Hexamitocera loxocerata ( Fallén, 1826 ), Fallen, 1826

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2015, A review of the genera Cleigastra Macquart, Gonarcticus Becker, Gonatherus Rondani, Hexamitocera Becker, Nanna Strobl, Orthacheta Becker and Spathephilus Becker (Diptera, Scathophagidae) of Russia, Zootaxa 4012 (2), pp. 201-258 : 219

Hexamitocera loxocerata ( Fallén, 1826)

Figs 3 , 55–61 .

loxocerata Fallén, 1826: 12 (Cordilura) . Type-locality: “In pratis Scaniae” ( Sweden, Skåne).

longifrons Zetterstedt, 1838: 729 ( Cordylura ). Type-locality: “Nordlandiae... Bjŏrkvik... (Lappon)” ( Norway).

Remarks. The species was mentioned by Gorodkov (1986: 38) for European part of Russia without indicating specific locality and by Ovchinnikov (2004: 422) from Volgograd Oblast; was recorded in the Russian Far East by Ozerov & Krivosheina (2014b: 213).

Material examined. Leningrad Oblast: Preobrazhenskay (=Tolmachovo) (58.8718N 29.8996E), 19.V.1898, Pleske (1 ♀, ZISP); Tatarstan: Reserve Volzhsko-Kamskiy, Raifa (55.8973N 48.733E), 11.V.2005, Basov (1 ♂, ZMUM).

Distribution. Russia ( Fig. 61 ): Leningrad Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Tatarstan, Volgograd Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast.—Europe, North America.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Nanna flavipes (Fallén) (1, 2, 5, 7), Hexamitocera loxocerata (Fallén) (3), Spathephilus nigriventris (Loew) (4, 6) and Orthacheta cornuta (Loew) (8): 1 — thorax, lateral view; 2 — proepisternum; 3 — head, lateral view; 4, 5 — antenna, lateral view; 6 – 8 — scutellum. Figures 4 – 7 after Ozerov (2010 e, Figures 10 – 13).

FIGURES 55 – 61. Hexamitocera loxocerata (Fallén, 1826): 55 — end of female abdomen, ventral view; 56 — same, dorsal view; 57 — same, lateral view; 58 — epandrium, cerci and surstyli, lateral view; 59 — same, dorsal view; 60 — male sternites 4 (lower) and 5 (upper); 61 — distribution map.