Lispe ochracea Becker, 1910

Vikhrev, Nikita E., 2020, Lispe (Diptera, Muscidae) of the Palaearctic region, Amurian Zoological Journal XII (2), pp. 158-188 : 171

Lispe ochracea Becker, 1910

Lispe bivittata Stein, 1909 ( Hennig 1960; Pont 1991) misidentification

Lispe bivittata spp. subbivittata Mou, 1992 ( Xue, Zhang 2005)

Lispe subbivittata Mou, 1992 ( Vikhrev 2012c; Vikhrev 2014)

Lispe subbivittata Mou, 1992 syn. nov.

Material examined: see Vikhrev (2012c; 2014).

New record: INDIA, Gujarat st.: Bhuj env., 23.25°N 69.66°E, 2–3 October 2012, K. Tomkovich, 10♂, 5♀ ; Junagadh (21.52°N 70.46°E) env., 20–30 October 2012, K. Tomkovich, 4♂, 3♀ ( ZMUM) .

Discussion. In previous publications ( Vikhrev 2012c; Vikhrev 2014) I didn't agree with synonymy ( Hennig 1960) L. ochracea of described from Sokotra and the Oriental L. bivittata . However, I considered this taxon under the name L. subbivittata because the type female of L. ochracea was not found in Vienna. While working on this paper, I was again faced with the need to somehow solve this problem and now I decided to propose the synonymy Lispe ochracea Becker, 1910 = Lispe subbivittata Mou, 1992 syn. nov. First, Becker (1910) in his description makes it clear that the type female L. ochracea has characteristic submedian av seta on f3. Second, the type material of L. subbivittata was not reexamined after the description as well.

Distribution. Widely distributed in Palaearctic from Egypt to NE China (Liaoning), also recorded from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Iran. Afrotropical records: Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen. In the Oriental region is common in India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand states. In Uttarakhand L. ochracea is sympatric with the related L. bivittata .