Phasia rohdendorfi (Draber-Monko, 1965)

Sun, Xuekui & Marshall, Stephen A., 2003, Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 276 (1), pp. 1-320 : 54-56

3.3.5 Phasia rohdendorfi (Draber­Mo ń ko, 1965)

(Figures I­51, II­6.4)

Alophora (Stackelbergella) rohdendorfi Draber­Mońko, 1965: 181 .

Phasia (Phasia) rohdendorfi: Herting 1984: 169 (catalog) ­ Herting and Dely­Draskovits 1993: 412 (catalog).

DESCRIPTION

Body length: 5­8.5 mm.

MALE: HEAD. Head compressed anteriorly. Eyes separated by a distance as wide as single ocellus. Fronto­orbital plate black with grey pruinosity, serveral rows of hairs laterally (densely, reaching to eyes). Frontal vitta extremely narrow, reddish brown. Frontal vitta at base of antennae 0.3­0.35 times as wide as fronto­orbital plate anteriorly. Ocellar setae present but fine; outer vertical setae present; inner vertical setae present. Face brown to black with grey pruinosity. Parafacial brown to black with grey pruinosity; densely haired; 3­4 times as wide as first flagellomere. Lower margin of face slightly projecting, or perpendicular, not projecting; brown to black with grey pruinosity. Vibrissa not differentiated; intervibrissal distance 0.7­0.8 times distance between vibrissa and eye on same side; facial ridge with bristles on whole height. Gena brown to black with grey pruinosity; hairs black; height 0.35­0.4 times eye height. Lunule normal; sublunular bulla indistinct. Antenna black; first flagellomere 1.4­1.6 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 0.4­0.45. Length of oral opening 1.4­1.5 times its width. Occiput flattened, without distinct pruinosity; hairs black. Palpus black.

THORAX. Mesoscutum shining, without pruinosity, with fine black hairs. 0+1 acrostichal seta; 0(1)+1 dorsocentral setae; 1­3 postpronotal setae; presutural supra­alar seta present, but fine; 0­1 postsutural intra­alar seta; 0­2 notopleural setae; 0­1 supra­alar seta; 0­2 postalar setae. Pleuron thinly grey pruinose; hairs totally black and brown; and without scale­like setae. Anepimeral setae hair­like, black; 0­1 katepisternal seta; 9­14 meral setae. Scutellum black, shining, without pruinosity, with two pairs of marginal setae; apical setae present and distinct; discal setae randomly arranged, not in rows. Subscutellum not very prominent. WING. Lower calypter brown to black. Wing base without scale­like setae. Tegula black. Basicosta black. Wing pictured, white with light brown infuscation, narrow; petiole of apical cell 0.2­0.24 times as long as preceding section of R 4+5; M meeting R 4+5 at acute angle. Halter brown. LEGS. Fore femur black; hairs black. Fore tibia black, with 3 a, apically with 0­1 ad, 1 a, 1 pv, 0­1 pd and 1 d. Fore tarus black. Fore claws black; 1­ 1.1 times as long as fifth tarsomere. Pulvilli black. Mid femur black; hairs black. Mid tibia black, with 1­2 ad, 3 p, 1­2 v, apically with 1 ad, 1 a, 0­1 av, 1 pv, 1 p, 1 pd, 1 v and 1 d. Hind femur black; hairs black; scale­like setae absent. Hind tibia black, with 6­7 ad and 5 pd.

ABDOMEN. Abdominal tergites black; pruinosity present, but thin; longitudinal vitta distinctly present (grey pruinose), with narrow transversal grey pruinosity between tergites. Relative length of abdominal tergites I+II:III:IV:V = 1.1:1:1:1; relative width I+II:III:IV:V = 0.4:1:1:0.6. Hair spots indistinct. TERMINALIA. Syncercus broad, Vnotched posteriorly. Surstylus flattened, broadened on apical half, upward, longer than cercus. Ejaculatory apodeme small, knob­like. Hypandrium as long as phallapodeme. Pregonite needle­like. Postgonite long, as long as pregonite, bent ventrally. Phallus 1.1­1.2 times as long as hypandrium, without fine hairs. Epiphallus well developed, bent ventrally. Distiphallus partly sclerotized.

FEMALE. Usually smaller than male. Wing hyaline. Eyes separated by a distance as wide as ocellar triangle; not touching. Anterior spine­like setae of hind tibia absent. Sternite VII (sheath) longer than sternite VI, tapered, narrow apically, bent, apex directed dorsally, sternite VII with linear wrinkles ventrally. Ovipositor bent upward.

TYPE MATERIAL

Alophora (Stackelbergella) rohdendorfi Draber­Mońko, 1965 . Holotype ♀, [ RUSSIA], am Wege Spask­Jakovlevka bei Ugodinza­Fluss, 22.vi.1927, A.A. Stackelberg (St. Petersburg, not examined).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED

CHINA. Sichuan, nr. Mupin, 1,200 ­1,400 ft, 20.vii. D.C. Graham (1♂, USNM); Sichuan, Nanping and Wolong, 2,200 ­2,400 m, 7.ix. and 22.ix.1986, Y. Wang (27♂ 13♀, IZAS); Tibet, Mêdog, 621m, 23.viii.1982, Y. Han (3♂, IZAS); Tibet, Mêdog, Gutang, 2,000m, 3.x.1982, Y. Han (1♂, IZAS); Yunnan, Zhongdian, 3,200m, 8.viii.1981, X. Zhang (1♂, IZAS). 1♂, [ CHINA], Manshukuo, Gaolinzsy, 2­8.vii.1939, W. Alin [DEIC, this specimen was not included in Draber­Mońko's type series ( Draber­Mońko, 1965), but bears her determination label and paratype label). NEPAL. Phulchki, 2,762m, 18­ 21.ix.1987, M. Limbu (1♂, BLKU).

HOST

Unknown.