece; North Africa: Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt; Asia: Egypt (Sinai), Israel, Jordan *, United Arab Emirates.

Habits: Larvae are kleptoparasites in pottery nests of eumenid wasps: Delta asinus (Sauss.) , Eumenes sp. , Rhynchium sp.

Figures

Figs 22–23. Xerophilomyia plumipes (Vill.). Fig. 22 (male): a — habitus in lateral view; b — head in profile; c — head in frontal view; d — head in dorsal view; e — middle leg in antrerior view; f — wing; g — abdomen in dorsal view;h — label. 23 (female): a —habitus in lateral view; b — wing & abdomen in dorsolateral view; c — head in profile; d — head in frontal view; e — head in dorsal view; f — wings & abdomen, dorsal view; g — label.