Muscina minor Portschinsky, 1881

Vikhrev, Nikita E. & Esin, Mikhail N., 2023, Notes on Palaearctic Muscina (Diptera, Muscidae), Amurian Zoological Journal XV (1), pp. 31-41 : 36

Muscina minor Portschinsky, 1881

Figs. 6 , 14

Muscina krivosheinae Lobanov, 1977 ( Pont 1986)

Holotype M. minor , ♀: (GEORGIA), Mtskheta (41.84 ° N, 44.71 ° E, 500 m) ( ZIN).

Holotype M. krivosheinae , ♂: TURKMENISTAN, Danew (39.3 ° N, 63.2 ° E), from an Agaricus mushroom, N. Krivosheina, collected 6.04.1973, reared 28.04.1973 ( ZIN).

Paratypes M. krivosheinae , 2♂, 1♀: the same label as on the holotype ( ZIN), (two more paratypes (1♂, 1♀) should be in Ivanovo State Medical Academy, Department of Biology ) .

Other material:

KYRGYZSTAN, Chu River 30 km W of Rybachye (now Balykchi) (42.52 ° N, 75.82 ° E), D. Kasparyan, 14.07.1979, 1♂ ( ZIN) .

TAJIKISTAN, Khatlon Reg, Jilikul env., Tigrovaya Balka NR (37.4 ° N, 68.5 ° E), M. Krivosheina, 15.05.1988, 3♂, 3♀ ( ZMUM) .

UKRAINE, Odessa (only this information on the label), 1♀ ( ZMUM) .

UZBEKISTAN, Tashkent env., Nikolskoe (41.55 ° N, 69.55 ° E), rearing from badly rotted Agaricus mushroom, 22.05.1919, Tashkent Entomological Station ( V. Plotnikov), 3♂, 3♀ ( ZIN) .

DISTRIBUTION. Was known from the Caucasus and Central Asia. The northern Black Sea coast is a new record for Europe.

Figures

Figs. 6–9. Heads of males of Muscina: 6 — M. minor; 7 — M. stabulans; 8 — M. levida, narrow frons; 9 — M. levida, wider frons Рис 6–9. Αбы самцов Muscina: 6 — M. minor; 7 — M. stabulans; 8 — M. levida, узкий Λоб; 9 — M. levida, боΛее широкий Λоб

Figs. 10–14. 10, 11: female Muscina angustifrons: 10 — overwintering female; 11 — freshly emerged female; 12, 13: calypters of Muscina (from Hennig 1962: textfigs 312 and 313): 12 — M. pascuorum; 13 — M. prolapsa; 14 — female Muscina minor, general view Рис 10–14. 10, 11: самки Muscina angustifrons: 10 —зимовавшая самка; 11 —неΔавно вывеΔшаяся самка; 12, 13: каΛиптры Muscina (по Hennig 1962: textfigs 312 и 313): 12 — M. pascuorum; 13 — M. prolapsa; 14 — самка Muscina minor, общий виΔ