Lispe tentaculata DeGeer, 1776

Ge, Yingqiang, Gao, Yunyun, Yan, Liping, Liu, Xianhui & Zhang, Dong, 2016, Review of the Lispe tentaculata-group (Diptera: Muscidae) in China, with one new synonym, Zoosystema 38 (3), pp. 339-352 : 349

Lispe tentaculata DeGeer, 1776

( Figs 1D ; 2D ; 4B, D, F ; 5D, E, F ; 11C, D )

Lispe tentaculata DeGeer, 1776: 86 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 3 ♂, Beijing: Mt. Song , 31. V.2009, Coll. D. Zhang ; 1 ♀, Beijing: Mt. Song , 1. VI.2009, Coll. D. Zhang ; 47 ♂ and 35 ♀, Xinjiang: Kalamaili Nature Reserve , 11-14.VIII.2009, Coll. D. Zhang ; 6♂ and 7♀, Xinjiang: Tekesi , 24.VIII.2013, Coll. M. Zhang ; 85 ♂ and 62 ♀, Xinjiang: Kalamaili Nature Reserve , 18.V-23. VI. 2014, Coll. M. Zhang.

DISTRIBUTION IN CHINA. — Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang.

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REMARKS

Hennig’s drawing (1960: 408, fig. 131, with a bended distal part) of the phallus of L. tentaculata is not the same as in our dissection ( Fig. 11D , specimen from Xinjiang). In our dissection, the phallus of L. tentaculata is straight and without a bended distal part, identical to Snyder’s drawing (1954: 15, fig. 53) of the phallus of L. sociabilis , about which he stated “might serve equally well for patellata and Nearctic specimens of tentaculata ” ( Snyder 1954: 38). Snyder’s statement was confirmed by Vikhrev (2014: 154). These images are placed in one plate for comparison. We speculate that Hennig’s drawing was based on either an aberrant L. tentaculata or an underlying species that curiously have both modified first fore tarsomere and bended phallus, an intermediate taxon between L. tentaculata -subgroup and L. orientalis -subgroup (more information in Discussion below).

Figures

FIG. 1. ─ Male terminalia of Lispe tentaculata-group,ventral view:A, L. consanguinea Loew, 1858; B, L. orientalis Wiedemann, 1824; C, L. sericipalpis Stein, 1904; D, L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776). Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIG. 2. ─ Male terminalia of Lispe tentaculata-group,lateral view:A, L. consanguinea Loew, 1858; B, L. orientalis Wiedemann, 1824; C, L. sericipalpis Stein, 1904; D, L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776). Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIG. 4. ─ Female abdomen and terminalia of Lispe sericipalpis Stein, 1904 (A, C, E) and L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776) (B, D, F). A, B, dorsal views; C, D, lateral views; E, F, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.50 mm. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

FIG. 5. ─ SEM images of finger-like protuberance on first tarsi of: Lispe consanguinea Loew, 1858 (A-C) and L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776) (D-F), ventral views: A, D, fore tarsi; B, E, finger-like protuberances; C, F, blunt apex of the protuberance. Scale bars: A, D, 400 μm; B, E, 200 μm; C, F, 20 μm. Arrows: the only un- bifurcate middle thorn on the blunt end of the finger-like protuberance.

FIG. 11. ─ Male phalli of Lispe tentaculata-group, lateral view: A, L. alpinicola Zhong, Wu & Fan, 1981 (adapted from Zhong, Wu & Fan 1981); B, L. sociabilis Loew, 1862 (adapted from Snyder 1954); C, L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776) (adapted from Hennig 1960); D, L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776) (specimen from Xinjiang, China). Scale bar: 0.50 mm.