Phasia venturii (Draber­Mo ń ko, 1965)

Sun, Xuekui & Marshall, Stephen A., 2003, Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 276 (1), pp. 1-320 : 155-156

3.5.15 Phasia venturii (Draber­Mo ń ko, 1965)

(Figures I­67, II­5.1)

Alophora (Hyalomyia) venturii Draber­Mońko, 1965: 101 .

Parallophora aethiopica (Bezzi) of Mesnil, 1953: 177 (misident).

Phasia (Hyalomyia) venturii: Herting 1984: 170 (catalog) ­ Herting and Dely­Draskovits 1993: 413 (catalog) ­ Ziegler 1994: 160 (review).

DESCRIPTION

Body length: 3­5 mm.

MALE: HEAD. Head spherical or nearly so. Eyes touching. Fronto­orbital plate black, silky grey pruinose. Frontal vitta triangular, black. Frontal vitta at base of antennae 1.5 times as wide as fronto­orbital plate anteriorly. Ocellar setae present but fine; outer vertical setae present; inner vertical setae absent. Face black with grey pruinosity. Parafacial black with grey pruinosity, bare, 0.6 times as wide as first flagellomere. Lower margin of face projecting, visible in profile, black with grey pruinosity. Vibrissa well differentiated; intervibrissal distance 1.6 times distance between vibrissa and eye on same side; facial ridge with bristles on lower 1/7. Gena black with grey pruinosity; hairs white; height 0.1 times eye height. Lunule black and shining; sublunular bulla indistinct. Antenna black; first flagellomere 1.3­1.4 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 0.35. Length of oral opening 2.2­2.4 times its width. Occiput flattened, white pruinose; hairs black.

THORAX. Mesoscutum strongly pruinose, with fine black hairs. 0+0(1) acrostichal seta; 0+1 dorsocentral seta; 0­2 postpronotal setae; presutural supra­alar seta present, but fine; 0 postsutural intra­alar seta; 2 notopleural setae; 1 supra­alar seta; 2 postalar setae. Pleuron shining; hairs black. Anepimeral setae medium size, black; 1 katepisternal seta; 6­ 9 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 hyaline white. Wing base without scale­like setae. Tegula black. Basicosta black. Wing hyaline, narrow; petiole of apical cell 0.45 times as long as preceding section of R 4+5; M meeting R 4+5 almost at right angle. Halter brown to black. LEGS. Fore femur black; hairs black. Fore tibia black, without bristles, apically with 1 d. Fore tarus black. Fore claws black, 1.1 times as long as fifth tarsomere. Pulvilli brown. Mid femur black; hairs black. Mid tibia black, with 1 v, apically with 1 av, 1 pv, 1 v and 1 d. Hind femur black; hairs black. Hind tibia black, slightly arched, with 3 pd and 3 ad.

ABDOMEN. Abdominal tergites black; longitudinal vitta absent. Relative length of abdominal tergites I+II:III:IV:V = 1.1:1:1:1; relative width I+II:III:IV:V = 0.5:1:1:0.9. Syntergite I+II matte black, shining, not pruinose. Tergite III shiny. Pruinosity of tergites IV, V silvery; hair spots distinct. TERMINALIA. Syncercus V­notched posteriorly. Surstylus broad, longer than cercus; apex broadened, arched dorsally. Ejaculatory apodeme extremely long, 0.5 times as long as hypandrium. Hypandrium shorter than phallapodeme. Pregonite reduced. Postgonite long, forked and pointed, with sparse hairs ventrally. Epiphallus distinct. Phallus shorter than hypandrium, not haired dorsally. Distiphallus with regular sawteeth.

FEMALE. Wing hyaline. Eyes touching. Anterior spine­like setae of hind tibia present. Sternite VII (sheath) longer than sternite VI, tapered, pointed apically, not bent, apex straight, sternite VII with linear wrinkles ventrally. Ovipositor bent upward.

TYPE MATERIAL

Alophora (Hyalomyia) venturii Draber­Mońko, 1965 . Holotype ♀, TUNISIA, Bou Hedma, v.1929, C. Dumont, " Alophora (Paralophora) venturii nom.nov. det. A. Mońko 1961" ex: Mesnil Collection (CNCI, examined); allolectotype, 1♂, TUNISIA, v. 52735 (HUMB, examined); paratypes, 1♂ 1♀, TUNISIA, v. 52735 (HUMB, examined).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED

ALGERIA. Biskra, 28.v.1894, A.E. Eaton (1♂, BMNH). MOROCCO. Asni, 1.vi.1928, R. Benoist (2♀, CNCI). SPAIN. Salamanca, Villar de Ciervo, 20.vi and 7.vii. 1990, Tschorsnig (3♂ 1♀, DEBU).

HOST

Unknown.

NOTES

Phasia venturii (Draber­Mońko) is recorded from Algeria, Morocoo, Spain, Greece and Tunisia.