Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis (Fabricius)

Shamshev, Igor V. & Barták, Miroslav, 2024, New species and records of the Rhamphomyia subgenus Holoclera (Diptera, Empididae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 5512 (4), pp. 512-530 : 516-517

Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis (Fabricius)

Empis nigripennis Fabricius, 1794: 407 . Type locality: “Dania” ( Denmark).

Material examined. BELARUS. Vitebsk reg., Orsha env., Dnepr River , 54.54N 30.46E, 11–12.vi.2017, N. Vikhrev (4 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMMU) . ESTONIA. Peedu , 25,26. vi.1951, AAS (5 ♂, 3 ♀) . RUSSIA. Altay Rep.: Shebalinskiy Distr., Cherga env., 517 m, 51.34N 85.31E, 16.vii.2011, V. Sorokina (1 ♂) ; Teletskoe Lake opposite Yaylo , 14.vii.2006, Nartshuk (1 ♀) . Altayskiy Terr.: Krasonoschekovskiy Distr., Tigirek , 550 m, 51.08N 83.03E — 25.vii.2005 (2 ♂, 1 ♀) , 26.vii.2005 (1 ♂, 1 ♀) , 3–5.vii.2005 (8 ♂, 10 ♀), Kostrov , 9–12.vii.2014, Shamshev (4 ♂, 1 ♀) . Arkhangelskaya Prov.: Chalma near Kenosero Lake , 14.vii.1918, Vereschagin (1 ♀) . Bashkiria Rep.: South Ural, Usuyly and Kyndyrly Rivers , 30.vi.1925, Heсker (1 ♂) . Karachay-Cherkessia Rep.: Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve — 4.vii.1968, KBG (2 ♂) ; 20.vi.1982 (4 ♂), 26.vi.1982 (1 ♂), 2.vii.1982 (2 ♂), all coll. Nartshuk. Khakassia Rep.: mouth of Matur and Abakan Rivers , 30.vi.1897, Yu. Wagner (1 ♂) . Krasnodarskiy Terr.: Kamyshanova Polyana — 2– 6.vii.2010 (7 ♂) , 18.vi.2011 (7 ♂) , all coll. Shamshev. Kurskaya Prov.: Streletsk, 19.vi.2008, N. Vikhrev (1 ♂, ZMMU). Leningradskaya Prov.: Rakovichi , Luga Distr. — 16.vi.1897 (1 ♂, 1 ♀) , 21.vi.1897 (1 ♀) , 31.v.1897 (1 ♀), 27.v.1897 (1 ♀), all coll. Pleske; railway station Preobrazhenskaya, Luga Distr. , 25.v.1898, Pleske (1 ♂) ; Luga — 5, 6.vii.1954 (1 ♂, 1 ♀) , 17.vii.1955 (1 ♀) , AAS; Fan-der-Flit (now Kalganovka), Luga Distr. , 11.vi.1925, AAS (7 ♂, 1 ♀) ; Rozhdestveno, Gatchinskiy Distr. , 18.vi.1956, AAS (1 ♂) ; Sablino, Tosnenskiy Distr. — 25.vi.1923 (3 ♂, 1 ♀) , 27.vi.1923 (1 ♂) , 16.vii.1923 (2 ♀), AAS; Yaschera, Luga Distr. — 30.vi.1958 (1 ♂, 1 ♀) , 23.vi.1959 (1 ♂, 1 ♀) , 4.vii.1959 (1 ♂), 6.vii.1959 (2 ♂, 2 ♀), 18.vi.1959 (1 ♂), 3.vii.1959 (1 ♂), 4.vii.1960 (1 ♀), 27.vi.1962 (2 ♂), 4.vii.1962 (1 ♂), 10.vii.1962 (1 ♀), 13.vi.1963 (1 ♂), 11.vii.1967 (1 ♂), all coll.AAS; Yukki, Vsevolozhskiy Distr. — 8.vii.1929 (1 ♂) , 30.vi.1931 (1 ♀) , 9.vii.1932 (1 ♂), all coll.AAS; Volkovitsa, Lomonosovskiy Distr. , 12, 18.vi.1946, Rubzov (2 ♂, 2 ♀) . Moskovskaya Prov.: Krasnogorsk env., Anikievka , 23.viii.1983, KBG (1 ♂) . Naro-Fominskiy Distr., Ozhigovo (55.448004°N, 36.870972°E), 07.vii.2008, D. Gavryushin (1 ♂, ZMMU). Novosibirskaya Prov .: Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok, 54.83N 83.11E, 17–18.vi.2016 and 21–26.vi.2016, N. Vikhrev (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMMU). Orenburgskaya Prov.: Podgornoe env., 14–17.viii.2004, V. Krivokhatskiy, O. Ovchinnikova (1 ♀) . Pskovskaya Prov.: Velikie Luki — 29.vi.1997 (4 ♂) , 9.vi.1997 (6 ♂, 1 ♀) , all coll. Grichanov; 21.vii.1997, Shamshev (1 ♂, 1 ♀).

Smolenskaya Prov.: Smolenskoye Poozerye National Park , 8–13.vi.1993, Zlobin (2 ♂, 2 ♀) . Tverskaya Prov. : Udomelskiy Distr., 11.vi.2019, A.G. Korobkov (1 ♂) . Vologodskaya Prov. : Belozerst, 19.vii.2006, Grichanov (1 ♂) . Yaroslavskaya Prov. : Berditsyno, 28.v.1906, A.I. Yakovlev (1 ♀) .

Distribution. Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, former Yugoslavia.

Remarks. Rhamphomyia (H.) nigripennis probably has the broadest distribution amongst species of the R. (H.) nigripennis group, occurring over the entire European part of Russia, including the Caucasus (besides West Europe), and extending to the east as far as Krasnoyarskiy Territory (East Siberia).