Protopiophila latipes ( Meigen, 1838 )

Misiachna, A. V. & Korneyev, V. A., 2015, The First Records Of The Skipper Flies (Diptera, Piophilidae) From Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (2), pp. 113-118 : 117

Protopiophila latipes ( Meigen, 1838) ( fig. 3 , 2 )

Meigen, 1838: 360 ( Piophila ); Hennig, 1943: 35 ( Piophila ( Protopiophila )); Zuska, Laštovka, 1965: 153; McAlpine, 1977: 38; Zuska, 1984: 239; Merz, 1996: 353; Ozerov, 1999: 536 ( Protopiophila ).

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine, Kiev Region, Vita-Poshtova village , 50°18ʹ N 30°22ʹ E, on pig bones, 26.05.201 3 , 4 ♂, 1 ♀; 1.06.201 3, 17 ♂, 1 ♀; 6.07.201 3, 2 ♂ (Misiachna) (SIZK).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe: Czech Republic, France (mainland and Corsica), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland (Ozerov, 2013); Croatia ( Hennig, 1943); Far East Russia: Amur Region ( Ozerov, 1999), Nearctic, Oriental, and Australasian Regions ( McAlpine, 1977). First record from Ukraine.

D i a g n o s i s. This species can be recognized from the combination of orbital and two postpronotal seta present, frons and pleura entirely black, wing hyaline, fore coxa and basal 2/3 of fore femur yellow, with widened and flattened black palp and fore tarsomeres.

Figures

Fig. 3. Prochyliza nigrimana (1), Protopiophila latipes (2), Stearibia nigriceps (3–4), and Neottiophilum praeustum (5): 1, 3 — habitus, left; 2, 4 — head and mesonotum, dorsal, 5 — wing. Рис. 3. Prochyliza nigrimana (1), Protopiophila latipes (2), Stearibia nigriceps (3–4) и Neottiophilum praeustum (5): 1, 3 — общий вид, слева; 2, 4 — голова и среднеспинка, сверху; 5 — крыло.

Fig. 2. Parapiophila vulgaris (1–2) and Piophila casei (3–4): 1, 3 — habitus,left; 2, 4 — head and mesonotum,dorsal. Рис. 2. Parapiophila vulgaris (1–2) и Piophila casei (3–4): 1, 3 — общий вид, слева; 2, 4 — голова и среднеспинка, сверху.