Phasia albopunctata (Baranov, 1935)

Sun, Xuekui & Marshall, Stephen A., 2003, Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 276 (1), pp. 1-320 : 69-70

3.4.2 Phasia albopunctata (Baranov, 1935)

(Figures I­4, II­11.4)

Alophora albopunctata Baranov, 1935: 559 .

Allophora albopunctata: Takano 1958: 1692 ,4874.

Alophora (Brumptallophora) albopunctata: Draber­Mońko 1965: 85 (redescription).

Phasia (Phasia) albopunctata: Herting 1984: 168 (catalog) ­ Herting and Dely­Draskovits 1993: 409 (catalog).

DESCRIPTION

Body length: 7.0­11.0 mm.

MALE: HEAD. Head spherical or nearly so. Eyes separated by a distance as wide as single ocellus. Fronto­orbital plate black with grey pruinosity, 5­6 rows of hairs laterally. Frontal vitta triangular, reddish brown. At the level of antenna base, frontal vitta 1.5­1.7 times as wide as fronto­orbital plate anteriorly. Dorsal facets of eye slightly larger than ventral facets. Ocellar setae absent, or present but fine; outer vertical setae absent; inner vertical setae absent. Face black with grey pruinosity. Parafacial with lower part yellow, upper part brown to black with grey pruinosity; not haired; 1.9­2.1 times as wide as first flagellomere. Lower margin of face perpendicular, not projecting, orange yellow, grey pruinose. Vibrissa not differentiated; intervibrissal distance 0.9 times distance between vibrissa and eye on same side; facial ridge with bristles on lower 1/2. Gena yellow or brown, grey pruinose; hairs white; height 0.15­0.18 times eye height. Lunule black and shining; sublunular bulla indistinct. Antenna black; first flagellomere 1.1 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 0.33­0.4. Length of oral opening 1.5­1.7 times its width. Occiput flattened, white pruinose; hairs white. Palpus yellow, or brown.

THORAX. Mesoscutum thinly pruinose; indistinct black longitudinal vittae, with fine black hairs. 0+1 acrostichal seta; 0+1 dorsocentral setae; 1­2 postpronotal setae; presutural supra­alar seta absent; 1 postsutural intra­alar seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supra­alar seta; 2 postalar setae. Pleuron thinly grey pruinose; hairs white and black; and without scale­like setae. Anepimeral setae hair­like, black; 2 katepisternal setae; 9­12 meral setae. Scutellum black with grey 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 white with light brown infuscation. Wing base without scale­like setae. Tegula black. Basicosta yellow. 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 yellow, or brown. LEGS. Fore femur black; ventrally and laterally with whitish yellow hairs, dorsally with black hairs. Fore tibia black, with 2­3 p, apically with 1 pv, 1 p and 1 pd. Fore tarus black. Fore claws black; 1.1­1.2 times as long as fifth tarsomere. Pulvilli brown. Mid femur black; ventrally and laterally with whitish yellow hairs, dorsally with black hairs. Mid tibia black, with 1 ad and 3­4 p, apically with 1 ad, 1 a, 1 av, 1 pv, 1 p, 0­1 pd, 1 v and 1 d. Hind femur black; hairs black. Hind tibia slightly arched; black, with 3­4 ad and 4­5 pd.

ABDOMEN. Abdominal tergites black; pruinosity brownish yellow (on whole dorsum); longitudinal vitta absent. Relative length of abdominal tergites I+II:III:IV:V = 1.1:1:1:1.1; relative width I+II:III:IV:V = 0.4:1:1:0.8. Syntergite I+II pruinose. Pruinosity of tergites III, IV and V brownish yellow. Hair spots of tergites IV, V indistinct. TERMINALIA. Syncercus long, without notch posteriorly. Surstylus broad apically; arched dorsally; longer than cercus. Ejaculatory apodeme slender. Hypandrium broad, as long as phallapodeme. Pregonite and postgonite pointed. Epiphallus well developed. Phallus short and broad, without fine hairs dorsally; distiphallus branched; dorsolateral process with two pointed branches; ventrolateral process short, with two indistinct blunt branches.

FEMALE. Body size sometimes smaller than male. Wing hyaline. Eyes almost touching. Anterior spine­like setae of hind tibia absent. Abdomen black shining, the junction between tergites and outer side of tergites with thinly grey pruinosity. Sternite VII (sheath) longer than sternite VI; hook­like; sharp apically; bent, apex directed dorsally; smooth ventrally. Ovipositor bent upward.

TYPE MATERIAL

Alophora albopunctata Baranov, 1935 . Holotype ♀, [ JAPAN], Sapporo, Hokkaido, N. Baranov Collection 1960 (USNM, No. 65743, examined); paratype 1♂, JAPAN, Moiwa, Hokkaido, N. Baranov Collection 1960 (USNM, head missing, examined).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED

JAPAN. Aomori C., Mayadiri, 18.x.1980, Sho Fukushi (1♂, BLKU); Hokkaido, Iwanai­senkyo, 14.x.1991, M. Nishiyama (1♂, BLKU); Honshu, Tochigi, 600m, Shiobara Spa., 25­26.x.1988, H. Kurahashi (5♀, NIHJ). PAKISTAN. Ayubia Nat. Park, 2200m, Kashmir, 25­30.vii.1988, S. Shinonaga (1♀, BLKU). CHINA. Taiwan, Tsiufeng, 28.v.1972, R. Kano (1♂, BLKU). DOUBTFUL LOCALITY: [country]: Kyhamup, 26.vii. 1964, K. Elberg, ex: Mesnil Collection (1♀, CNCI).

HOST

Unknown.

NOTES

Phasia albopunctata (Baranov) is an eastern Palaearctic species. It is mainly distributed in Russia (southern Siberia and Far East), Japan and south to Pakistan and Taiwan (partly from Draber­Mońko 1965: 155 and Herting 1984: 168).