Leptocera caenosa ( RONDANI, 1880 )

Papp, L., 2012, A Review Of The Afrotropical Species Of Leptocera Olivier (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (3), pp. 225-258 : 231

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scientific name

Leptocera caenosa ( RONDANI, 1880 )
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Leptocera caenosa ( RONDANI, 1880) View in CoL

Limosina caenosa RONDANI, 1880: 36 View in CoL . For detailed synonymy see ROHÁČEK et al. 2001: 151–152. Type locality: Italy (“in montuosis Italiae centralis”). The lectotype male (MZUF) was designated by ROHÁČEK (1982: 33). In the same paper ( ROHÁČEK

1982) he described it excellently (p. 33–40) and depicted the male and female genitalia (figs

58–68, 74).

Material studied ( HNHM): c. 60 specimens from Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Finland ,

Mongolia and Jordania.

Widespread in the Palaearctic region ( MARSHALL et al. 2011): Andorra, Austria, Portugal: Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain: Canary Is, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Latvia,? Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Russia (NET, CET, ES, WS, FE), Georgia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, North Korea, Japan, Israel. It has been regarded as a cosmopolitan species through human activity; it has also been found in the Australasian/Oceanian ( Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand), the Nearctic and the Neotropical regions and in the South Atlantic (Gough I.) and subantarctic regions (South Shetlands).

It has been reported also from South Africa. I studied a male (BMSA: R.S.A.: Eastern Cape, Hogsback Redwood trail, 32° 30.337’ S, 26° 56.135’E, 8–10. iv. 2010, 1169 m, Kirk-Spriggs & V. R. Smart – Indigenous (mixed) Afromontane forest, Malaise trap), which would not completely fit to ROHÁČEK’ s figures (figs 60–68). It has the medio-caudal desclerotised area of sternite 5 much broader, basal part of postgonite definitely longer, “notch” of the postgonite deep. This is why first I hesitate to name it as L. caenosa ; I was adviced to accept it as L. caenosa , since this species highly variable also as for genital characters.

MARSHALL, S. A., ROHACEK, J., DONG, H. & BUCK, M. (2011) The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000 - 2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions. Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1): 217 - 298.

ROHACEK, J. (1982) Revision of the subgenus Leptocera (s. str.) of Europe (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Entomologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden 46 (1): 1 - 44.

ROHACEK, J., MARSHALL, S. A., NORRBOM, A. L., BUCK, M., QUIROS, D. I. & SMITH, I. (2001) World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Slezske zemske museum, Opava, 414 pp.

RONDANI, C. (1880) Species italicae ordinis dipterorum (Muscaria Rndn.) collectae et observatae. Stirps XXV. Copromyzinae Zett. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana 12: 3 - 45.

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sphaeroceridae

Genus

Leptocera