Xerophilomyia nigropicta Rohdendorf, 1934

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 : 201

Xerophilomyia nigropicta Rohdendorf, 1934 ( figs 20–21)

Xerophilomyia nigropicta Rohdendorf, 1934: 6 ; Koçak & Kemal, 2015: 352 (faunistic); Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 461 (in key); Verves, 1986:87 (catalog); Verves & Khrokalo, 2018 (Supplementary Material): 21 (faunistic); Verves et al., 2015: 274 (review).

Apodacra nigropicta: Mazen & Aal, 2007: 11 (habits); Piwczyński et al., 2017: 53, 57 (in dendrograms); Szpila & Pape, 2016: 96 (morphology of 1 st instar larva).

Material. Israel: 1 {, Yeriho, 27.04. 1973, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 2 {, 7}, Be’er Meshash , 20.04. 1978, ex nest of Eumenidae in stem, leg. M. Kaplan ( TAU) . 1 {, Qumran , 24.03. 1986, leg. F. Kaplan ( TAU) . 1 {, Ein Gedi , 16.12. 1972, leg. M. Kaplan ( TAU) . 1 {, Arad , 21.04. 1981, leg. F. Kaplan ( TAU) . 1 {, Nahal Uvda , Shaharut Junc. 2.05. 1986, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 1}, Avdat , 19.04. 1975, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 1 {, Bir Rekhme , 27. 03. 1958, ex Eumenidae , leg. L. Fishelsohn ( TAU) . 1}, Hazeva Field School , 24. 02. 1998, leg. S. Plotkin ( TAU) . 1 {, Ein Feshkha , 26. 02. 1974, leg. M. Kaplan ( TAU) .

M o r p h o l o g i c a l n o t e s: {: 1–3 pairs of strong vi; f 2 with ctenidium consisted from long and widened a; t 2 with ctenidium at upper and lower surfaces in apical half; 1st tarsomere of fore tarsi very widened.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: North Africa: Egypt (mainland); Asia: Israel.

Habits: Larvae have been recorded from nests of eumenid wasps.