Paradryomyza spinigera Ozerov, 1987

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2022, A review of the family Dryomyzidae (Diptera) of Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (3), pp. 312-326 : 323-325

Paradryomyza spinigera Ozerov, 1987

Figs 10 , 21, 32, 42.

spinigera Ozerov, 1987: 39 ( Paradryomyza ). Type-locality: Zeya Town (Amur Oblast, Russia).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Amur Oblast: Zeysky Nature Reserve , cordon “ 52 km ” (54.087ºN 126.871ºE) and cordon “ 34 km ” (53.989ºN 127.073ºE), 29.VII.1979, 1, 4, 12 and 27.VIII.1979, 7– 10, 21, 26 and 29.VII.1981, 18.VIII.1981, 7, 11 and 14.IX.1981, 16.VI.1982, 10.VII.1982, M. Krivosheina, A. Ozerov, A. Shatalkin (holotype ♂, 12 paratypes ♂♂, 15 paratypes ♀♀, ZMUM) ; same place, 24 and 27. VI., 3.VII. and 27.VIII.1978, A. Shatalkin (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, ZMUM) ; same place, 24.VII.1981, A. Ozerov (1 ♀, ZMUM) ; Kamchatka Krai: Lake Chazhma (55.025ºN 161.859ºE), 10.VIII.1987, L.E. Lobkova (1 ♀, ZMUM) ; Karelia: Primorskiy env. (66.552ºN 33.100ºE), 4.VII.2010, A.L. Ozerov (1 ♀, ZMUM) ; Krasnoyarsk Krai: Kryuchkovo Station (56.096ºN 92.109ºE), 14– 23.VII.2009, K. Tomkovich (1 ♂, ZMUM) ; Primorsky Krai: Kamenushka (43.634ºN 132.222ºE), 14.VI.1984, 15.VIII.1987, A. Shatalkin (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM) ; Lazovsky Nature Reserve , cordon “Amerika” (43.283ºN 134.044ºE), 11–16.VII.1986, A.L. Ozerov (3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, ZMUM) ; Sakhalin Oblast: Kuril Islands, Kunashir I., environs of the Mendeleev volcano (43.961ºN 145.729ºE), 3.IX.1968, Gorodkov (1 ♂, ZISP) ; Kuril Islands, Kunashir I., Tretyakovo env. (43.991ºN 145.655ºE), 25–29.VIII. and 13–22.IX.2009, I. Melnik (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, ZMUM) ; Tyumen’ Oblast: River Khulga (65.105ºN 62.217ºE), 9–17.VII.2018, K. Tomkovich (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM) ; Vogulka (63.934–37ºN 64.508–11ºE), 20–21.VII.2018, K. Tomkovich (1 ♀, ZMUM) .

DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION. Body-length 4.2– 7.9 mm. Frons usually with black or blackish spot in front of orbital seta. Palpus almost completely dark brown or black. Katepisternum covered with rare light hairs. Legs yellow in ground colour. Hind femur with stout spinules apically on ventral surface ( Fig. 10 ). Female abdominal tergite 7 spinulose, spines rare and thin. Genitalia as in Figs 21, 32, 42.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: forest zone from Leningrad Oblast and Karelia east to Sakhalin Oblast; widely distributed, but is not a common species.

BIOLOGY. Adults of Paradryomyza spinigera were common on human excrements; some specimens were collected near corpses of small rodents [ Ozerov, 1987].

Figures

Figs 8–12. Dryomyza anilis Fallén (8), Oedoparena minor Suwa (9), Paradryomyza spinigera Ozerov (10) and Paradryomy- za setosa (Bigot) (11, 12): 8, 9 — scutellum, dorsally; 10, 11 — apical part of hind femur, posteroventrally; 12 — end of female abdomen. Рис. 8–12. Dryomyza anilis Fallén (8), Oedoparena minor Suwa (9), Paradryomyza spinigera Ozerov (10) и Paradryomyza setosa (Bigot) (11, 12): 8, 9 — Щиток, сверху; 10, 11 — апикальнаЯ часть Заднего бедра, постеровентрально; 12 — конец брюШка самки.