Gasterophilus flavipes (Oliver, 1811)

Li, Xin-Yu, Pape, Thomas & Zhang, Dong, 2019, Taxonomic review of Gasterophilus (Oestridae, Gasterophilinae) of the world, with updated nomenclature, keys, biological notes, and distributions, ZooKeys 891, pp. 119-156 : 119

Gasterophilus flavipes (Oliver, 1811) Figs 1 A–C , 4A, B , 7 A–C , 10A , 11 A–C , 14 A–C , 17 A–D ; Table 1

Oestrus flavipes Olivier, 1811: 467. Type locality: France, Pyrenees ("Dans les Pyrénées”).

Selected references.

Brauer (1863: 80); Patton (1937); Li et al. (2019).

Diagnosis.

Facial plate bare. Postsutural scutum of light color (yellowish), with rectangular area near scutoscutellar suture. Wing completely hyaline. Distance between crossveins r-m and dm-cu at least twice as long as r-m. Meron with unmodified setae. Legs yellow; hind tarsus with long, strong and dense setae ventrolaterally. Abdomen ground color yellow. Male cercus short and broad, length/width ratio equal or less than 1.0; surstylus yellow, gradually tapered proximally and distally, with a gradually tapered apex; surstylar setae long, reaching the sagittal plane; processi longi tubercular. Female sternite 8 longitudinally ridged in the middle and with a scallop-shaped apex.

Material examined.

CHINA - Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region • 10♂♂, 14♀♀; Kalamaili, Qiaomuxibai water reservoir; 45°13.8'N, 89°3.0'E (DDM); 1000 m; 26 Jun 2017; Y.Q. Ge & W.Y. Pei leg.; MBFU • 1♂, 1♀; same data as for preceding; NHMD. - Inner Mongolia • 1♂; Chifeng; 1 Jul. 1960, collector unknown; IOZ • 1♂; same collection locality as for preceding; 3 Jul. 1960; collector unknown; IOZ. CYPRUS • 1♂; no further data; NHMUK. MOROCCO • 1♂; no further data; 1897; G. Buchet leg.; MNHN • 1♂; Haute Moulouya; 1918; Thullet leg.; MNHN •1♂; Moyen Atlas; Hun. 1949; L. Chopard leg.; MNHN • 1♀; LIBYA • Zuwarah; no further data; NHMUK • 1♂; SUDAN • Ed Dueim; 1937; collector unknown; NHMUK • 1♂; no further data; NHMUK.

Hosts.

Donkey ( E. africanus asinus Linnaeus) [speculated by Brauer (1863) without evidence].

Distribution.

Afrotropical - Sudan. Palaearctic - China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang), Croatia?, Cyprus, Egypt?, France, Iran?, Kazakhstan?, Libya, Morocco, Spain?, Turkey?

Figures

Figure 1. Left lateral view of habitus (A, D, G), head and thorax (B, E, H), and head in frontal view (C, F, I) of male Gasterophilus species, modified from Li et al. (2019) A-C G. flavipes (Olivier); Morocco (in IOZ) D-F G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus); China (in MBFU) G-I G. inermis (Brauer); Germany (in NHMD). Scale bars: 1 mm (A, D, G); 0.5 mm (B, C, E, F, H, I).

Figure 4. Dorsal view of habitus (A, C, E) and head and thorax (B, D, F) of male Gasterophilus species, modified from Li et al. (2019) A, B G. flavipes (Olivier) C, D G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus) E, F G. inermis (Brauer). Scale bars: 1 mm (A, C-D, E); 0.5 mm (B, F).

Figure 7. Dorsal view (A, D, G) and left lateral view (B, E, H) of habitus, and head in frontal view (C, F, I) of female Gasterophilus species, modified from Li et al. (2019) A-C G. flavipes (Olivier); China (in MBFU) D-F G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus); China (in MBFU) G-I G. inermis (Brauer); Germany (in NHMD). Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B, D, E, G, H); 0.5 mm (C, F, I).

Figure 10. Wing of Gasterophilus species, with A-C modified from Li et al. (2019) A G. flavipes (Olivier) B G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus) C G. inermis (Brauer) D G. intestinalis E G. meridionalis (Pillers & Evans) F G. nasalis (Linnaeus) G G. nigricornis (Loew) H G. pecorum (Fabricius) I G. ternicinctus Gedoelst. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C); 1 mm (D-I).

Figure 11. Anterior (A, D, G), left lateral (B, E, H) and posterior view (C, F, I) of male terminalia of Gasterophilus species, modified from Li et al. (2019) A-C G. flavipes (Olivier) D-F G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus) G-I G. inermis (Brauer). Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-I). The dotted line in C and F indicates the sagittal plane. Abbreviations: cer, cercus; ph, phallus; pog, postgonite; pr l, processi longi; sur, sustylus.

Figure 14. Dorsal (A, D, G), left lateral (B, E, H) and ventral (C, F, I) view of female genitalia of Gasterophilus species, modified from Li et al. (2019) A-C G. flavipes (Olivier) D-F G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus) G-I G. inermis (Brauer). Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C); 1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: cer, cercus; epi, epiproct; sg 7, segment 7; sl, stalk-like pedicel; st 8, sternite 8; tg 8, tergite 8.

Figure 17. Right lateral (A, E, I, M) and ventral (B, F, J, N) view, micropyle (C, G, K, O) and ultrastructural details of plastron (D, H, L, P) of eggs in Gasterophilus species A-D G. flavipes (Olivier) E-H G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus) I-L G. inermis (Brauer) M-P G. intestinalis. Abbreviations: api, apical; dor, dorsal; ven, ventral. Scale bars: 100 μm (A, B, I-J, M, - N), 50 μm (in box of B), 100 μm (in box of I); 20 μm (C); 5 μm (D); 250 μm (E, F), 20 μm (in box of F); 50 μm (G, O); 25 μm (H); 10 μm (K, L, P).