Spaziphora tomkovichi Ozerov, 2011

Iwasa, Mitsuhiro, 2021, Three new species and six new records of Scathophagidae (Diptera) from Japan with a key to the Japanese genera, Zootaxa 4981 (3), pp. 531-553 : 549

Spaziphora tomkovichi Ozerov, 2011

[Japanese name: Hirata-migiwa-funbae]

( Figs 52–56 )

Spaziphora tomkovichi Ozerov, 2011 . Type-locality: Chukotka, Anadyr’Distr., Meynipyl’gino, lake-morene [ Russia].

Material examined. Hokkaido, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Kushiro Marsh, Kushiro, 4. viii. 1993, leg. M. Iwasa.

Diagnosis. Spaziphora tomkovichi Ozerov ( Fig. 52 ) can be recognized by the following characteristics: anterior part of frons, face, parafacial, and gena whitish; postpedicel yellowish, with slightly angular upper corner ( Fig. 53 ); palpi spatulate and white ( Fig. 54 ); thorax black with grey dusting; legs yellow; abdomen slender, grey dusted, and subshiny; male sternite V ventrally with two distinct spur-like tubercles ( Figs 55, 56 ); male surstyli stout and apically pointed, closing each other ( Fig. 56 ).

Body length (♂ ♀). 7.3–8.0 mm.

Distribution. Russia (the Far East) ( Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2014) and Japan (Hokkaido). New to Japan.

Remarks. Currently, the genus Spaziphora comprises three species in the world ( Ozerov, 2011). Spaziphora tomkovichi is easily distinguished from other known congeneric species by having two distinct ventral spure-like tubercles on male sternite V.

Figures

FIGURES 52–56. Spaziphora tomkovichi (Ozerov). 52, Male, lateral view; 53, Male postpedicel and pedicel, left lateral view; 54, Male palpus, left lateral view; 55, Male sternite V and terminalia, left lateral view; 56, Male sternite V and terminalia, posterior view.