Xerophilomyia cyprica (Rondani, 1859)

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 : 199

Xerophilomyia cyprica (Rondani, 1859)

Apodacra cyprica Rondani, 1859: 221 ; Pape, 1988: 7 (type revised); Pape & Blasco-Zumeta, 1997: 93 (habits); Pape et al., 2002: 218 (faunistics); Séguy, 1941: 252 (in key), 255 (redescription); Szpila, 2010: 22 (morphology of 1 st instar larva); Venturi, 1957 b: 154 (redescription).

Apodacra (Xerophilomyia) cyprica: Rohdendorf, 1930: 14 (diagnose).

Xerophilomyia cyprica: Koçak & Kemal, 2012: 954, 1008 , 1054, 1096, 1173, 1198, 1253; 2015: 352 (faunistics); Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 461 (in key); Verves, 1986: 87 (catalog); Verves & Khrokalo, 2018 (Supplementary Material): 21 (faunistics); Verves et al., 2015: 273 (review).

Apodacra bembicisequax Pandellé, 1895: 288 ; Pape, 2004: 18 (lectotype designated); Séguy, 1941: 253 (in key), 255 (type revised).

Apodacra (Xerophilomyia) bembicisequax: Rohdendorf, 1930: 13 (diagnose).

Material. Israel: 1}, Lahav , 19.07.1971, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 4 {, 1}, N. Zafit , pupae 23.03.1977 ex Eumenes nest, imagoes 15.04.1971, leg. J. Kugler ( TAU) . 1}, Arava Walley , 2 km N of Hazeva Field School in Wadi Gidron el. — 110 m (30 o 46ʹ77ʹʹ N, 35 o 14ʹ58ʹʹ E), 29.03.1995, leg. M. Irwin ( TAU) . 4 {, 2}, Oranim , 6.07.1960, ex nest of Eumenes (Delta) asinus , leg. Abalafia ( NHMUK) . 4}, Hazeva , 27.09.1979, ex pupae Rhynchium sp. ( TAU) . 2}, Hazeva Field School (30 o 43ʹ N, 35 o 15ʹ E), 5.11.1997, leg. A. Maklakov ( TAU) . 1}, Har Horesha , 11.04.2002, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 5 {, 1}, Elat , 30.06.1975, leg. A. Lapo ( TAU) . Egypt: 1 {, Sinai, Ein Fortaga , 12.08.1971, leg. J. Kugler ( TAU) . 3}, Sinai, Sarabit el-Chadem, 12.09.1975, coccon of Eumenes sp. , 17.10.1975, ex coccon, leg. D. Aizikovitch ( TAU) . Jordan *: 1 {, Jordan Valley , Zerda R. Valley, c. 200 m, at light, 18.09.1954 ( NHMUK) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: Europe: Spain, France (south part and Corsica),; North Africa: Egypt (mainland); Asia: Cyprus, Egypt (Sinai), Israel, Jordan *.

Habits: Psammophilous and xerophilous species. Larvae are kleptoparasites in nests of eumenid wasps: Delta asinus (Sauss.) , Eumenes sp. , Euodynerus variegatus (F.), Rhynchium sp. and sphecid wasps: Bembex sp.