Lispe sericipalpis Stein, 1904

Ge, Yingqiang, Gao, Yunyun, Yan, Liping, Liu, Xianhui & Zhang, Dong, 2016, Review of the Lispe tentaculata-group (Diptera: Muscidae) in China, with one new synonym, Zoosystema 38 (3), pp. 339-352 : 346-349

Lispe sericipalpis Stein, 1904

( Figs 1C ; 2C ; 4A, C, E ; 6B, D, F ; 7C, D ; 8-10 )

Lispe sericipalpis Stein, 1904: 110 .

Lispe quaerens Villeneuve, 1936: 157 .

Lispe tienmuensis Fan, 1974: 94 . — Pont 1986: 191.

Lispe fanjingshanensis Wei, 2006: 511 (n. syn.)

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (of Lispe tienmuensis Fan ), in SEMCAS, ♂, labeled (1) Mt. Tianmu/ Chinese Academy of Science ( CAS) [printed, in Chinese]; (2) 1954.IX.11, Coll. Fan & Shen [printed except IX.11 handwritten, in Chinese]; (3) holotype [printed]; (4) type/ Lispa tienmuensis Fan 1963 , V [first line printed, second handwritten]; (5) Lispe quaerens Vill., 1936 / Fan, 1974.IV.22 [handwritten, in Chinese]; allotype (of Lispe tienmuensis Fan ), in SEMCAS, 1 ♀, labeled (1)Tienmushan/ July.28.1937 [printed, Tienmushan= Mt. Tianmu]; (2) allotype / Lispa tienmuensis Fan, 1963 . V. [first line printed, second handwritten]; (3) alloptype [printed].

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 6 ♂ and 3 ♀, Beijing: Mt. Song , 1-5. VI.2009, Coll. Grade 2007 of Biology ; 7 ♂ and 6 ♀, Sichuan: Meigu County, VIII.2010. Coll. L.P. Ma and H.Q. Huang ; 3 ♂ and 2 ♀, Shandong: Yantai , 1.VII.2011, Coll. Grade 2008 of Biology ; 2 ♂ and 2 ♀, Beijing: Mt. Song, 18. VI.2013, Coll. 7 ♂ and 7 ♀, Yunnan: Baoshan , 14.VII.2013, Coll. J. Na ; 82 ♂ and 67 ♀, Hubei: Yichang, Mt. Dalaoling , 22.VII.2013, Coll. D. Zhang and M. Zhang ; 5♂ and 10 ♀, Jiangxi: Ji’an, Suichuan County, 12.X.2014, Coll. M. Zhang and C. Wang. MNHN: 2♂ and 1 ♀, Sichuan: Dafengding , VIII.2010, Coll. H. Q. Huang, C. W. Gu and L. P. Ma.

DISTRIBUTION IN CHINA. — Hubei, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.

REMARKS

Fan (1974) recorded Lispe tienmuensis ( Figs 9 , 10 ) (though the specimens were labeled as type material in 1963, it was not until 1974 when the work was published) and noted, “Closely related to L. orientalis Wd. but with narrowed parafacialia, poorly haired mid-femur in both sexes, narrowly pointed anal cerci in male”. But after re-examining the type specimens, he corrected L. tienmuensis as a synonym for L. quaerens and published this synonym in his book, Key to the Common Flies of China ( Fan 1992).

Wei (in Li & Jin 2006) reported L. fanjingshanensis from Mt. Fanjing, Tongren, Guizhou. He commented that it is closely related to L. quaerens but differs in its greyish blue abdominal pollinosity and developed distiphallus which is bended at a vertical angle ( Fig. 10B ). After going through original description (focus on leg chaetotaxy especially hind legs: femur with complete ad row and incomplete av row in basal half, tibia with a developed median ad) and illustrations of L. fanjingshanensis , we propose that it is conspecific to L. sericipalpis .

Figures

FIG. 1. ─ Male terminalia of Lispe tentaculata-group,ventral view:A, L. consanguinea Loew, 1858; B, L. orientalis Wiedemann, 1824; C, L. sericipalpis Stein, 1904; D, L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776). Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIG. 2. ─ Male terminalia of Lispe tentaculata-group,lateral view:A, L. consanguinea Loew, 1858; B, L. orientalis Wiedemann, 1824; C, L. sericipalpis Stein, 1904; D, L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776). Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIG. 4. ─ Female abdomen and terminalia of Lispe sericipalpis Stein, 1904 (A, C, E) and L. tentaculata (De Geer, 1776) (B, D, F). A, B, dorsal views; C, D, lateral views; E, F, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.50 mm. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

FIG. 6. ─ SEM images of male genitalia of Lispe orientalis Wiedemann, 1824 (A, C, E) and L. sericipalpis Stein, 1904 (B, D, F): A, B, genitalia, anterior views; C, D, origins of parameres; E, F, distal part of phalli. Scale bars: A, 200 μm; B, 120 μm; C, D, F, 40 μm; E, 80 μm.

FIG. 7. ─ SEM images of male genitals of Lispe orientalis Wiedemann, 1824 (A, B) and L. sericipalpis Stein, 1904 (C, D): A, C, genitals, lateral views; B, D, de- generated gonopods fused with hypandrium, lateral view (arrows). Scale bars: A, C, 120 μm; B, D, 40 μm.

FIG. 8. ─ Male of Lispe tienmuensis Fan,1974 (holotype,deposited in SEMCAS) (L. sericipalpis Stein,1904): A, habitus,lateral view;B, labels. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 9. ─ Female of Lispe tienmuensis Fan,1974 (allotype,deposited in SEMCAS) (L. sericipalpis Stein,1904): A, habitus, lateral view B, labels. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIG. 10. ─ Male terminalia of Lispe fanjingshanensis Wei, 2006 (adapted from Li & Jin 2006) (L. sericipalpis Stein, 1904): A, cerci, ventral view; B, epandrium, surstyli, cerci and phallus, lateral view.