Gasterophilus flavipes (Oliver, 1811) Figs 1 A–C, 4A, B, 7 A–C, 10A, 11 A–C, 14 A–C, 17 A–D; Table 1

Oestrus flavipes Olivier, 1811: 467. Type locality: France, Pyrenees ("Dans les Pyrénées”).

Selected references.

Brauer (1863: 80); Patton (1937); Li et al. (2019).

Diagnosis.

Facial plate bare. Postsutural scutum of light color (yellowish), with rectangular area near scutoscutellar suture. Wing completely hyaline. Distance between crossveins r-m and dm-cu at least twice as long as r-m. Meron with unmodified setae. Legs yellow; hind tarsus with long, strong and dense setae ventrolaterally. Abdomen ground color yellow. Male cercus short and broad, length/width ratio equal or less than 1.0; surstylus yellow, gradually tapered proximally and distally, with a gradually tapered apex; surstylar setae long, reaching the sagittal plane; processi longi tubercular. Female sternite 8 longitudinally ridged in the middle and with a scallop-shaped apex.

Material examined.

CHINA - Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region • 10♂♂, 14♀♀; Kalamaili, Qiaomuxibai water reservoir; 45°13.8'N, 89°3.0'E (DDM); 1000 m; 26 Jun 2017; Y.Q. Ge & W.Y. Pei leg.; MBFU • 1♂, 1♀; same data as for preceding; NHMD. - Inner Mongolia • 1♂; Chifeng; 1 Jul. 1960, collector unknown; IOZ • 1♂; same collection locality as for preceding; 3 Jul. 1960; collector unknown; IOZ. CYPRUS • 1♂; no further data; NHMUK. MOROCCO • 1♂; no further data; 1897; G. Buchet leg.; MNHN • 1♂; Haute Moulouya; 1918; Thullet leg.; MNHN •1♂; Moyen Atlas; Hun. 1949; L. Chopard leg.; MNHN • 1♀; LIBYA • Zuwarah; no further data; NHMUK • 1♂; SUDAN • Ed Dueim; 1937; collector unknown; NHMUK • 1♂; no further data; NHMUK.

Hosts.

Donkey ( E. africanus asinus Linnaeus) [speculated by Brauer (1863) without evidence].

Distribution.

Afrotropical - Sudan. Palaearctic - China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang), Croatia?, Cyprus, Egypt?, France, Iran?, Kazakhstan?, Libya, Morocco, Spain?, Turkey?