Phasia aurigera ( Egger, 1860 )

Sun, Xuekui & Marshall, Stephen A., 2003, Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 276 (1), pp. 1-320 : 71-73

3.4.3 Phasia aurigera ( Egger, 1860)

(Figures I­7, II­11.4)

Alophora aurigera Egger, 1860: 796 .

Phasia urnifera von Roser, 1840: 57 , nomen oblitum.

Alophora bonapartea Rondani, 1861: 217 ­ Baer 1921: 128 ­ Stein 1924: 258 ­ Rhodendorf 1933: 713.

Alophoa kriechbaumeri Schiner, 1869b: 841 .

Hyalomyia helleri Palm, 1876: 420 .

Alophora (Hyalomyia) bonapartea: Girscher, 1887: 22 ­ Bezzi und Stein 1907: 579 ­ Rohdendorf 1947: 86.

Halophora subcoleoptrata (Linnaeus) of Pandellé, 1894: 88. (misident.).

Allophora aurigera: Wenfurter 1906: 8­9 ­ Dupuis 1949: 501.

Brumptallophora aurigera: Dupuis 1952: 27 ­ Dupuis 1963: 106 (host).

Alophora (Brumptallophora) aurigera: Draber­Mońko 1965: 140 (redescription).

Phasia (Phasia) aurigera: Herting 1984: 168 (catalog) ­ Herting and Dely­Draskovits 1993: 409 (catalog).

DESCRIPTION

Body length: 8­13 mm.

MALE: HEAD. Head compressed anteriorly. Eyes separated by a distance as wide as ocellar triangle. Fronto­orbital plate yellow, yellow pruinose, more than 3­4 rows of hairs laterally. Frontal vitta almost parallel, reddish brown. Frontal vitta at base of antennae 0.8­ 0.9 times as wide as fronto­orbital plate anteriorly. Ocellar setae absent, or present but fine; outer vertical setae absent; inner vertical setae absent. Face yellow or brown, yellow pruinose. Parafacial yellow; grey pruinose, bare, 2.5­3 times as wide as first flagellomere. Lower margin of face perpendicular, not projecting, orange yellow, grey pruinose. Vibrissa well differentiated; intervibrissal distance 0.6­0.8 times distance between vibrissa and eye on same side; facial ridge with bristles on lower 4/5. Gena yellow or brown, grey pruinose; hairs white; height 0.25 times eye height. Lunule black, shining; sublunular bulla indistinct. Antenna black, or pedicel yellow or brown; first flagellomere black, 1.2 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 0.25. Length of oral opening 1.8 times its width. Occiput flattened, greyish yellow pruinose; hairs white. Palpus yellow, or brown.

THORAX. Mesoscutum strongly pruinose (yellow); 2 black longitudinal vittae, but ending at posterior half of postsutural dorsum, with fine black hairs. 0+0(1) acrostichal seta; 0+0(1) dorsocentral seta; 1 postpronotal seta; presutural supra­alar seta absent, or present but fine; 0­1 postsutural intra­alar seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supra­alar seta; 2 postalar setae. Pleuron strongly grey pruinose; hairs white and yellow; and without scale­like setae. Anepimeral setae medium size, black; 2 katepisternal seta; 8­11 meral setae. Scutellum black or base black with yellow tip, grey pruinose, with two pairs of marginal setae; apical setae absent; discal setae randomly arranged, not in rows. Subscutellum not very prominent. WING. Lower calypter white with light brown infuscation. Wing base without scalelike setae. Tegula black. Basicosta brown. Wing pictured; white with light brown infuscation, narrow, or broad; petiole of apical cell 0.20­0.24 times as long as preceding section of R 4+5; M meeting R 4+5 at acute angle. Halter yellow, or brown. LEGS. Fore femur black; ventrally and laterally with whitish yellow hairs, dorsally with black hairs. Fore tibia brown to black, with 1 ad and 1 p, apically with 1 ad, 1 pv, 1 p and 1 d. Fore tarus black. Fore claws brown, apex black; 1.1 times as long as fifth tarsomere. Pulvilli brown. Mid femur brown to black; ventrally and laterally with whitish yellow hairs, black hairs dorsally. Mid tibia brown, with 1 ad and 1 v, apically with 1 ad, 1 a, 1 av, 1 pv, 1 p, 1 v and 1 d. Hind femur brown; hairs black; scale­like setae absent. Hind tibia yellow, with 3­5 ad and 4­5 pd.

