Gonatherus planiceps ( 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 : 216

Gonatherus planiceps ( Fallén, 1826)

Figs 45–54 .

planiceps Fallén, 1826: 12 (Cordylura) . Type-locality: “Vestrogothia” (Västergötland, S. Sweden). friesi Zetterstedt, 1838: 729 ( Cordylura ). Type-locality: “Lapponia Tornensi... Juckasjervi... (Lappon, borealis— Dalekarlia)” ( Sweden).

fumipennis Hendel, 1930: 7 ( Gonatherus ). Type-locality: “Klutchi” ( Russia, Kamchatka Kray).

Remarks. The species was recorded for Russia by Hendel (1930: 7) from Kamchatka, by Gorodkov (1970: 449) from Kola Peninsula, and by Humala & Polevoi (2009: 71) from Karelia.

Material examined. Altay: Ridge Kurayskiy, 2500–2700 m (50.33N 87.75E), tundra, 3.VII.2008, A. Barkalov (1 ♀, ZMUM); Kursk Oblast: Streletskaya Steppe (51.5795N 36.0870E), 5–15.V.2008, K. Tomkovich (1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, ZMUM); Moscow Oblast: Naro-Fominsk (55.3574N 36.7361E), 10.IV.2007, D. Gavryushin (1 ♂, ZMUM); Murmansk Oblast: basin of Lake Vud'yavr (ca. 67.6464N 33.6449E), 1935, Fridolin (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZISP).

Distribution. Russia ( Fig. 54 ): Altay, Kamchatka Kray, Karelia, Kursk Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Murmansk Oblast.—Europe, North America.

Figures

FIGURES 45 – 49. Gonaterus planiceps (Fallén), male: 45 — habitus; 46 — sternite 5; 47 — sternite 4; 48 — epandrium, cerci and surstyli, lateral view; 49 — same, dorsal view.

FIGURES 50 – 54. Gonaterus planiceps (Fallén): 50 — end of female abdomen, ventral view; 51 — same, dorsal view; 52 — same, lateral view; 53 — female abdominal sternite 7; 54 — distribution map.