Phasia aurigera ( Egger, 1860 )
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3.4.3 Phasia aurigera ( Egger, 1860) View in CoL
(Figures I7, II11.4)
Alophora aurigera Egger, 1860: 796 View in CoL .
Phasia urnifera von Roser, 1840: 57 View in CoL , nomen oblitum.
Alophora bonapartea Rondani, 1861: 217 Baer 1921: 128 Stein 1924: 258 Rhodendorf 1933: 713.
Alophoa kriechbaumeri Schiner, 1869b: 841 .
Hyalomyia helleri Palm, 1876: 420 .
Alophora (Hyalomyia) bonapartea: Girscher, 1887: 22 Bezzi und Stein 1907: 579 Rohdendorf 1947: 86.
Halophora subcoleoptrata (Linnaeus) of Pandellé, 1894: 88. (misident.).
Allophora aurigera: Wenfurter 1906: 89 Dupuis 1949: 501.
Brumptallophora aurigera: Dupuis 1952: 27 Dupuis 1963: 106 (host).
Alophora (Brumptallophora) aurigera: DraberMońko 1965: 140 View in CoL (redescription).
Phasia (Phasia) aurigera: Herting 1984: 168 View in CoL (catalog) Herting and DelyDraskovits 1993: 409 (catalog).
DESCRIPTION
Body length: 813 mm.
MALE: HEAD. Head compressed anteriorly. Eyes separated by a distance as wide as ocellar triangle. Frontoorbital plate yellow, yellow pruinose, more than 34 rows of hairs laterally. Frontal vitta almost parallel, reddish brown. Frontal vitta at base of antennae 0.8 0.9 times as wide as frontoorbital plate anteriorly. Ocellar setae absent, or present but fine; outer vertical setae absent; inner vertical setae absent. Face yellow or brown, yellow pruinose. Parafacial yellow; grey pruinose, bare, 2.53 times as wide as first flagellomere. Lower margin of face perpendicular, not projecting, orange yellow, grey pruinose. Vibrissa well differentiated; intervibrissal distance 0.60.8 times distance between vibrissa and eye on same side; facial ridge with bristles on lower 4/5. Gena yellow or brown, grey pruinose; hairs white; height 0.25 times eye height. Lunule black, shining; sublunular bulla indistinct. Antenna black, or pedicel yellow or brown; first flagellomere black, 1.2 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 0.25. Length of oral opening 1.8 times its width. Occiput flattened, greyish yellow pruinose; hairs white. Palpus yellow, or brown.
THORAX. Mesoscutum strongly pruinose (yellow); 2 black longitudinal vittae, but ending at posterior half of postsutural dorsum, with fine black hairs. 0+0(1) acrostichal seta; 0+0(1) dorsocentral seta; 1 postpronotal seta; presutural supraalar seta absent, or present but fine; 01 postsutural intraalar seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supraalar seta; 2 postalar setae. Pleuron strongly grey pruinose; hairs white and yellow; and without scalelike setae. Anepimeral setae medium size, black; 2 katepisternal seta; 811 meral setae. Scutellum black or base black with yellow tip, grey pruinose, with two pairs of marginal setae; apical setae absent; discal setae randomly arranged, not in rows. Subscutellum not very prominent. WING. Lower calypter white with light brown infuscation. Wing base without scalelike setae. Tegula black. Basicosta brown. Wing pictured; white with light brown infuscation, narrow, or broad; petiole of apical cell 0.200.24 times as long as preceding section of R 4+5; M meeting R 4+5 at acute angle. Halter yellow, or brown. LEGS. Fore femur black; ventrally and laterally with whitish yellow hairs, dorsally with black hairs. Fore tibia brown to black, with 1 ad and 1 p, apically with 1 ad, 1 pv, 1 p and 1 d. Fore tarus black. Fore claws brown, apex black; 1.1 times as long as fifth tarsomere. Pulvilli brown. Mid femur brown to black; ventrally and laterally with whitish yellow hairs, black hairs dorsally. Mid tibia brown, with 1 ad and 1 v, apically with 1 ad, 1 a, 1 av, 1 pv, 1 p, 1 v and 1 d. Hind femur brown; hairs black; scalelike setae absent. Hind tibia yellow, with 35 ad and 45 pd.
ABDOMEN. Abdominal tergites with yellow spot or area (syntergite I+II, anterior half of tergite III and outer side of tergite V yellow); longitudinal vitta distinctly present. Relative length of abdominal tergites I+II:III:IV:V = 1.2:1:1:1.1; relative width I+II:III:IV:V = 0.4:1:1:0.8. Syntergite I+II pruinose (thinly). Tergite III shiny. Pruinosity of tergite IV absent; hair spots indistinct. Pruinosity of tergite V yellow (Vlike); hair spots indistinct. TERMINALIA. Syncercus slender, with a small and shallow notch posteriorly. Surstylus longer than cercus, hooklike; strongly arched dorsally. Ejaculatory apodeme slender. Hypandrium broad, shorter than phallapodeme. Postgonite bent ventrally, pointed, longer than pregonite. Pregonite short, with sparse hairs dorsally. Phallus broad, longer than hypandrium, without fine hairs. Distiphallus branched; dorsolateral process with two branches.
