Phasia barbifrons ( Girschner, 1887 )
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3.3.1 Phasia barbifrons ( Girschner, 1887) View in CoL
(Figures I10, II6.4)
Alophora (Hyalomyia) barbifrons Girschner, 1887: 36 View in CoL .
Hyalomyia barbifrons: Dupuis 1955: 8993 1963: 105.
Alophora (Barbella) barbifrons: DraberMońko 1965: 185 View in CoL (redescription).
Phasia (Phasia) barbifrons: Herting 1984: 168 View in CoL (catalog) Herting and DelyDraskovits 1993: 410 (catalog).
DESCRIPTION
Body length: 35 mm.
MALE: HEAD. Head spherical or nearly so. Eyes separated by a distance slightly larger than or as wide as single ocellus. Frontoorbital plate black, conspicuously swollen, grey pruinose (thinly), several rows of hairs laterally (reaching to eyes). Frontal vitta triangular, black. Frontal vitta at base of antennae 0.80.9 times as wide as frontoorbital plate anteriorly. Ocellar setae strong; outer vertical setae present; inner vertical setae present. Face black with grey pruinosity. Parafacial black with grey pruinosity, haired; 11.2 times as wide as first flagellomere. Lower margin of face black, projecting, visible in profile, grey pruinose. Vibrissa well differentiated; intervibrissal distance 1.41.6 times distance between vibrissa and eye on same side; facial ridge with bristles on lower 5/8. Gena black with grey pruinosity; hairs black; height 0.130.15 times eye height. Lunule normal; sublunular bulla indistinct. Antenna black; first flagellomere 1.21.3 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 0.40.5. Length of oral opening 1.41.6 times its width. Occiput flattened, greyish yellow pruinose; hairs black. Palpus black.
THORAX. Mesoscutum shining, without pruinosity, with fine black hairs. 0+1 acrostichal seta; 1+2 dorsocentral setae; 2 postpronotal setae; presutural supraalar seta present, but fine; 1 postsutural intraalar seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supraalar seta; 2 postalar setae. Pleuron thinly grey pruinose; hairs black; and without scalelike setae. Anepimeral setae medium size; black. 2 katepisternal seta. 58 meral setae. Scutellum black; shining, without pruinosity, with two pairs of marginal setae; apical setae present and distinct; on apex; 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 black. Wing hyaline, narrow; petiole of apical cell 0.30.35 times as long as preceding section of R 4+5; M meeting R 4+5 almost at right angle. Halter yellow or brown. LEGS. Fore femur black; hairs black. Fore tibia black; 0 ad; 0 a; 0 av; 0 v; 0 pv; 0 p; 0 pd; 1 d (apical). Fore tarus black. Fore claws black; 0.91 times as long as fifth tarsomere. Pulvilli black. Mid femur black; hairs black. Mid tibia black; 2 ad (1 apical); 1 a (apical); 1 av (apical); 1 pv (apical); 2 p (1 apical); 0 pd; 2 v (1 apical); 1 d (apical). Hind femur black; hairs black; scalelike setae absent. Hind tibia black; with 5 ad, 4 pd, 0 v. ABDOMEN. Abdominal tergites black, with thin grey pruinosity only. Relative length of abdominal tergites I+II:III:IV:V = 1.2:1:1:1.1; relative width I+II:III:IV:V = 0.5:1:1:0.6. Hair spots indistinct. TERMINALIA. Syncercus with a shallow notch posteriorly and a pair of hooks posteroventrally. Surstylus flattened, longer than cercus. Ejaculatory apodeme small, knoblike. Hypandrium as long as phallapodeme. Postgonite long, pointed. Pregonite reduced, but broad, with sparse hairs dorsally. Phallus slender, 1.21.3 times as long as hypandrium, with fine hairs dorsally. Distiphallus not well sclerotized.
FEMALE. Body size sometimes smaller than male. Wing hyaline. Eyes touching. Anterior spinelike setae of hind tibia absent. Sternite VII (sheath) longer than sternite VI; thin, broadly flattened; broad apically; slightly bent, apex directed ventrally; almost smooth ventrally. Ovipositor slightly bent downward.
TYPE MATERIAL
Alophora (Hyalomyia) barbifrons Girschner, 1887 . Syntype, 1♀, 'Ex Girschner Collection/C.J. Wainwright Collection, B.M.1948488' (BMNH, examined).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED
AUSTRIA. Sonnblickgruppe, Südseite, subalpin, H. Franz (1♀, CNCI). CHINA.
Shanxi Prov., Mianshan, 20.viii.1982, N. Liu (1♀, IZAS); Tibet, 1983. Y. Han (1♀, IZAS). FRANCE. Richelieu, 17.vi.1962, on flowers of Chaerothyllum temulum, (1♀, USNM); Richelieu, 3.ix.1964, on flowers of Angelieu sylvestris , (1♂, USNM). SLOVAKIA. Bratislava, Malé Karpaty, 31.viii.1990, Tschorsnig (1♂ 1♀, DEBU). SPAIN. Prov. Lérida, Vall d'Aran, Artien, 29.vi.1992, Tschorsnig (1♀, GUC). SWITZERLAND. Grengiols, Wallis, 30.viii. 1963, ex: Mesnil Collection (1♂, CNCI). VIETNAM. Lai Chau Prov., Mt. Phang Si Pang, N. Ridg., 1,970m, 8.x.1995, H. Kurahashi (1♂, NIHJ).
HOST
Unknown.
NOTES
Phasia barbifrons (Girschner) occurs in Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Russia (Far East) ( DraberMońko 1965: 181 and Herting 1984: 168), Spain, Slovakia, China and Vietnam.
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Phasia barbifrons ( Girschner, 1887 )
Sun, Xuekui & Marshall, Stephen A. 2003 |
Phasia (Phasia) barbifrons:
Herting, B. & A. Dely-Draskovits 1993: 410 |
Herting, B. 1984: 168 |
Alophora (Barbella) barbifrons: DraberMońko 1965: 185
Draber-Monko, A. 1965: 185 |
Alophora (Hyalomyia) barbifrons
Girschner, E. 1887: 36 |