Apodacra seriemaculata Macquart, 1854

Verves, Yu. G., 2020, Review Of Subtribe Apodacrina (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) Of Middle East With Descriptions Of Ten New Species, Zoodiversity 54 (3), pp. 183-204 : 190

Apodacra seriemaculata Macquart, 1854 ( figs 10–11 )

Apodacra seriemaculata Macquart, 1854: 426 ; Gorobchishin, 2006: 111 (habits); Piwczyński et al., 2017: 53, 57 (in dendrograms); Rohdendorf, 1930: 19 (redescription); 1970: 639 (in key); Séguy, 1941: 257 (redescription); Venturi, 1960: 35 (in key), 38 (review); Verves, 1986: 68 (catalog); Verves & Khrokalo, 2014: 12 (habits, faunistic); 2018 (Supplementary Material): 4 (faunistic); Verves et al., 2015: 269 (review); 2018: 99 (faunistic); Zerova et al., 2006: 95 (in key).

Material. Israel: 1}, Palestine, Tantura, 16.08.1954, leg. O. Theodor ( TAU) . 1}, Nahal Alexander , 6.07.1996, leg. R. Hoffman ( TAU) . 1 {, Lakhish , 9.09.1970, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 1 {, 1}, Sheluhat Qadesh Barnea’ , 7.05.1998, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 3 {, Negev , Makhtech Ramon NR, Loz Cisterns, 18. and 23.05.2006, leg. K. Szpila ( PCV) . 1}, Dunes Ache , 18.09.1954, leg. O. Theodor ( TAU) . 1}, S. Palestine, Tel Faza , Wadi Shall, 21.05.1953, leg. O. Theodor ( TAU) . 1}, Coakepst plain, Nathalia, 28.08.1953, leg. O. Theodor ( TAU) . 1}, Tell Far`a, 21.05.1953, leg. J. Wahram ( TAU) . 1}, Taba , 27.04.1974, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: South Europe; Asia: Turkey, Israel, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Turkmenistan.

Habits: Psammophilous and xerophilous species. Larvae were found in a nest of the sphecid wasp Tachysphex panzeri (Vander Lind.) provisioned by paralyzed acridids ( Grandi, 1961).

Figures

Figs 10–11. Apodacra seriemaculata Mcq.: 10 (male): a —habitus in lateral view; b —head in profile; c —head in frontal view; d — head in dorsal view; e — wing; f — abdomen in dorsal view; g — label. 11 (female): a — habitus in lateral view; b — abdomen in dorsal view; c —head in profile; d —head in frontal view; e —head in dorsal view; f — wing; g — label.