Andrenosoma atrum ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
Linnaeus, 1758 : 605
Scopoli, 1763 : 359
Meigen, 1804 : 262
Taxonomic review of the species of Andrenosoma (Diptera: Asilidae) in Spain and description of a new species
García, Marta
Pérez, Guillermo
Portillo, Manuel
Zootaxa
2017
4299
3
423
431
8TLH4
Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus
1758
[151,616,1853,1879]
Insecta
Asilidae
Andrenosoma
Animalia
Diptera
2
425
Arthropoda
species
atrum
Andrenosoma atrum( Linnaeus, 1758): 605. Asilus atrum Linnaeus, 1758: 605. Erax prostratum Scopoli, 1763: 359. Laphria violacea Meigen, 1804: 262(misidentification).
Diagnosis. Male and female with fully black bluish shiny body, very smoky wings and black mystax.
Description. Medium sized species (15 ̶ 20 mm), black bluish color and black short setosity on thorax and abdomen. Head. Face and facial gibbosity with black and white setae in female and only black in male; beard white. Antennae with black and white setae; third antennal segment at least longer than first two segments and with pruinosity. Thoraxwithout tomentum, with long black and white setae laterally and posteriorly; black scutellar setae. Wingsvery smoked and with first posterior cell closed and stalked ( Fig. 2a). Legsblack with abundant black and white setae; tibia and tarsus robust. Abdomen. Black bluish with black setae. Male terminaliawith yellow setae and a very developed gonostylus ( Fig. 2b) with short apical tip and longer superior one, sometimes two. Female terminalialong, tubular and with black and white setae.
Biology and ecology. Flight period June to October. They are commonly perched on stumps in the forest edge and forest clearings, mainly of conifer woods, located between 900mand 1500mabove sea level. They feed basically on hymenopterans and other dipterans ( Broek & Schulten, 2013; Musso, 1970). Specimensexamined. SPAIN. Province of Ávila: Castañardel Tiemblo( El Tiemblo), ( 40° 21' N, 4° 30' W), 900 m, 20/09/2007, G. Pérez Andueza, 1♂; El Regajal( El Tiemblo), ( 40° 21' N, 4° 31' W), 1100 m, 19/10/2008, G. Pérez Andueza, 1♀; La Barranca( El Tiemblo), ( 40° 21' N, 4° 31' W), 1100 m, 19/09/2008, G. Pérez Andueza, 2♂and 1♀; Navarredonda de Gredos, ( 40° 20' N, 5° 09' W), 1400 m, 05/10/2007, G. Pérez Andueza, 1♂; Puerto de Casillas( Casillas), ( 40° 20' N, 4° 34' W), 1450 m, 19/10/2007, G. Pérez Andueza, 1♂and 1♀; Puerto de Casillas( Casillas), ( 40° 20' N, 4° 34' W), 1450 m, 19/09/2008, G. Pérez Andueza, 1♂; Puerto de Casillas( Casillas), ( 40° 20' N, 4° 34' W), 1450 m, 10/10/2008, G. Pérez Andueza, 1♂; San Juan de la Nava, ( 40° 28' N, 4° 41' W), 1115 m, 16/ 09/1989, J.J. Pedrero, 1♀. Province of Barcelona: Vallvidrera, ( 41° 25' N, 2° 05' W), 362 m, 09/1892, E. Gobert, 1♀. Province of Ciudad Real: LagunillasN- 530 (a 10 kmde Luciana), ( 39° 01' N, 4° 24' W), 700 m, 25/09/1997, M. Portillo, 1♂and 1♀. Province of Huesca: Jaca, ( 42° 35' N, 0° 32' W), 818 m, 07/1913, J. Arias, 1♂and 1♀. PROVINCE OF SALAMANCA: Nava de Francia, ( 40° 32' N, 6° 07' W), 1041 m, 20/10/1996, M. Portillo, 1♂. Province of Soria: Vinuesa, ( 41° 54' N, 2° 46' W), 1105 m, 18/09/1997, M. Portillo, 5♂. Province of Valladolid: San Migueldel Arroyo, ( 41° 26' N, 4° 27' W), 814 m, 24/09/1988, S. Fdez. Gayubo, 1♀.
Distribution.Paleartic Region: Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Canary Islandsand Algeria. In Spainhad been cited by Lehr (1988)(without specifying location), by Czerny & Strobl (1909)in El Escorial (Province of Madrid), by Arias (1912) in Madrid, Mallorca and by Pérez Andueza & Portillo (1991)in San Juan de la Nava (Province of Ávila).
1584062451
2007-09-20
G. Perez Andueza
Spain
El Tiemblo
900
40.35
Specimens
1163
-4.5
Tiemblo
3
426
1
1
1584062452
2008-10-19
El Tiemblo & G. Perez Andueza
Spain
1100
40.35
El Regajal
1163
-4.5166664
3
426
1
1
1584062453
2008-09-19
El Tiemblo & G. Perez Andueza
Spain
1100
40.35
La Barranca
1163
-4.5166664
3
426
3
1
2
1584062457
[252,1313,692,717]
2007-10-05
G. Perez Andueza
Spain
1400
40.333332
Navarredonda de Gredos
1163
-5.15
3
426
1
1
1584062459
2007-10-19
G. Perez Andueza
Spain
1450
40.333332
Puerto de Casillas
1163
-4.5666666
Casillas
3
426
2
1
1
1584062462
2008-09-19
G. Perez Andueza
Spain
1450
40.333332
Puerto de Casillas
1163
-4.5666666
Casillas
3
426
1
1
1584062460
2008-10-10
G. Perez Andueza
Spain
1450
40.333332
Puerto de Casillas
1163
-4.5666666
Casillas
3
426
1
1
1584062449
1989-09-16
J. J. Pedrero
Spain
1115
40.466667
San Juan de la Nava
1162
-4.6833334
3
426
1
1
1584062450
E. Gobert
Spain
362
41.416668
Province of Barcelona
1156
-2.0833333
Vallvidrera
3
426
1
1
1584062475
1997-09-25
M. Portillo
Spain
Luciana
700
39.016666
Province of Ciudad Real
1172
-4.4
Lagunillas
3
426
2
1
1
1584062476
[434,1430,908,933]
J. Arias
Spain
818
42.583332
Province of Huesca
1149
-0.53333336
Jaca
3
426
2
1
1
1584062474
[151,1432,943,968]
1996-10-20
M. Portillo
France
1041
40.533333
Nava de Francia
1162
-6.116667
3
426
1
1
1584062472
[151,1150,980,1005]
1997-09-18
M. Portillo
France
1105
41.9
Province of Soria
1153
-2.7666667
Vinuesa
3
426
5
5
1584062473
1988-09-24
S. Fdez. Gayubo
France
Arroyo
814
41.433334
Province of Valladolid
1156
-4.45
San Miguel
3
426
1
1