Cordilura sifneri Ozerov, 2007

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2020, A review of the genus Cordilura Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (4), pp. 439-480 : 475

Cordilura sifneri Ozerov, 2007

Figs 9 , 119–121.

sifneri Ozerov, 2007b: 126 ( Cordilura ). Type-locality: 40 km SE of Ussuriysk ( Russia, Primorsky Krai).

REMARK. Recorded from Primorsky Krai of Russia only [ Ozerov, 2007b: 126; Ozerov, Krivosheina, 2014: 212].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Primorsky Krai: Lazovsky Nature Reserve, cordon “Amerika” (43.283ºN 134.044ºE) , 13–18.VII.1986, A.L. Ozerov (8 ♀♀, ZMUM); Kedrovaya Pad’ Nature Reserve (43.104ºN 131.512ºE) , 8–16. VI .2007 , A. Ovchinnikov (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZISP); Ussuriysky Nature Reserve (ca. 43.635°N 132.311°E), 13– 14. VI .1993 , Belokobyl’skiy (1 ♂, ZISP); 30 km SE of Ussuriysk, Ussuriysky Nature Reserve (43.635ºN 132.311ºE), 11–13. VI .1993 , Belokobyl’skiy (4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, ZISP).

DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION. Male, female. Body-length 4.8–6.5 mm. Head. Frontal vitta yellow, matt; fronto-orbital plate blackish, greyish dusted. Face, parafacial and gena yellowish white. Postcranium greyish dusted, yellow in upper half and whitish in lower half. 2 orbital and 2–3 frontal setae present. Antenna yellow. Postpedicel approximately 2.5 times as long as wide. Arista nearly bare. Palpus pale yellow. Thorax yellow; scutum with two dark rows, each exterior from dorsocentral lines; mediotergite with two dark stripes on margins; anepisternum with dark band on upper margin in some specimens. Acrostichals setulose in two rows, dorsocentrals 3+3 (including scapular seta), intra-alars 1+(1–2), supra-alars 1+2, 2 postpronotals. Scutellum with a pair of strong discal setae and a pair of apical setulae. Legs yellow; usually tarsomere 3 in apical half, tarsomeres 4 and 5 of mid leg, and tarsomere 5 of hind leg dark brownish in male; all tarsi yellow in female. Wing tinged with light brownish; veins brownish. Vein R 1 setulose on apical third or half of dorsal surface. Abdomen yellow in ground color, slightly darkened along border between tergites in male; more darkened in female. Male sternite 4 rectangular, longer than wide. Male sternite 5, epandrium and surstyli as in Figs 119–121.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Primorsky Krai.

Figures

Figs 3–9. Cordilura spp.: 3 — antenna of C. rufipes (Meigen), lateral view; 4 — same of C. aemula (Collin); 5 — same of C. ustulata (Zetterstedt); 6 — same of C. ciliata (Meigen); 7 — head of C. albilabris (Fabricius), lateral view; 8 — palpus of C.remmi (Elberg); 16 — same of C. sifneri Ozerov. Рис. 3–9. Cordilura spp.: 3 — усик C. rufipes (Meigen), сбоку; 4 — то же у C. aemula (Collin); 5 — то же у C. ustulata (Zetterstedt); 6 — то же у C. ciliata (Meigen); 7 — голова C. albilabris (Fabricius), сбоку; 8 — Щупик C.remmi (Elberg); 16 — то же у C. sifneri Ozerov.