Senotainia Macquart, 1846

Verves, Yuriy G. & Khrokalo, Liudmyla, 2021, Review of the genus Senotainia Macquart, 1846 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of the Middle East, Journal of Natural History 54 (37 - 38), pp. 2489-2512 : 2490-2491

Senotainia Macquart, 1846

Senotainia Macquart, 1846: 295 . Type species: Senotainia rubriventris Macquart, 1846 , by original designation.

Senotainia: Allen 1926: 16 (revision of Nearctic species); Fan 1992: 586 (review of Chinese species); Kurahashi et al. 2017: 32 (in key); Lehrer 2012: 12 (revision of Afrotropical species); Nandi 2002: 24 (review of Hindustan species); Pape 1987: 42 (review of Fennoscandian species); 1996: 133 (catalogue); Povolný and Verves 1997: 60 (review of Central European species); Rohdendorf 1935: 79 (revision of Palaearctic species); 1970: 633 (key to East European species); Séguy 1941: 277 (review of West Palaearctic species); Spofford and Kurczewski 1992: 1008 (habits); Townsend 1938: 144 (diagnose); Venturi 1960: 64 (review); Verves 1986: 63 (catalogue); 1990: 524 (key to Central Asian species); Verves and Khrokalo 2006: 74 (in key), 80 (key to species of the Russian far East); Xue et al. 2015: 477 (list of world species); Zerova et al. 2006: 90 (in key), 93 (key to Ukrainian species); Zumpt 1961: 34 (review of Afrotropical species); 1964: 48 (review of Madagascan species).

Afrosenotainia Rohdendorf, 1935: 90 . Type species: Afrosenotainia efflatouni 1935 , by monotypy.

Afrosenotainia: Verves 1979a: 964 (revision).

Arrenopus Brauer et Bergenstamm 1891: 360 . Type species: Sphixapata piligena Rondani, 1865 [= Sphixapata albifrons Rondani, 1859 ], by designation of Brauer 1893: 504; valid as subgenus.

Sphixapata Rondani 1859: 221 . Type species: Tachina conica Fallén, 1810 , by designation of Brauer 1893: 504.

Diagnosis

Grey flies of small or medium size (body length 3.5–10.0). Frons in profile more or less angular; parafacial plates with hair-like setae, sometimes almost bare; orb 1 + 0–6; eyes bare; vi strong and elongate. Claws of both sexes elongate, almost straight (in males 1.0–1.2×, in females 0.7–0.8× as long as 5 th tarsomere) ( Figure 1 (d)). Cell r 4+5 usually open (Figures 6 (f,k); 8 (f,n)), sometimes closed or petiolate (Figure 2 (i)). Abdomen with more or less developed dark spots and bands in hind parts of tergites (Figures 2 (d), 3(d), 4(f), 8(g)); abdominal pattern sometimes frequently reduced, especially in females ( Figures 1 (e), 2 (k), 5 (f), 8 (o)).

Figures

Figure 1. Senotainia (Arrenopus) albifrons (Rd.). ♂, Israel: Ein Avdat N[ational] P[arc], Nahal Zin, 17. v.2006 (K. Szpila): (a) ‒ total view laterally; (b) ‒ head anteriorly; (c) ‒ head dorsally; (d) ‒ fore left tarsus dorsally; (e) ‒ abdomen dorsally. Figure 2. Senotainia (s. str.) caspica Rohd. ♂, Israel: Hallia, 25.iii.1975 (K. Szpila): (a) ‒ head anteriorly; (b) ‒ head laterally; (c) ‒ head dorsally; (d) ‒ abdomen dorsally; ♀, Israel: Ein Mur, 31. iii.1981: (e) ‒ total view laterally; (f) ‒ head laterally; (g) ‒ head dorsally; (h) ‒ wing; (i) ‒ abdomen dorsally.