Lispe alpinicola Zhong, Wu & Fan, 1981

Vikhrev, Nikita, 2011, Review of the Palaearctic members of the Lispe tentaculata species-group (Diptera, Muscidae): revised key, synonymy and notes on ecology, ZooKeys 84, pp. 59-70 : 62

Lispe alpinicola Zhong, Wu & Fan, 1981

Remarks.

Described from Lhasa (China, 3500-4000 m asl.). Male fore and hind basitarsus modified as in Lispe tentaculata , female scutum with a pruinose patch as in Lispe tentaculata (Xue & Dong, 2005), male cercal plate similar to Lispe tentaculata (Xue & Chao, 1998). According to Xue and Dong (2005), males of Lispe alpinicola may be separated by the presence of a p-seta on t1 and 3 pd setae on t2. It is difficult to give any opinion on this species without making a personal examination of specimens, but I have some doubts about the validity of this species. Among the rich tentaculata material examined, there were no specimens with both p-seta on t1 and 3 pd setae on t2, but separately the presence of these setae was recorded. Several specimens from the north of Russia have a p-seta on t1. The male from Mongolia (about 2000 m asl.) has 2 pd setae on each mid tibia, and what is more these setae are placed differently on the left and right tibiae. See also remarks on Lispe tentaculata . For these reasons I have not included Lispe alpinicola in the identification key.