Spilogona orthosurstyla Xue & Tian, 1988

Sorokina, Vera S. & Shaikevich, Elena V., 2018, The identification of the species of the ‘ Spilogona contractifrons species-group’ and the ‘ Spilogona nitidicauda species-group’ (Diptera, Muscidae) based on morphological and molecular analysis, European Journal of Taxonomy 484, pp. 1-26 : 11-12

Spilogona orthosurstyla Xue & Tian, 1988

Fig. 2 A–C

Type locality

CHINA: Hebei.

Material examined

RUSSIA: 1 ♁, Altai Republic, Turochak district, 30 km SW of Iogach, 51°31′ N, 87°23′ E, 1600 m a.s.l., 21 Jun. 2003, V. Sorokina leg. ( SZMN).

Distribution

East Palaearctic: China (Hebei, Shanxi), Russia (Altai Mts). East Asian mountain species.

Remark

In view of the distribution of other species of this group, we can assume that this species also lives in the arctic zone.

1 2 3 4 5

1 S. alticola (Malloch, 1920)

2 S. contractifrons (Zetterstedt, 1838) 0.006

3 S. arctica (Zetterstedt, 1838) 0.018 0.018

4 S. imitatrix (Malloch, 1921) 0.046 0.039 0.039

5 S. nitidicauda (Schnabl, 1911) 0.057 0.051 0.053 0.016

6 S. platyfrons Sorokina, 2018 0.055 0.049 0.049 0.012 0.004

Figures

Fig. 2. Spilogona orthosurstyla Xue & Tian, 1988. A. Terminalia, lateral view. B. Terminalia, dorsal view. C. Sternite 5. Scare bars: 0.25 mm.