Anthomyza pallida ( Zetterstedt, 1838 )

Wang, Qian, Wang, Donghui & Shi, Li, 2021, A genus and three species of Anthomyzidae newly recorded from China (Diptera), Zoological Systematics 46 (2), pp. 163-175 : 168-170

Anthomyza pallida ( Zetterstedt, 1838) ( Figs 16−24 )

Anthophilina pallida Zetterstedt, 1838: 785, 1848: 2702 .

Anthomyza pallida: Czerny, 1902: 251, 1928: 4 ; Séguy, 1934: 303; Trojan, 1962: 38; Soós, 1981: 110; Andersson, 1984a: 17, 1984b: 52; Roháček, 1998a: 173; Roháček, 2006: 110; Roháček, 2009: 38.

Sapromyza unguicella Zetterstedt, 1838: 753 ; Andersson, 1984a: 17.

Geomyza unguicella: Zetterstedt, 1847: 2530 .

Anthomyza unguicella: Collin, 1944: 270 ; Stackelberg, 1970: 329.

Description. Body mostly yellow ( Figs 16 , 20 ). Arista shortly ciliate ( Figs 17 , 22 ). Mesonotum with brown vittae, rich and darker in male ( Fig. 18 ) than female ( Fig. 23 ); 2 brown middle vittae (on acrostichal microsetae) and 2 lateral vittae (each between dorsocentral setae and supraalar setae, or on presutural setae, surpaalar setae and postalar setae) extending from anterior margin of mesonotum to apex of scutellum in male (middle vittae less visible and lateral vittae narrower in female); humeral callus at least partly brown. Tarsus 5 ( Figs 16 , 20 ) dark brown at least in distal half. Abdominal tergites yellowish brown to dark brown in male ( Fig. 16 ) (completely yellow except for brown at middle of tergite 1 and anterior margin of tergite 2 in female ( Fig. 20 )). Male genitalia ( Fig. 19 ): Epandrium with 3 dorsomedial pairs of longer and thicker setae in posterior view, gonostylus tapered apically and bent medially with 3 teeth on apex ( Roháček, 2006: fig. 228). Female abdominal tergite 8 anteriorly tapered and deeply emarginate in dorsal view ( Roháček, 2006: fig. 235), tergite 7 expanded onto ventral side but not fused with sternite 7 ( Fig. 24 ), sternite 7 small and narrow, wider posteriorly and finely setose ( Roháček, 2006: fig. 240).

Material examined. 2♂ ( IMAU), China, Inner Mongolia, Hulunbeir, Genhe City, Hanma National Nature Reserve , streams path near central station about 200m, 24.VII.2015, sample II, Li Shi ; 1♂ ( IMAU), China, Inner Mongolia, Hulunbeir, Genhe City, Hanma National Nature Reserve , Jinamijima River , forest, 9.VII.2017, sample III, Shunde Li ; 1♀ ( IMAU), China, Inner Mongolia, Hulunbeir, Genhe City, Hanma National Nature Reserve , Wuzhiercha , forest, Malaise trap (No. 5), 977 m, 30.IX.2016, Rongrong Shen ; 1♀ ( IMAU), China, Inner Mongolia, Hulunbeir, Genhe City, Hanma National Nature Reserve , Jinamijima River , shrubs, sample IV, 22.VII.2017, Rongrong Shen ; 1♀ ( IMAU), China, Inner Mongolia, Hulunbeir, Genhe City, Hanma National Nature Reserve , Bonuo River , wetland, sample I, 22.VII.2017, Shunde Li .

Distribution. China (Inner Mongolia), Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Kirghizia, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Remarks. The species is reported in China for the first time.

Figures

Figures 16–19. Anthomyza pallida (Zetterstedt, 1838), male. 16. Habitus, dorsal view; 17. Head, dorsal view; 18. Thorax, dorsal view; 19. Male genitalia, lateral view.

Figures 20–24. Anthomyza pallida (Zetterstedt, 1838), female. 20. Habitus, lateral view; 21–22. Head, dorsal and lateral view; 23. Thorax, dorsal view; 24. Postmen, ventral view.