Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) enderleini Jacentkovský, 1937

Whitmore, Daniel, 2011, New taxonomic and nomenclatural data on Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with description of six new species, Zootaxa 2778, pp. 1-57 : 29-30

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) enderleini Jacentkovský, 1937

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Sarcophaga enderleini Jacentkovský, 1937: 21 .

Heteronychia (Eupierretia) macedonica Povolný, 1996: 94 , syn. nov.

Type material examined. Heteronychia (Eupierretia) macedonica : 47 type specimens: 36 3 [none of which carry an individual label]: [typewritten heading label pinned to the bottom of the box above the specimens] Heteronychia / macedonica Pov. / St. Panteleimon / 26.- 29.8.83 [sic!] ( MMBC); 1 3: Heteronychia / macedonica [handwritten] / det. Povolný [/] St. Panteleimon [supposed, almost illegible] / 2.6.94 / Paratypus ( MMBC); 2 3: Heteronychia [handwritten] / det. Povolný [/] Platamon / 26.8.93 ( MMBC); 5 3: Heteronychia [handwritten] / det. Povolný [/] Platamon / 27.8.93 ( MMBC); 3 3 [none of which carry an individual label]: [typewritten heading label pinned to the bottom of the box above the specimens] Heteronychia / macedonica Pov. / Castra, 16.6.93 ( MMBC).

Remarks. The 47 specimens listed above are considered part of the type series, even though the largely incomplete label information found in the Povolný collection ( MMBC) under this species only partly agrees with information provided in the original description.

Concerning the holotype, Povolný (1996: 94) wrote: “ Holotypus: 3, Griechenland: Paralia, St. Panteleimon 26.- 29.8.1993, D. Povolny ( MMB).”. None of the 36 specimens (all without a label) found beneath the heading label “St. Panteleimon, 26.- 29.8.83 [sic!]” in MMBC carry any indication of being the holotype, and no information that might help to single out the holotype could be found in the description. As no other type specimens were found in MMBC (I. Malenovský, pers. comm. 2007), the holotype is either one of the above specimens, lost, or located outside of Povolný’s sarcophagid collection. The above series of specimens includes one specimen of Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) benaci , but one can assume from the description that Povolný would not have confused the two species and that this specimen can be excluded as being the holotype.

Povolný (1996: 94) mentioned a total of 90 male paratypes: 19 from the localities of Platamon, Skotina, Leptokaria, Meteora-Kalambaka and Vikos Aoos (deposited in ZSM); 71 from “Pantaleimin (Castra)”. Apart from the 36 specimens from St. Panteleimon (excluding the possible holotype), the following specimens found in MMBC should be considered as paratypes: one male from St. Panteleimon, collected 2.VI.1994 (the only one explicitly labelled “ Paratypus ” and “ Heteronychia macedonica ” by Povolný); seven specimens from Platamon, collected VIII.1993, from the same locality and collected around the same dates as the paratypes donated to ZSM ( Povolný 1996: 94) (26 and 27.VIII instead of 25 and 28.VIII); 3 males without an individual label found under the heading label “Castra 16.6.93 ” and presumably part of the 28 paratypes with that locality and date mentioned by Povolný. Several paratypes out of the 43 from St. Panteleimon and 28 from Castra deposited in MMBC are missing: this confirms that part of the type series is no longer in MMBC. I do not consider the several additional specimens present in MMBC (see below) as paratypes, because they do not agree with localities and dates given for paratypes in the description. These specimens carry identification labels (in Povolný’s handwriting) as “ Heteronychia pr. enderleini ”, “ Heteronychia pr. jacentk.” [=? – species name of difficult interpretation] and “ Heteronychia setinervis ”.

