Otites ruficeps (Fabricius, 1805)

Kovac, D., Kameneva, E. P. & Korneyev, V. A., 2022, A Review Of Tephritidae And Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) Of Croatia, Zoodiversity 56 (5), pp. 349-372 : 369

Otites ruficeps (Fabricius, 1805) ( figs 11 , d–g)

Strobl, 1900: 620. — Lesina.

Material. Karlovac: Modruš: Draga, 20.05.2022, 2 Ơ; hinterm Haus (Burgberg), 02.06.2022, 1 Ơ; Richtung Klek, 04.06.2022, 1 ♀; Richtung Senj Strasse (“Insektenzoo”), 21.05.2022, 2 Ơ, 1 ♀ (Kovac leg.) ( SMNF) .

Remarks. All these specimens have a mostly yellow occiput and moderately narrow microtrichose crossbands on the abdominal tergites, which are diagnostic characters of Otites ornata (Meigen, 1826) (= O. bacescui Gheorghiu, 1987 ) the species occurring mainly in the Danube basin. However, the structure of its male surstyli and female spermatheca is typical for O. ruficeps (= O. formosa auctt.), and such a combination of characters has been already known in a series of specimens from “ Greece, Bgst. Coll.” ( NHMW) ( Kameneva, 1997). Strobl (loc. cit.) possibly examined specimens also belonging to this morph.

Figures

Fig. 11. Herina nigrina ♂ (a–c) and Otites ruficeps Ơ (d–g): a — habitus dorsal; b — head left; c —postabdomen posterior; d — habitus left; e — head left and posterior; f — abdomen dorsal; g — postabdomen right (phallus detached).