Senotainia (s. str.) conica (Fallén, 1810)

Verves, Yuriy G. & Khrokalo, Liudmyla, 2021, Review of the genus Senotainia Macquart, 1846 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of the Middle East, Journal of Natural History 54 (37 - 38), pp. 2489-2512 : 2494-2496

Senotainia (s. str.) conica (Fallén, 1810) ( Figure 3 (a-d))

Tachina conica Fallén, 1810: 267 .

Senotainia conica: Charykuliev and Myartzeva 1964: 84 (habits); Dunk 1995: 42 (habits); Else and Field 1997: 1 (habits); Fan 1992: 587 (in key); Fan and Pape 1996: 242 (faunistics); Gorobchishin 2005: 50 (habits); 2006: 116, 119, 130, 142, 144 (habits), Grandi 1961: 221 (habits); Hellqvist and Engelmark 2013: 19 (faunistics); Kara and Pape 2002: 292 (faunistics); KoÇak and Kemal 2009: 53; Latter 1920: 614 (habits); O’Toole 1978: 161, 163 (habits); Pape 1987: 41 (review); 1996: 136 (catalogue); Peeters 2008: 42 (habits); Piwczyński et al. 2017: 53, 57 (cladograms); Povolný and Verves 1997: 61 (redescription et review); Rohdendorf 1935: 84 (redescription); 1970: 633 (in key); Rohdendorf and Verves 1980: 451 (faunistics); Séguy 1941: 281 (review); Srba 2010: 25 (habits); Szpila 2010: 58 (morphology of 1st instar larva); Szujecki 2012: 272 (imaginal feeding); Venturi 1960: 69 (morphology, faunistics); Verves 1980: 922 (faunistics); 1986: 64 (catalogue); 1990: 527 (in key); 1998: 50 (faunistics); Verves et al. 2018: 97 (in list); Verves and Gorobchyshin 1995: 54 (habits); Verves and Khrokalo 2006: 80 (in key); 2014: 5 (habits, faunistics); 2018 (Suppl): 19 (faunistics); Xue et al. 2015: 450 (in list); Zerova et al. 2006: 93 (in key).

Material examined

Israel: Mt . Hermon (1600–2000 m), Meron, Zefat , 30.05–8.08, 1965–1992, 12 ♂, 3 ♀ (A. Freidberg, F. Kaplan) ( TAU) . Turkey: Ankara, Eskesehir Kaymaz (800 m), Kastamonu area, 27.07 .1962 (Guichard et Harvey ) 3 ♂, 12 ♀ ( NHMUK) .

Distribution

Middle East: Israel *, Turkey. This species is widely distributed in Palaearctic, from British Isles to Far East.

Habits

Flies are distributed in almost all types of grasslands: from sandy alluvial areas to different types of meadows, grass-plots and outskirts, but prefer mesophitic conditions. Adult flies visit flowers and have been seen feeding on aphids’ excreta. Larvae are inquilines (kleptoparasites) of nests of sphecids: Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758) , Argogorytes fargeii (Shuckard, 1837) , Bembecinus tridens (Fabricius, 1781) , Bembix integra Panzer, 1801 , B. rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758) , B. tarsata Latereille, 1809 , Crabro peltarius (Schreber, 1784) , C. scutellatus (Scheven, 1781) , Mellinus arvensis (Linnaeus, 1758) , Oxybelus bipunctatus Olivier, 1812 , O. uniglumis (Linnaeus, 1758) , Philanthus triangulum , Prionyx kirbyi (Vander Linden, 1827) , Tachysphex nitidus (Spinola, 1805) , T. unicolour (Panzer, 1806) and apids: Halictus subauratus (Rossi, 1792) , Lasioglossum lucidulum (Schenck, 1861) .

Figures

Figure 3. Senotainia (s. str.) conica (Fll.). ♂, Poland: Torun-lotnisko, 26.vii.2001 (K. Szpila): (a) ‒ total view laterally; (b) ‒ head anteriorly; (c) ‒ head laterally; (d) ‒ abdomen dorsally. Figure 4. Senotainia (s. str.) deserta Rohd. ♂, Israel: Ma’agan Mikha’el Beach, 7 m, 32°34.6ʹ N/34°54.9ʹ E, 30.vi.2010 (K. Szpila): (a) ‒ total view laterally; (b) ‒ head anteriorly; (c) ‒ head laterally; (d) ‒ head dorsally; (e) ‒ wing; (f) ‒ abdomen dorsally; ♀, Israel: Ma’agan Mikha’el, 21.ix.2010: (g) ‒ total view laterally; (h) ‒ head anteriorly; (i) ‒ head laterally; (k) ‒ head dorsally; (l) ‒ wing; (m) ‒ abdomen dorsally.