Sciomyza Fallén, 1820

Li, Zhu, Yang, Ding & Murphy, William L., 2019, Review of genera of Sciomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae) from China, with new records, synonyms, and notes on distribution, Zootaxa 4656 (1), pp. 71-98 : 78-80

5. Sciomyza Fallén, 1820 (New record)

( Figs. 6 , 39–40 , 68 )

Sciomyza Fallén, 1820: 11 . Type species: Sciomyza simplex Fallén, 1820 (by designation of Westwood, 1840).

Diplectria Enderlein, 1939: 203 . Type species: Bischofia lucida Hendel, 1902 (original designation). Diagnosis. Medium-sized to relatively large species characterized by 2 preapical setae on the foretibia. Always 2 orbital setae present. Frons partly or entirely shining. Antennal arista with long black hairs. Prosternum with setulae. Propleural seta strong. Wing hyaline without spots.

Remarks. Of the 6 described species, 4 are Palearctic and 2 are Nearctic.

Before our study, Sciomyza had never been recorded from China. We determined 1 female from Menyuan County, Qinghai Province, in northwestern China, in the Palearctic Region. By use of the key in Rozkošný (1987), we determined it to be Sciomyza dryomyzina Zetterstedt, 1846 . This is the first record of Sciomyza from China.

Specimen examined. 1♀, CHINA, Qinghai, Menyuan County, 1990. VII. 21, collectors unknown ( IZCAS).

Figures

FIGURE 68. Geographical distribution of genera of Sciomyzidae from China (4).

FIGURES 1–8. Characters and morphological terms for the family Sciomyzidae (I).

FIGURES 33–40. Adult habitus (head) of genera in the tribe Sciomyzini.