Pygophora macularis ( Wiedemann, 1830 )

Yoshizawa, Satoshi & Tachi, Takuji, 2018, Taxonomic review of the genus Pygophora Schiner of Japan (Diptera: Muscidae), Zootaxa 4418 (5), pp. 449-468 : 460

Pygophora macularis ( Wiedemann, 1830)

( Figs. 7a–d , 12 )

Coenosia macularis Wiedemann, 1830: 438 . Holotype female ( Zoological Museum , University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark). Type locality: E. Indies.

Diplogaster nigricauda Bigot, 1886: 14 .

Redescription. Male. Differing from P. boninensis as follows: abdominal sternite 5 broad posteriorly in ventral view; surstylus broad and nearly straight in dorsal view; phallus nearly straight apically. Female. Differing from male as follows: first flagellomere shorter than in male, approximately 2.8 times as long as pedicel; wing without brown spot; hind tibia without posteroventral seta and apical lobe; abdominal tergite 3 with three black spots; abdominal tergite 5 without dorsal keel. Female terminalia. Very similar to P. boninensis .

Body length. 5.5–7.0 mm.

Material examined. JAPAN: 1 male (BLKU), Mt. Hôkyô , Tsukuba city, Ibaraki pref., 6. VIII. 2013 ; 1 male (EUM), Yorii town, Ôsato-gun , Saitama pref., 24. VI–2. VII. 2007 ; 1 male (BLKU), Tatsugaya , Ogose town, Iruma-gun , Saitama pref., 11. II. 2012 ; 1 male (EUM), Imperial Palace , Tokyo, 14. III. 2002 ; 1 female (BLKU), Mt. Futagoyama , Zushi city, Kanagawa pref., 19. X. 2008 ; 1 male (BLKU), Kashihara , Fukuoka city, Fukuoka pref., 6. IV. 1996 ; 1 female (BLKU), Onoaida , Yakushima town, Yakushima Is., Kumage-gun, Kagoshima pref. [N 30°14’39” / E 130°33’30”], 9. III. 2013 ; 3 males and 3 females (BLKU), Gusuku , Sumiyo town, Amami city, Kagoshima pref., 1, 3, 5. VII. 2013 . THAILAND: 2 females (EUM), Khao Yai 30 Km, S. of Pak Chong, 25–26. XII. 1975 . INDONESIA: 1 male (EUM), Noongan 50 Km S. of Menado, 2–10. XII. 1973 .

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Kyushu), China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Bionomics. This was found and collected by the first author in a forest.

Remarks. This species resembles Pygophora boninensis and P. maculipennis Stein , and it is distinguished from them only by the following male morphological characters: hind tibia with 1 posteroventral seta, and surstylus broad in dorsal view. This is the first record of the species from Japan.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Pygophora macularis (Wiedemann), male sternite 5 and terminalia: a. Male sternite 5 in ventral view (setae omitted on the leftside).b.Hypandrium, pregonite,postgonite, and phallus inlateral view.c. Epandrium, surstylus, and cerci in lateral view. d. Same indorsal view (setae omitted on the left side) (Scale bars = 0.2 mm).

FIGURE 12. Distribution map for Pygophora spp. in Japan:P.boninensis Snyder (black star); P.confusa Stein (white star); P. immaculipennis Frey (black circle); P. lepidofera (Stein) (white circle); P. longicornis (Stein) (black triangle); P. macularis (Wiedemann) (white triangle); P. maculipennis Stein (black square); P. respondens (Walker) (white square); P.unicolor (Stein) (black hexagon).