Trichopsomyia lucida (Meigen, 1822)

Prokhorov, A. V., Popov, G. V., Shparyk, V. Yu. & Vasilyeva, Yu. S., 2023, New Records Of Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) From Ukraine. Vi, Zoodiversity 57 (2), pp. 125-142 : 134

Trichopsomyia lucida (Meigen, 1822) ( figs 41–46 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Ukraine. Donetsk Region: Donetsk, Kalmius River valley , 1.07.1998, 1 ♀

(Yu. Abalyosheva).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, the Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland;? Turkey ( Peck, 1988; Verlinden, 1991; Kuznetsov, 1993; Vujić et al., 2001; Mazánek, 2009; Nedeljkovićet al., 2009; Reemer et al., 2009; Ball et al., 2011; Saribiyik, 2014; Ricarte & Marcos-García, 2017; Speight et al., 2018; van Steenis et al., 2018; Speight, 2020; van der Ent et al., 2021; Wakkie, 2021); Ukraine (first record).

Diagnosis. The female of Trichopsomyia lucida can be distinguished from T. flavitarsis and T. joratensis by hind tibia with pale pile ( fig. 46 ) (in other species, hind tibia with black pile, as on fig. 40 ); vein M 1 approaches vein R 4+5 distinctly at an acute angle ( fig. 41 ) (in other species, vein M 1 approaches vein R 4+5 almost at a right angle, fig. 35 ); frons with a pair of distinct, silvery-gray pollinose spots ( fig. 43 ) (in other species, frons without such spots). Trichopsomyia lucida can be distinguished from T. joratensis also by face about 2/5 times as wide as width of the head ( fig. 45 ) (in T. joratensis , face half as wide as width of the head, as on fig. 39 ) ( van Steenis et al., 2018; Speight, 2020).

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini

Figures

Figs 41–46. Trichopsomyia lucida female: 41 — habitus, dorsal view; 42 — habitus, lateral view; 43 — head, dorsal view; 44 — head, anterolateral view; 45 — head, anterodorsal view; 46 — left hind leg, lateral view.

Figs 35–40. Trichopsomyia joratensis male: 35 — habitus, dorsal view; 36 — habitus, lateral view; 37 — head, anterolateral view; 38 — head, anterodorsal view; 39 — head, frontal view; 40 — left hind leg, dorsal view.