Aphria latifrons Villeneuve, 1908

Suarez, Daniel, Lugo, David, Perez-Gil, Monica, Pena, Gustavo & Ruiz, Carlos, 2023, First report of Aphria latifrons (Diptera, Tachinidae, Leskiini) in the Canary Islands, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 109690-109690 : 109690

Aphria latifrons Villeneuve, 1908

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: DZUL-B728 ; recordedBy: Mónica Pérez-Gil; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: BOLD: INSCI001-23; occurrenceID: 3E2BDDDB-4E03-529D-8A7F-5627A1A618CF; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve, 1908; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Aphria; Location: island: Lanzarote; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas; municipality: Teguise; locality: Caleta de Famara ; decimalLatitude: 29.122276; decimalLongitude: -13.57246; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 11/09/2022; eventRemarks: On flowers of Caroxylon vermiculatum (Amaranthaceae); Record Level: institutionCode: DZUL; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Monica Perez-Gil ; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 47EB19C5-741C-5761-A073-94F60352C6E4; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve , 1908; order: Diptera ; family: Tachinidae ; genus: Aphria ; Location : island: Lanzarote ; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas ; municipality: Yaiza ; locality: Salinas del Janubio ; decimalLatitude: 28.932979; decimalLongitude: -13.826846; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification : identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 01/12/2023; eventRemarks: On flowers of Zygophyllum fontanesii (Zygophyllaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Monica Perez-Gil ; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3F06C1F6-583B-51C5-86BC-CEF3E858119D; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve , 1908; order: Diptera ; family: Tachinidae ; genus: Aphria ; Location : island: Lanzarote ; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas ; municipality: Haría; locality: Orzola ; decimalLatitude: 29.225886; decimalLongitude: -13.455319; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification : identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 01/11/2023; eventRemarks: On flowers of Senecio leucanthemifolius var. falcifolius (Asteraceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Mónica Pérez-Gil; individualCount: 5; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 85775AB7-095D-5484-8C30-36BFA0308268; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve, 1908; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Aphria; Location: island: Lanzarote; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas; municipality: Haría; locality: La Canteria ; decimalLatitude: 29.224659; decimalLongitude: -13.460386; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 01/11/2023; eventRemarks: On flowers of Senecio leucanthemifolius var. falcifolius (Asteraceae) and Zygophyllum fontanesii (Zygophyllacceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Monica Perez-Gil ; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C8FD5643-DA67-5C8C-A38A-2114FAB2A872; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve , 1908; order: Diptera ; family: Tachinidae ; genus: Aphria ; Location : island: Lanzarote ; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas ; municipality: Teguise ; locality: Las Laderas ; decimalLatitude: 29.09195; decimalLongitude: -13.556546; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification : identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 02/28/2023; eventRemarks: On flowers of Asteriscus intermedius (Asteraceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Mónica Pérez-Gil; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 67A6F2D4-6492-50A9-BFF7-73B32A6517E2; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve, 1908; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Aphria; Location: island: Lanzarote; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas; municipality: Teguise; locality: Barranco de la Espoleta ; decimalLatitude: 29.050151; decimalLongitude: -13.4667581; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 09/08/2023; eventRemarks: On flowers of Caroxylon vermiculatum (Amaranthaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Monica Perez-Gil ; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 21D29825-2ECA-52DF-AAC8-F7C2318BA5D1; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve , 1908; order: Diptera ; family: Tachinidae ; genus: Aphria ; Location : island: Lanzarote ; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas ; municipality: Haría; locality: Playa de Punta Prieta ; decimalLatitude: 29.199928; decimalLongitude: -13.421317; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification : identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 11/30/2021; eventRemarks: On flowers of Traganum moquinii (Chenopodiaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Mónica Pérez-Gil; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 9CBF5253-3D4B-52DA-9336-B0C3169F1A3D; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve, 1908; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Aphria; Location: island: Lanzarote; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas; municipality: Teguise; locality: Caleta de Caballo ; decimalLatitude: 29.119734; decimalLongitude: -13.641454; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 11/12/2022; eventRemarks: On flowers of Caroxylon vermiculatum (Amaranthaceae),; Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Johan Verstraeten; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 69FE5DFA-0D8B-5399-9841-19700C57AB39; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/7793046; scientificName: Aphria latifrons Villeneuve, 1908; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Aphria; Location: island: Fuerteventura; country: Spain; stateProvince: Las Palmas; municipality: La Oliva; locality: Caldereta ; decimalLatitude: 28.587634; decimalLongitude: -13.875284; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 02/23/2023; eventRemarks: On flowers of Glebionis coronaria (Asteraceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Diagnosis

Specimens were identified as Aphria latifrons for having the following unique combination: yellow tegula, R4+5 bristles not reaching the intersection with R-M vein, CS4 shorter than CS6 (Fig. 1 A and B).

Distribution

Tunisia, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia ( Villeneuve 1907, Herting 1984, Tschorsnig 2001). Distribution within Fuerteventura and Lanzarote is presented in Fig. 1 C.

Habitat

The localities of La Cantería, Órzola and Punta Prieta are composed by a halophilic and poorly nitrophilous vegetation, physiognomically characterised by the presence of Suaeda vera forming thickets with Frankenia capitata and Zygophyllum fontanesii . In Salinas de Janubio, there is present a chamaephytic community, growing in a highly saline disturbed littoral, characterised by two common species of halophilic environments, Zygophyllum fontanesii and Suaeda vermiculata . Las Laderas has a chamaephytic dwarf community formed by stunted chamaephytes growing on exposed windy and strongly grazed soils where Helianthemum canariense and Spergularia fimbriata are dominant. The remaining localities (Caldereta, Caleta de Famara and Barranco de La Espoleta) are composed by nitrophilous synanthropic shrubs dominated by Caroxylon vermiculatum , Suaeda vermiculata and Bassia tomentosa ( del Arco Aguilar and Rodríguez Delgado 2018).

Genetic data

A 658-bp fragment was successfully amplified (BOLD accession code: INCSI001-23). The specimen shows an 8.66% of divergence (uncorrected p-distance) to specimens of Aphria ocypterata and Aphria longilingua , as well an 8.12-8.89% of divergence to specimens of Aphria longirostris (Fig. 1 D).

Host

Hosts unknown. Probably Pyralidae , based on hosts of other species ( Tschorsnig 2017).

Figures

Figure 1. Habitus, distribution and genetic data for Aphria latifrons. A Lateral view of living specimen of Aphria latifrons (photo: M. Perez-Gil); B Lateral view of living specimen of Aphria latifrons (photo: M. Perez-Gil); C Distribution maps of the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote showing the observed distribution of Aphria latifrons (red dots). The location of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote within the Canary Islands is marked with a red square in the inset; D Maximum-Likelihood tree of the genus Aphria. Countries are indicated after BOLD accession numbers. Red: specimen sequenced in this study.