Additional material examined. No locality: 3 3 ( MMBC). Greece: Peloponnese, 15 km N Leonídhion, 27.IV.1998, V. Michelsen leg., 1 3 ( ZMUC); Meteora: 2.VI.92, 2 3; 18.VI.93, 2 3; Olympos, 5.VI.92, 1 3; Panteleimon, 20.VI.93, 1 3; Skotina: 4.VI.92, 1 3; 5.VI.92, 1 3; 6.VI.92, 4 3; 7.IX.92, 1 3; 8.IX.92, 1 3; 1992, 1 3; Platamon: 2.IX.92, 1 3; 28.IX.92 (hilltop), 1 3; VI. 93, 5 3; 10.VI.93, 1 3; 12.VI.93, 3 3; 13.VI.93, 1 3; 14.VI.93, 1 3; 16.VI.93, 2 3; 17.VI.93, 1 3; 18.VI.93, 1 3; 18.VI.93, 1 3; 19.VI.93, 3 3; 4.IX.93, 1 3; Vikos- Aoos, 19.VI.91, 1 3 (all D. Povolný leg., MMBC). Italy: Abruzzi, Chieti prov., Abetina di Rosello, 1000 m, 24.V.2005, D. Whitmore et al. leg., 1 3 (CNBFVR); Emilia-Romagna, Borgo Capanne, VIII. 1949, 3 3 ( NHRS).

Remarks. Apart from the one male of S. (H.) benaci found amidst the series from St. Panteleimon, all the specimens of H. macedonica discussed above are conspecific and fit well with Povolný’s description, illustrations and differential diagnosis. Heteronychia (Eupierretia) macedonica is a junior synonym of Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) enderleini .

The holotype of Sarcophaga enderleini was studied by Povolný and Stanek (1969), who provided detailed drawings of the cercus, surstylus and phallic complex. Sarcophaga (H.) enderleini is similar and possibly closely related to S. (H.) vicina Macquart, 1835 , from which it differs in the shape of the cercus (much stouter in lateral view), the distinctly shorter basal part of distiphallus, and the shape of the tip of juxta in apical view ( Figs 54–56 ). The colour of the epandrium is variable from entirely shiny black to entirely red.

Figures

FIGURES 54 – 65. 54 – 56. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) enderleini Jacentkovský. 54. Cercus and surstylus, specimen from Italy, Abetina di Rosello (CNBFVR), scale bar 0.25 mm. 55. Distiphallus (lateral), type specimen of Heteronychia (Eupierretia) macedonica Povolný from Greece, St. Panteleimon (MMBC), scale bar 0.1 mm. 56. Juxta (apical), specimen from Italy, Borgo Capanne (NHRS), scale bar 0.05 mm. 57. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) ferox Villeneuve, distiphallus (half ventral, arrow showing vesica); paratype of Heteronychia (Asceloctis) perplexa Peris et al. from Spain, Pego, scale bar 0.15 mm. 58. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) giganta Pape, distiphallus (lateral); specimen from Croatia, Biokovo (NHRS), scale bar 0.25 mm. 59. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) kataphygionis (Povolný), distiphallus (lateral); paratype from Greece, Olympos (MMBC), scale bar 0.1 mm. 60. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) sp., distiphallus (lateral); specimen from Ukraine, Andriyivka (YVC), scale bar 0.1 mm. 61. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) kerteszi Villeneuve, terminalia; specimen from Lebanon, Mt. Barukh (TAU, as “ Heteronychia dayani det. Lehrer ”), scale bar 0.25 mm. 62 – 63. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) minima Rondani, specimen from Israel, Hameshar (TAU, as “ Ctenodasypygia fertoni det. Lehrer ”). 62. Cercus and surstylus, scale bar 0.15 mm (arrow showing subapical hump of cercus). 63. Distiphallus (lateral), scale bar 0.1 mm (arrow showing protruding lateral membranous process of juxta). 64. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) nanula (Povolný), distiphallus (apical); specimen from Sicily, Sortino (ZMUC), scale bar 0.05 mm. 65. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) depressifrons Zetterstedt, distiphallus (apical); specimen from Switzerland, Zürichberg (NHRS), scale bar 0.05 mm.