FEMALE. Body size sometimes smaller than male. Wing hyaline. Eyes almost touching. Thorax without yellow pruinose area. Anterior spinelike setae of hind tibia absent. Tergite V also shining black. Sternite VII (sheath) longer than sternite VI, hooklike, pointed, bent; apex directed dorsally, sternite VII with linear wrinkles ventrally. Ovipositor bent upward.
TYPE MATERIAL
Alophora aurigera Egger, 1860 . Holotype ♂, Austria, Wien, (location unknown, not examined).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED
AUSTRIA. Manhartsberg, Nied. Österr. Siebeck (2♂ 3♀, DEIC). CHINA. Beijing, Qinglongqiao, Sanbu and Baidalin, 19.x.1979, 29.x.1979, 30.v.1980, 8.x.1980, E. Liang (3♂ 2♀, IZAS); Jilin, Jinyuan, 12.vi.1982, Z. Mao (1♂, IZAS); Sichuan, Yanyuan, 2,200m, 16.ix.1986, Y. Wang (1♀, IZAS). CROATIA. Sejeme, 27.ix.1929 and 30.v.1930, N. Baranov Collection 1960 (2♀, USNM); Sljeme, 23.vi.1931, N. Baranov Collection (2♂, USNM). FRANCE. Belfort, Purch E. Le Moult, B.M. 1933189 (4♂, BMNH); Bozel, 27.5.1901, coll. Liehtwardt (1♀, DEIC); Richelieu, 27.ix.1963, on Flower of Senecio jacobaea , (1♂ 1♀, USNM). GERMANY. Berlin, F.C. Schirmer (1♀, DEIC); [?], BritM. 1927 184, (8♂ 7♀, BMNH); Häfnerhaslach, 31.viii and 10.ix.1989, Tschorsnig" (2♂ 2♀, DEBU); Helfta Bei Eisleben, 18.ix.1938, H. Köller (2♂ 1♀, DEIC); Wiesbaden, coll. Oldenberg (6♂ 4♀, DEIC); Bamberg, Oberhaid, 8.ix.1934, Schneld (1♂, CNCI); Siebengebirg, Hober HonnelLüwenburg, 8.ix.1950 (1♂, CNCI); Darmstadt, coll. Meyer, Reinhard Collection (1♂, CNCI). ITALY. Hontebello, 3.x.1965, (1♂, CNCI). POLAND. Nimptsch, 7.ix.10.ix. (1909), Duda, collection, Lichtwardt (5♂ 6♀, DEIC); DOUBTFUL LOCALITIES: "Glatigny, 16.ix.1933, 16.ix.1934, 4.x.1934, (1♂ 2♀, CNCI)"; "Reuelbeau, 18.vi.1942, (1♂, CNCI)"; "Batzenhofen, 18.ix.1938 (1♀, CNCI)"; "Dreoben, O. Kieferwi (2♂, ZMHU)"; "ex. Girschner Collection, C.J. Wainwright (50♂ 12♀, BMNH)"; "Europe (label data unreadable), (20♂ 10♀, DEIC, BMNH, CNCI)"
HOSTS
Palomena prasina (L.) ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae ): (Michalk 1938a: 259, 1938b: 57 Dupuis 1947: 302, 1948: 206, 1963: 106 DraberMońko 1965: 145).
Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda) ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae ): ( Dupuis 1949a: 215, 1949b: 504, 1963: 106 DraberMońko 1965: 145).
Coreus marginatus (L.) ( Hemiptera , Coreidae ): ( Dupuis 1954: 332, 1963: 106 DraberMońko 1965: 145).
Gonocerus juniperi (H.S.) ( Hemiptera , Coreidae ): ( Dupuis 1954: 332, 1963: 106 DraberMońko 1965: 145).
Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Goeze) ( Hemiptera , Coreidae ): ( Dupuis 1963: 106 DraberMońko 1965: 145).
NOTES
Phasia aurigera (Egger) is a Palaearctic species, known from the warmer parts of Europe, including southern France, southern Germany, southern Poland, and Russian Far East ( DraberMońko 1965: 146 and Herting 1984: 168). This species has 2 generations a year. The adults emerge MayJune and SeptemberOctober in Europe.
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Phasia aurigera ( Egger, 1860 )
Sun, Xuekui & Marshall, Stephen A. 2003 |
Phasia (Phasia) aurigera:
Herting, B. & A. Dely-Draskovits 1993: 409 |
Herting, B. 1984: 168 |
Alophora (Brumptallophora) aurigera: DraberMońko 1965: 140
Draber-Monko, A. 1965: 140 |
Brumptallophora aurigera:
Dupuis, C. 1963: 106 |
Dupuis, C. 1952: 27 |
Alophora bonapartea
Stein, P. 1924: 258 |
Baer, W. 1921: 128 |
Alophora (Hyalomyia) bonapartea:
Rohdendorf, B. B. 1947: 86 |
Bezzi, M & P. Stein 1907: 579 |
Hyalomyia helleri
Palm, J. 1876: 420 |
Alophoa kriechbaumeri Schiner, 1869b: 841
Schiner, J. R. 1869: 841 |
Alophora aurigera
Egger, J. 1860: 796 |