Cordilura impudica ( Rondani, 1867 )

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 : 456-458

Cordilura impudica ( Rondani, 1867)

Figs 19, 57–59.

impudica Rondani, 1867: 97 ( Cordylura ). Type-locality: “in agri parmensis planitie...” (vicinity of Parma, Italy).

umbrosa Loew, 1873: 246 ( Cordylura ). Type-locality: “Losoncz” [Luèenec, 48.333ºN 19.666ºE] ( Slovakia).

REMARKS. Noted by Gorodkov [1970: 448, 1986: 15, as C. umbrosa ] for south of European part of Russia without indicating specific locality. Recorded by Ovchinnikov [2004: 422] from Saratov Oblast and Astrakhan’ Oblast.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Altai: Lake Kolyvanskoe (51.363ºN 82.191ºE), 8.IX.2007, O. Kosterin (1 ♂, ZMUM); Astrakhan’ Oblast: Zyuzino (45.751ºN 47.678ºE) , 8–9. V .2010 , K. Tomkovich (1 ♂, ZMUM); Astrakhan’ Nature Reserve (ca. 46.110ºN 48.749ºE), 14, 16. V. and 7.VIII.1963, Pisarev (1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, ZISP); Bashkiria: Beloretsk (54.051ºN 58.268ºE) , 12.VIII.2012, D. Gavryushin (1 ♂, ZMUM); Kursk Oblast: Oboyan’ (51.191ºN 36.312ºE), 25– 26. V ., 20–21.VII.2007, A.L. Ozerov (2 ♀♀, ZMUM); Zorino (51.172ºN 36.353ºE) , 14. V .2008 , K. Tomkovich (3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Mordovia: Mordovsky Nature Reserve, Lake Inoskoe (54.728ºN, 43.15ºE), 20. V .2020 , N. Vikhrev (1 ♂, ZMUM); Moscow Oblast: Lugovaya (56.203ºN 37.823ºE), 26. VI .1993 , A.L. Ozerov (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, ZMUM); Novosibirsk (54.854ºN 83.107ºE), 11.V.2008, 9–10.IX.2009, O. Kosterin (2 ♂♂, ZMUM); Primorsky Krai: Novokievsk [=Kraskino] (42.713°N 130.781°E) , 8. VI .1933 , A. Mishchenko (2 ♀♀, ZISP); Sakhalin Oblast: Sakhalin I., Moskalevo (53.567ºN 142.504ºE), 13.VIII.2001, A. Leley (1 ♀, ZMUM); Saratov Oblast: 5 km S of N. Bannovka (50.666ºN, 45.633ºE) , 11.VII.2005, Nartshuk (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZISP); Nizhnaya Bannovka (50.666ºN, 45.633ºE) , 4–5.VII.2003, A. Ovchinnikov (9 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀, ZISP); Zabaykalsky Krai: 20 km E of Dauriya station (49.931ºN 116.851ºE) , 6. VI .1943 , Dubinin (1 ♀, ZISP).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. Uzbekistan: Tashkent (41.313ºN 69.286ºE), 2. IV.1929, Rohdendorf (1 ♀, ZISP) .

DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION. Male. Female. Body-length 6.0– 7.6 mm. Head. Frontal vitta from brown to black, with whitish reflection; fronto-orbital plate black, greyish dusted. Face and parafacial yellowish with whitish reflection. Gena blackish. Postcranium black, grey dusted. 3 orbital and 2–3 frontal setae present. Antenna black. Postpedicel approximately 2 times as long as wide. Arista plumose, the longest hairs approximately equal to the width of postpedicel. Palpus black. Thorax black, delicately grey dusted. Acrostichals setulose in two rows, dorsocentrals 3+3 (including scapular seta), intra-alars (0–1)+2, supra-alars 1+2, 2 postpronotals. Scutellum with a pair of strong discal setae only; apical scutellar setae as setulae or absent. Legs greyish dusted. Fore coxa black. Femora of all legs black. Tibiae and tarsi of all legs yellow. Wing tinged with brownish; veins blackish. Vein R 1 setulose on apical third of dorsal surface ( Fig. 19). Abdomen black, delicately grey dusted. Male sternite 4 rectangular, longer than wide. Male sternite 5, epandrium and surstyli as in Figs 57–59.

Description, figures and photo of female ovipositor is given by Ovchinnikov [2009: 624–625, 630, as Cordilura umbrosa ].

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Altai, Bashkiria, Kursk Oblast, Mordovia, Moscow Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai. — Europe, Kazakhstan [ Gorodkov, 1986: 15], Uzbekistan (first record).