Lispe candicans Kowarz, 1892

Zhang, Dong, Ge, Ying-Qiang, Li, Xin-Yu, Liu, Xian-Hui, Zhang, Ming & Wang, Rong-Rong, 2016, Review of the Lispe caesia - group (Diptera: Muscidae) from Palaearctic and adjacent regions, with redescriptions and one new synonymy, Zootaxa 4098 (1), pp. 43-72 : 54

Lispe candicans Kowarz, 1892

( Figs. 1 D; 3E; 4H, I, L; 12; 13; 31G, H)

Lispa candicans Kowarz, 1892: 36 ; Becker, 1903: 112. Lispa candicans var. obscurior Strobl, 1893: 108 .

Lispa uroleuca Pandelle, 1899: 133 .

Lispe candicans Kowarz : Hennig, 1960: 425; Pont, 1980: 751; Pont, 1986: 185.

Material examined. 1 male, France: Palavas, 1900, Coll. Villeneuve; 1 male, France: Palavas, 28.VI.1919; 1 female, France: Chaville, Coll. Baudouin. All in MBFU.

Remarks. Compared with other species in the group, the WIPs of this species is less vivid ( Figs. 31 G, H), yet with more color bands (green, blue, magenta, green, blue and magenta) at posterior part of the wing in male and with bands of same color sequences but different width in female.

Distribution. Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Gambia, France, Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Swollen and setulose first hind tarsomeres of males from Lispe caesia - group. A, L. aquamarina Shinonaga & Kano, right leg, posteroventral view, from Liaoning, China. B, L. caesia caesia Meigen, right leg, ventral view, from France. C, L. caesia microchaeta Séguy, left leg, posterolateral view, from Xinjiang, China. D, L. candicans Kowarz, left and right legs, posterior view, from France. E, L. flavicornis Stein, right leg, anteroventral view, from Guangdong, China. F, L. halophora Becker, left leg, posteroventral view, from Egypt. G, L. lanceoseta Mou, right leg, anteroventral view, from Shanxi, China. H, L. leucocephala Loew, right leg, ventral view, from Egypt. I, L. palawanensis Shinonaga & Kano, left and right legs, lateral view, from Phillipines. J, L. patellitarsis Bekcer, left leg, posteroventral view, from Zhanjiang, China. Scale bars: A – J = 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 31 (to be continued). Wing interference patterns of Lispe caesia - group, dorsal view. A. male of L. aquamarina Shinonaga & Kano. B. female of L. aquamarina Shinonaga & Kano. C. male of L. caesia caesia Meigen. D. female of L. caesia caesia Meigen. E. male of L. caesia microchaeta Séguy. F. female of L. caesia microchaeta Séguy. G. male of L. candicans Kowarz. H. female of L. candicans Kowarz. Scale bars: A – H = 1.00 mm.