Senotainia (Arrenopus) albifrons ( Rondani, 1859 )

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 : 2491-2493

Senotainia (Arrenopus) albifrons ( Rondani, 1859) ( Figure 1 (a-e))

Sphixapata albifrons Rondani, 1859: 225 .

Sphixapata albifrons: Venturi 1947: 122 (review); 1960: 69 (review).

Senotainia albifron s: Arens and Arens 1953: 190 (habits); Asís et al. 1991: 1331 (habits); Fan and Pape 1996: 242 (faunistics); 2006: 111, 144 (habits); Dear 1980: 806 (catalogue); Draber-Mońko 2007: 232 (faunistics); Gorobchishin 2005: 48 (habits); 2006: 144 (habits); Kara and Pape 2002: 292 (faunistics); KoÇak and Kemal 2009: 53 (faunistics); Krombein 1984: 27 (habits); Lehrer 2012: 14 (in list); Myartzeva 1972a: 101 (habits); Pape 1987: 43 (review); 1996: 134 (catalogue); Pape et al. 2002: 218 (faunistics); Peeters 2008: 42 (habits); Piwczyński et al. 2017: 53, 57 (in cladograms); Rohdendorf 1970: 633 (in key); Séguy 1941: 280 (review); Süss and Savoldelli 2007: 35 (habits); Szpila 2010: 57 (morphology of 1 st stage larva); Szujecki 2012: 272 (imaginal feeding); Venturi 1960: 69 (morphology, faunistics); Verves 1990: 526; 1998: 50 (faunistics); 2001: 235 (faunistics); Verves et al. 2017: 131 (faunistics); Zolda 2001: 3 (habits); 2002: 18 (habits); Zumpt 1961: 53 (redescription).

Senotainia (Arrenopus) albifrons: Verves and Khrokalo 2006: 81 (in key); 2014: 4 (habits, faunistics); 2018 (Suppl): 3, 19 (faunistics); Xue et al. 2015: 448 (in list); Zerova et al. 2006: 95 (in key).

Senotainia (Sphixapata) albifrons: Charykuliev 1962: 129 (habits); 1965: 123 (habits); Charykuliev and Myartzeva 1964: 84 (habits); Fan 1992: 587 (in key); KoÇak and Kemal 2015: 351 (faunistics); Nandi 2002: 25 (in key), 28 (redescription, faunistics); Povolný and Verves 1997: 64 (redescription, habits, faunistics); Rohdendorf 1935: 80 (redescription); Rohdendorf and Verves 1980: 455 (faunistics); Verves 1979b: 885 (habits, faunistics); 1980: 922 (faunistics); 1986: 65 (catalogue).

Sphexapata albifrons: Gros 2010: 141 (habits); Pape 1988: 5 (lectotype designated).

Sphixapata pygmea Rondani, 1859: 225 .

Sphixapata pygmaea [incorrect subsequent spelling of pygmea 1859 ]: Charykuliev 1965: 129 (habits, faunistics); Charykuliev and Myartzeva 1964: 84 (habits); Venturi 1960: 70 (morphology, faunistics).

Senotainia (Sphixapata) pygmaea: KoÇak and Kemal 2015: 351 (faunistics).

Material examined

Israel: Ma`alot, Mt . Hermon (1600–2000 m), Barám, Qazrin, Shefar’am, Ga`ash, Zomet Ha’Amaqin [= Jalame], Herzliyya, Tel-Aviv, Rosh ha’Ayin, Rosh Zuqim, Holon, Jeriho, Nahal Ramon, Ein-Gedi, Hula, W . Amud, Yeruham, Sede Boqer , Ein Avdat, Makhtech Ramon NR, W . Ujja , 12.02–9.10, but mainly in 06–08 ( TAU) (28 ♂, 16 ♀) . Egypt: Siwa , 31.08 .1935, (J. Omer-Cooper) 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Fayoum, 15.07.1973 (A. Freidberg), 1 ♀; Tabsanit, 2.08 .1991 (A. Freidberg ), 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( NHMUK).

Distribution

Middle East: Cyprus, Egypt, Israel *, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates. Widely distributed in the southern and central parts of Palaearctic region, and in Afrotropical and Oriental regions.

Habits

Psammophilous and xerophilic species; adults visit flowers. Larvae are inquilines (kleptoparasites) in nests of Sphecoidea: Bembecinus asiaticus Gussakovskij, 1935 , B. hungaricus (Frivaldszky, 1876) , Bembix rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758) , Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier, 1792) , Eremochares dives (Brullé, 1833) , Philanthus triangulum (Fabricius, 1775) , Prionyx pollens (Kohl, 1885) , P. viduatus (Christ, 1791) , Sphex leuconotus Brullé, 1833 , Sphex subtruncatus krombeini Vecht, 1984 , Stizus perrisii ibericus Beamount, 1962 , S. transcaspicus Radoszkowski, 1893 , Tachysphex costae (De Stefani Perez, 1882) , T. fertoni Pulawski, 1971 .

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.