Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) giganta Pape, 1996

Whitmore, Daniel, 2011, New taxonomic and nomenclatural data on Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with description of six new species, Zootaxa 2778, pp. 1-57 : 34

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) giganta Pape, 1996

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Discachaeta gigas Povolný, 1987: 230 (in Heteronychia (Eupierretia) p. 236). [Junior secondary homonym of Sarcophaga gigas Thomas, 1949 .]

Sarcophaga giganta Pape, 1996: 328 . New replacement name for Discachaeta gigas Povolný, 1987 .

Type material examined. Discachaeta gigas : seven type specimens: 2 3: [ Croatia, Biokovo Mts.] Čerešnik, 19.6.85 ( MMBC, as “ Discachaeta gigas Pov. ”) [carrying an additional red label with “ TYPUS ” typewritten on it]; 1 3: Čerešnik, 19.6.58 [sic!] ( MMBC, as “ Discachaeta gigas Pov. ”) [carrying an additional red label with “ TYPUS ” typewritten on it]; 4 3, preserved in what appears to be a mixture of (somewhat aromatic) ethanol and glycerin in a large glass vial with a plastic, screw-on lid containing the following labels: “ Jugoslávie ” and “ Discachaeta gigas ” ( MMBC) [terminalia of one male placed in a microvial in the same vial, containing the small label “ gigas ”; the vial was topped up with 70% ethanol after examination].

Remarks. Povolný (1987: 232) wrote: “ Holotypus 3, 19. Juni 1985, Čerešnik im Biokovo Gebirge über Makarska, Dalmatien, [...] Paratypen 8 3, dieseeben Angaben”. Seven specimens of the type series of D. gigas were found in MMBC, but the holotype cannot be unequivocally identified and could be any of the above; no other type specimens were found in MMBC (I. Malenovský, pers. comm. 2007).

Additional material examined. Croatia: Biokovo, 27.VI.1990, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 ( NHRS); same label information, 1 3 ( YVC); Biokovo Mts., nr. Podgora, 29–30.VI.1990, D. Povolný leg., 39 3 ( MMBC).

Remarks. Sarcophaga giganta is a very characteristic species of Heteronychia , mainly because of its greatly elongated distiphallus and dome-shaped juxta ( Fig. 58 ); it is known, so far, only from Croatia.

Figures

FIGURES 54 – 65. 54 – 56. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) enderleini Jacentkovský. 54. Cercus and surstylus, specimen from Italy, Abetina di Rosello (CNBFVR), scale bar 0.25 mm. 55. Distiphallus (lateral), type specimen of Heteronychia (Eupierretia) macedonica Povolný from Greece, St. Panteleimon (MMBC), scale bar 0.1 mm. 56. Juxta (apical), specimen from Italy, Borgo Capanne (NHRS), scale bar 0.05 mm. 57. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) ferox Villeneuve, distiphallus (half ventral, arrow showing vesica); paratype of Heteronychia (Asceloctis) perplexa Peris et al. from Spain, Pego, scale bar 0.15 mm. 58. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) giganta Pape, distiphallus (lateral); specimen from Croatia, Biokovo (NHRS), scale bar 0.25 mm. 59. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) kataphygionis (Povolný), distiphallus (lateral); paratype from Greece, Olympos (MMBC), scale bar 0.1 mm. 60. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) sp., distiphallus (lateral); specimen from Ukraine, Andriyivka (YVC), scale bar 0.1 mm. 61. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) kerteszi Villeneuve, terminalia; specimen from Lebanon, Mt. Barukh (TAU, as “ Heteronychia dayani det. Lehrer ”), scale bar 0.25 mm. 62 – 63. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) minima Rondani, specimen from Israel, Hameshar (TAU, as “ Ctenodasypygia fertoni det. Lehrer ”). 62. Cercus and surstylus, scale bar 0.15 mm (arrow showing subapical hump of cercus). 63. Distiphallus (lateral), scale bar 0.1 mm (arrow showing protruding lateral membranous process of juxta). 64. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) nanula (Povolný), distiphallus (apical); specimen from Sicily, Sortino (ZMUC), scale bar 0.05 mm. 65. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) depressifrons Zetterstedt, distiphallus (apical); specimen from Switzerland, Zürichberg (NHRS), scale bar 0.05 mm.