Apodacra chrysocephala Rohdendorf, 1925

Verves, Yu. G., 2020, Review Of Subtribe Apodacrina (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) Of Middle East With Descriptions Of Ten New Species, Zoodiversity 54 (3), pp. 183-204 : 186

Apodacra chrysocephala Rohdendorf, 1925 ( figs 1–2 )

Apodacra chrysocephala Rohdendorf, 1925: 69 ; 1930: 19 (redescription, faunistics); Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 497 (faunistics); Verves, 1984: 538 (faunistics); 1986: 68 (catalog); 1990: 539 (in key); Verves & Khrokalo, 2018 (Supplementary Material): 20 (faunistics); Verves et al. 2015: 267 (review).

Apodacra poeciloptera Rohdendorf, 1927: 167 .

Apodacra seriemaculata: Szpila, 2010: 25 (morphology of 1 st instar larva).

Material. Israel: 3}, Hameshar , 16.06.1986, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 2}, Be`er Meshash , 21. 06. 1986, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 1}, S. Palestine, Dunes Ein Rhadian , 1.05.1954, leg. O. Theodor ( TAU) . 1 {, Shefech Zohar , 6.04.1988, leg. F. Kaplan ( TAU) . 1 {, Makhtech Ramon NR, Nahal Ramon , 19– 20.05.2004, leg. K. Szpila ( PCV) . 1}, Nahal Secher , 19.07.1984, leg. M. Kaplan ( TAU) . 1 {, Negev, dunes along Nahal Sekher, n. Ramat Khovav , 13.05.2006 leg., K. Szpila ( PCV) . 1 {, Zin Wilderness, Nahal Zin at En Akrabim , cane-covered sandy wadi el, – 61 m, (30 o 53ʹ38ʹʹ N, 35 o 09ʹ39ʹʹ E), 10. o4.1995, leg. M. E. Irwin ( TAU) . 1}, Arava Valley, Iddan , wadi running east of date palm orchard, – 110 m (30 o 48ʹ93ʹʹ N, 35 o 16ʹ79ʹʹ E), 24.03.1995, leg. M. Irwin ( NHMUK) . 2 {, Arava Valley, Shizaf Nature Reserve, Hazeva , north of water treatment plant low sandy hummocks in small wadi el, ‒ 80 m (30 o 46ʹ01ʹʹ N, 35 o 15ʹ37ʹʹ E), 24.03.1995, leg. Irwin. 1}, Negev, Ein Avdat, NP Nahal Zin, 17.05.2006, leg. K. Szpila ( PCV) . 1}, Ezuz , 15.08.1984, leg. I. Nussbaum ( TAU) . 1 {, Yeruham , 26.04.1973, leg. M. Kaplan ( TAU) . 1}, Dead Sea, Wadi Deyal , 10.05.1958, leg. O. Theodor ( TAU) . 1}, Elifaz , sewage, 5.04.1997, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . Egypt: 1}, Sinai: Firan , 9.04.1973, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 1}, St. Katharina , 18.07.1974, leg. F. Kaplan ( TAU) .

Distribution: Palaearctic: Asia: Egypt (Sinai), Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China (Gansu, Neimenggu).

H a b i t s: Adult flies prefer sandy areas.

Figures

Figs 1–2. Apodacra chrysocephala Rohd.: 1 (male): a — habitus in lateral view; b — habitus in dorsal view; c — head in profile; d — head in frontal view; e — fore leg in anterior view; f — wing; g — label. 2(female): a — habitus in lateral view; b — abdomen in dorsal view; c — head in profile; d — head in frontal view; e — head in dorsal view; f — wing; g — label.