Phara braueri ( Strobl, 1880 )

Mostovski, Mike B., 2016, Metopina Macquart (Diptera: Phoridae) of Israel, with description of a new species, new records and an identification key, Zootaxa 4111 (1), pp. 61-68 : 62

Phara braueri ( Strobl, 1880)

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Drepanophora braueri Strobl, 1880: 40 .

Metopina braueri (Strobl) : Brues, 1915: 140; Disney, 1979: 104; Withers, 1996: 321.

Material. Israel: 1♀ Nahal Oren [32°42'59"N 35°01'49"E], 30.v.1998, A. Freidberg.

Distribution. The species has been found across Europe ( Disney, 1991; Weber & Schiegg, 2001; Papp, 2002). This is the first record of it in Israel.

Biology. Unknown.

Remarks. Metopina braueri is distinct in having a very long flap of the abdominal tergite 5. The specimen on hand demonstrates this remarkable feature; however, the rear portion of tergite 5 somewhat differs from illustrations provided by Disney (1979, 1983), and the specimen may turn out to belong to a new species. Additional material is required to prove or reject this assumption.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Abdominal tergites (T) of Metopina females showing anterior flap (AF) of T 5. 1, M. braueri, T 5; 2, M. heselhausi, T 5; 3, M. kuslitzkyi sp. n., T 4 – 5; 4, M. obsoleta, T 4 – 5; 5, M. pileata, T 5; 6, M. ulrichi, T 4 – 5. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.