Cheilosia komabaensis Shiraki

Barkalov, Anatolij V. & Ichige, Katsuyoshi, 2016, Review of the Asian species of the subgenus Neocheilosia Barkalov (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of new species, Zootaxa 4150 (5), pp. 571-580 : 572-574

Cheilosia komabaensis Shiraki

( Figs 2 A–H)

Cheilosia komabaensis Shiraki, 1968: 134 . Cheilosia mutini Barkalov, 1984: 83 , syn. n.

Note. The proposed synonymy of C. komabaensis with C. mutini was established by comparing type material of both species.

Literature. Barkalov (1983b: 77, as C. mutini ); Barkalov (1984: 83, as C. mutini ); Barkalov (1998: 73, as C. mutini ); Mutin & Barkalov (1999: 222, as C. mutini ).

Material examined. Russia: 1Ƌ, 1♀ Republic of Altai, Lake Teletskoye , environs of Artybash Village 26.06.1987 and 12.06.1990, leg. A. Barkalov, ZMISEA; 1 Ƌ West Sajan , Abaza Town 13.06.1981, leg. A. Barkalov, ZMISEA; 1Ƌ Khabarovsk Territory, environs of Pivan’ settlement 15.05.1993, leg. V. Mutin, ZMISEA; 1Ƌ Khabarovsk Region, Komsomolsk –on – Amur, Silinskij Garden 17.05.1991, leg. V. Мutin, ZMISEA ; 1♀ Vladivostok City, Botanical Garden 18.05.1994, leg. V. Dubatolov, ZMISEA ; 1♀ Southern Primorie Area: Ussurijsk Town 16.06.1978, leg. A. Barkalov, ZMISEA; 1Ƌ environs of Anisimovka settlement 19.06.1982, leg. V. Mutin, ZMISEA.

Diagnosis. Cheilosia komabaensis is very close to the European C. barovskii Stackelberg but differs in the presence of long erect hairs on the upper part of the eye margins in both sexes ( Figs 2 A, B), and in the male genitalia—different shape of superior lobes and apical sclerite of aedeagus ( Figs 2 D–E, G–H).

Distribution. Russia: Siberia (Altai and Sajan Mountains) and Far East. Japan: Honshu and Kyushu.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Cheilosia komabaensis. A: head of male, lateral view. B: head of female, lateral view. C: head of female, dorsal view. D – E: superior lobes of hypandrium, lateral view. F: pedicel and basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. G: surstylus and gonocercus, lateral view. H: aedeagus with apodeme.