ABDOMEN. Abdominal tergites with yellow spot or area (syntergite I+II, anterior half of tergite III and outer side of tergite V yellow); longitudinal vitta distinctly present. Relative length of abdominal tergites I+II:III:IV:V = 1.2:1:1:1.1; relative width I+II:III:IV:V = 0.4:1:1:0.8. Syntergite I+II pruinose (thinly). Tergite III shiny. Pruinosity of tergite IV absent; hair spots indistinct. Pruinosity of tergite V yellow (V­like); hair spots indistinct. TERMINALIA. Syncercus slender, with a small and shallow notch posteriorly. Surstylus longer than cercus, hook­like; strongly arched dorsally. Ejaculatory apodeme slender. Hypandrium broad, shorter than phallapodeme. Postgonite bent ventrally, pointed, longer than pregonite. Pregonite short, with sparse hairs dorsally. Phallus broad, longer than hypandrium, without fine hairs. Distiphallus branched; dorsolateral process with two branches.

FEMALE. Body size sometimes smaller than male. Wing hyaline. Eyes almost touching. Thorax without yellow pruinose area. Anterior spine­like setae of hind tibia absent. Tergite V also shining black. Sternite VII (sheath) longer than sternite VI, hook­like, pointed, bent; apex directed dorsally, sternite VII with linear wrinkles ventrally. Ovipositor bent upward.

TYPE MATERIAL

Alophora aurigera Egger, 1860 . Holotype ♂, Austria, Wien, (location unknown, not examined).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED

AUSTRIA. Manhartsberg, Nied. Österr. Siebeck (2♂ 3♀, DEIC). CHINA. Beijing, Qinglongqiao, Sanbu and Baidalin, 19.x.1979, 29.x.1979, 30.v.1980, 8.x.1980, E. Liang (3♂ 2♀, IZAS); Jilin, Jinyuan, 12.vi.1982, Z. Mao (1♂, IZAS); Sichuan, Yanyuan, 2,200m, 16.ix.1986, Y. Wang (1♀, IZAS). CROATIA. Sejeme, 27.ix.1929 and 30.v.1930, N. Baranov Collection 1960 (2♀, USNM); Sljeme, 23.vi.1931, N. Baranov Collection (2♂, USNM). FRANCE. Belfort, Purch E. Le Moult, B.M. 1933­189 (4♂, BMNH); Bozel, 27.5.1901, coll. Liehtwardt (1♀, DEIC); Richelieu, 27.ix.1963, on Flower of Senecio jacobaea , (1♂ 1♀, USNM). GERMANY. Berlin, F.C. Schirmer (1♀, DEIC); [?], Brit­M. 1927­ 184, (8♂ 7♀, BMNH); Häfnerhaslach, 31.viii and 10.ix.1989, Tschorsnig" (2♂ 2♀, DEBU); Helfta Bei Eisleben, 18.ix.1938, H. Köller (2♂ 1♀, DEIC); Wiesbaden, coll. Oldenberg (6♂ 4♀, DEIC); Bamberg, Oberhaid, 8.ix.1934, Schneld (1♂, CNCI); Siebengebirg, Hober­ Honnel­Lüwenburg, 8.ix.1950 (1♂, CNCI); Darmstadt, coll. Meyer, Reinhard Collection (1♂, CNCI). ITALY. Hontebello, 3.x.1965, (1♂, CNCI). POLAND. Nimptsch, 7.ix.­10.ix. (1909), Duda, collection, Lichtwardt (5♂ 6♀, DEIC); DOUBTFUL LOCALITIES: "Glatigny, 16.ix.1933, 16.ix.1934, 4.x.1934, (1♂ 2♀, CNCI)"; "Reuelbeau, 18.vi.1942, (1♂, CNCI)"; "Batzenhofen, 18.ix.1938 (1♀, CNCI)"; "Dreoben, O. Kieferwi (2♂, ZMHU)"; "ex. Girschner Collection, C.J. Wainwright (50♂ 12♀, BMNH)"; "Europe (label data unreadable), (20♂ 10♀, DEIC, BMNH, CNCI)"

HOSTS

Palomena prasina (L.) ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae ): ­ (Michalk 1938a: 259, 1938b: 57 ­ Dupuis 1947: 302, 1948: 206, 1963: 106 ­ Draber­Mońko 1965: 145).

Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda) ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae ): ­ ( Dupuis 1949a: 215, 1949b: 504, 1963: 106 ­ Draber­Mońko 1965: 145).

Coreus marginatus (L.) ( Hemiptera , Coreidae ): ­ ( Dupuis 1954: 332, 1963: 106 ­ Draber­Mońko 1965: 145).

Gonocerus juniperi (H.S.) ( Hemiptera , Coreidae ): ­ ( Dupuis 1954: 332, 1963: 106 ­ Draber­Mońko 1965: 145).

Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Goeze) ( Hemiptera , Coreidae ): ­ ( Dupuis 1963: 106 ­ Draber­Mońko 1965: 145).

NOTES

Phasia aurigera (Egger) is a Palaearctic species, known from the warmer parts of Europe, including southern France, southern Germany, southern Poland, and Russian Far East ( Draber­Mońko 1965: 146 and Herting 1984: 168). This species has 2 generations a year. The adults emerge May­June and September­October in Europe.