Phasia mesnili (Draber-Monko, 1965)

Sun, Xuekui & Marshall, Stephen A., 2003, Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 276 (1), pp. 1-320 : 132-134

3.5.6 Phasia mesnili (Draber­Mo ń ko, 1965)

(Figures I­35, II­6.1)

Alophora (Hyalomyia) mesnili Draber­Mońko, 1965: 109 .

Alophora pusilla: Belanovskij 1951: 145 (in part).

Alophora (Paralophora) pusilla: Victorov 1961: 53 .

Alophora (Hyalomyia) theodori Draber­Mońko, 1965: 114 .

Phasia (Hyalomyia) mesnili: Herting 1984: 170 (catalog) ­ Herting and Dely­Draskovits 1993: 412 (catalog) ­ Ziegler 1994: 157­180 (revision, new synonym).

Phasia (Hyalomyia) theodori: Herting 1984: 170 (catalog) ­ Herting and Dely­Draskovits 1993: 413 (catalog).

DESCRIPTION

Body length: 3­5 mm.

MALE: HEAD. Head spherical or nearly so. Eyes separated by a distance as wide as ocellar triangle. Fronto­orbital plate black, silky grey pruinose. Frontal vitta nearly parallel, grey pruinose. Frontal vitta at base of antennae 0.9­1.0 times as wide as fronto­orbital plate anteriorly. Ocellar setae present but fine; outer vertical setae present; inner vertical setae absent. Face black with grey pruinosity. Parafacial black with grey pruinosity, bare, as wide as first flagellomere. Lower margin of face projecting, visible in profile, brown, grey pruinose. Vibrissa well differentiated; intervibrissal distance 1.3­1.4 times distance between vibrissa and eye on same side; facial ridge with bristles on lower 1/4. Gena black with grey pruinosity; hairs white; height 0.12 times eye height. Lunule black and shining; sublunular bulla indistinct. Antenna pedicel yellow or brown; first flagellomere black, 1.1­ 1.2 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 0.4. Length of oral opening 2 times its width. Occiput flattened, white pruinose; hairs black. Palpus brown.

THORAX. Mesoscutum black shining, without pruinosity, with fine black hairs. 0+1 acrostichal seta; 0(1)+1(2) dorsocentral setae; 2 postpronotal setae; presutural supra­alar seta present, but fine; 0 postsutural intra­alar seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supra­alar seta; 2 postalar setae. Pleuron thinly grey pruinose; hairs black. Anepimeral setae medium size, black; 1 katepisternal seta; 4­6 meral setae. Scutellum black, shining, without pruinosity, with two pairs of marginal setae; apical setae present and distinct; discal setae randomly arranged, not in rows. Subscutellum not very prominent. WING. Lower calypter hyaline white. Wing base without scale­like setae. Tegula black. Basicosta brown to black. Wing hyaline, narrow; petiole of apical cell 0.45 times as long as preceding section of R 4+5; M meeting R 4+5 almost at right angle. Halter yellow. LEGS. Fore femur black; hairs black. Fore tibia black, without bristles, apically with 1 d. Fore tarus black. Fore claws black, 1.1 times as long as fifth tarsomere. Pulvilli black. Mid femur black; hairs black. Mid tibia black, with 1 v, apically with 1 av, 1 pv, 1 v and 1 d. Hind femur black; hairs black; scalelike setae absent. Hind tibia black, with 5­6 ad and 3 pd.

ABDOMEN. Abdominal tergites black; longitudinal vitta distinctly present (but interrupted between tergites). Relative length of abdominal tergites I+II:III:IV:V = 1.3:1:1:1.1; relative width I+II:III:IV:V = 0.4:1:1:0.8. Syntergite I+II shiny, not pruinose. Pruinosity of tergite III (at least on posterior 2/3) and tergites IV, V silvery; hair spots distinct. TERMINALIA. Syncercus V­notched posteriorly; posterior margin bent ventrally. Surstylus stripe­like, longer than cercus; apex slightly upward. Ejaculatory apodeme small, knoblike. Hypandrium almost as long as phallapodeme. Pregonite long, apical spherical, sparely haired dorsally. Postgonite broad, outer angle pointed, haired ventrally, as long as pregonite. Phallus slender, 1.3­1.4 times as long as hypandrium, haired dorsally on basal 1/ 2. Distiphallus with a row of regular sawteeth.

FEMALE. Wing hyaline. Eyes nearly touching. Frontal vitta triangular. Anterior spine­like setae of hind tibia well developed. Sternite VII (sheath) longer than sternite VI, arrow like in ventral view, pointed apically, not bent, apex straight, sternite VII with linear wrinkles ventrally. Ovipositor bent upward.

TYPE MATERIAL

Alophora mesnili Draber­Mońko, 1965 . Holotype ♀, RUSSIA, Stalingradskaja Oblast, Tinguta, 17.vii.1952, G. Viktorov (Zoological Measum, University of Moscow, not examined).

Alophora (Hyalomyia) theodori Draber­Mońko, 1965 . Holotype ♀, ISRAEL, Ein­ Gedi, 1.v.1957, Kugler (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, not examined); allotype ♂, TUNISIA, Bou Hedma, v.1921, C. Dumont [without genitalia] (CNCI, examined); paratype, 1♂, [ ALGERIA], Biskra, iv. 52515 (HUMB, abdomen on slide, examined).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED

GREECE. Knossus, 150m, 16­17.iv.1980 (1♂, BMNH). ISRAEL. Kefar Schemuel, 22.iv and 29.iv.1968, S. Bleszynski (1♂ 1♀, CNCI); Ein Gedi, 40km, N. Sedom, 29.iii.1968, S. Bleszynski (1♀, CNCI); Beersheba, 21.vi.1952, G.A. Mavromoustakis (1♂ 1♀, BMNH); Deganya, 13­16.v.1968, S. Bleszynski (1♂, CNCI); Hadera, Birket Atta., 24.v.1980, A. Freidberg (1♂, USNM); Hebr. University, 8.4.1951, J. Wahrman (1♂, BMNH). MOROCCO. Haut, Atlas, Jb. Ayachi, Tizi­n­Zou, Trib.B.l. and Mikdane Stream l., 1,000 ­2,500 m, 6 and 8.viii.1963, A.C. Pont (2♂ 1♀, BMNH); Haut. Atlas, Jb. Ayachi, 29.vii.1963, A.C. Pont (4♂, BMNH). RUSSIA. Siberia, Novosibirsk Region, Chany Lake Bio. Stn., 1­5.vii.1991, S.A. Marshall (2♂, DEBU). SPAIN. Prov. Salamanca, Castillejo M. Viejo, 17.ix.1986, Tschorsnig (2♂, DEBU); Prov. Salamanca, Villar de Ciervo, 10.v.1989, Tschorsnig (1♀, DEBU). TUNISIA. Bou Hedma and Maknassy, C. Dumont (3♂, CNCI). TURKEY. Ankara, 16km W. Kirikkale, 2,700ft, 29.vi.1960, Guichard and Harvey, B.M. 1960­364 (25♂ 5♀, BMNH); Amasya, 30 km, Amasya­Mecitozu, 1.viii.1960, 3,000ft, Guichard and Harvey (1♂, BMNH).

HOSTS

Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood) [= Stollia inconspicua (H.­S.)] ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae ): ­ ( Draber­Mońko 1965, Ziegler 1994: 168)

Eysarcoris [= Stollia ] aeneus (Scopoli) ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae ): ­ ( Draber­Mońko 1965, Ziegler 1994: 168)