Egle subarctica ( Huckett, 1965 )

Michelsen, Verner, 2009, Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas, Zootaxa 2043 (1), pp. 1-76 : 47-49

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2043.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5317334

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Egle subarctica ( Huckett, 1965 )
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16. Egle subarctica ( Huckett, 1965) View in CoL

Figs. 132–137 View FIGURES 132–137 , 191, 192 View FIGURES 191–193 .

Hylemya (Egle) subarctica Huckett, 1965: 99 View in CoL , figs. 61, 150, 232, 232a.

Egle subarctica (Huckett) View in CoL ; Ackland 1989: 219, figs. 22–24; Chandler 1998: 166; Petersen 2001: 184; Michelsen 2004.

Egle cyrtacra Fan & Weng, 1982: 225 View in CoL , 237, figs. 19, 20; Fan et al. 1988: 78, figs. 179, 182, 185; Dely-Draskovits 1993: 52; Xue et al. 1998: 660, fig. 1473; Hua 2006: 98. Synonymized by Michelsen (2004).

For further references, see Griffiths (2003).

Description. Very small, wing length 2.6–3.6mm.

Male. Parafacial in middle narrower than postpedicel. Lower facial margin projected slightly beyond level of fronto-parafacial angle. Genal setae in two irregular rows. Prealar seta same length as or slightly longer than posterior notopleural seta. Proepisternals 1; proepimerals (1–)2. Scutellum sometimes without usual minute setulae beneath tip. Lower calypter very short, weakly convex at hind margin. Submedian tibial setae: fore tibia with 0 ad- and 1–2 fine p–pv-setae; mid tibia with 0 ad-, 2 pd- and 0–2 short p-setae; hind tibia with 3–8 short av- and some short p–pv-setae before middle. Hind femur with short pv-setae on basal two-thirds. Tergite VI small, fused together with syntergosternite VII+VIII. Sternite V ( Figs. 132, 133 View FIGURES 132–137 ) with posterior lobes characteristic, apically raised and furnished with a series of coarse setulae at rounded margin; a few short setae present postero-laterally on basal plate. Terminalia ( Figs. 134–137 View FIGURES 132–137 ): shape of surstyli and cerci diagnostic.

Female. Prementum mat, extensively covered in thin dusting. Parafacial in middle narrower than postpedicel. Lower facial margin projected slightly beyond fronto-parafacial angle. Prealar seta nearly to fully as long as posterior notopleural seta. Proepisternals 1(–2); proepimerals (1–)2. Scutellum sometimes without usual minute setulae beneath tip. Lower calypter very short, weakly convex at hind margin. Submedian tibial setae: fore tibia with 0 ad- and 1–2 fine p–pv-setae; mid tibia with 1 ad-, 1–2 pd- and 0–1 short p-setae; hind tibia with 2–5 short av-setae. Oviscapt ( Figs. 191, 192 View FIGURES 191–193 ): Sternites VI and VII extensively membranised on posterior two-thirds, at best a little sclerotized near hind margin of sternite VI; sternite VIII very reduced; small epiproct with a pair of short setulae; hypoproct rather complete, with 4–6 setulae at margins; cerci small, moderately slender. Spermathecae two normal-sized and cross-wrinkled, third spermatheca reduced in size and length of duct.

Material examined. DENMARK [ ZMUC]: S Jutland: Birkepøl, Als , 2 males 21.iv.1973; 1 male 7.v.1977 ( V. Michelsen). NE Zealand: Utterslev Mose, 1 male, 3 females 11.v.1981, 1 female, 13.v.1982, 1 male, 3 females 28–29.iv.2008 ( V. Michelsen); Smør- and Fedtmose, 1 female 13.v.1982, 1 male 1.v.1995, 4 females 23.iv.2008 ( V. Michelsen) . FINLAND [ FMNH]: Lapponia kemensis (W): Pallastunturi , 1 male (W.E. Hellén). Lapponia enontekiensis: Kilpisjärvi, 1 male, 1 female (W.E. Hellén); Saana, 2 males (W.E. Hellén, A.F. Nordman) NORWAY [ ZMUC]: Oppland (north): Fokstumyrin, ca. 1000m, 2 females 17.vi.1985 ( V. Michelsen). Sør-Trøndelag (inner): Kongsvoll , 900–1100m, 6 males, 7 females 12–20.vi.1985 ( V. Michelsen) . RUSSIA [ FMNH]: Murmansk Oblast: Vaitolahti , 1 female (W.E. Hellén); Petsamo [= Pechensky], 1 female 2.vii.1929 (H. Lindberg); Ponoj, 1 male (W.E. Hellén) ; SWEDEN [ MZUL, ZMUC]: Torne Lappmark: Abisko, 9 males 5 females 13.vi–11.vii.1951 (J. R. Vockeroth ), 2 females 9 & 18.vii.1957 (P.I. Persson ), 1 female 22.vi.1973, 1 male 8.vi.1975 (B.G. Svensson). Also seen from CANADA [ ZMUC]: Northwest Territories: Chesterfield, 1 male 12.vii.1950 (J.G. Chillcott); Tuktoyaktuk, 1 female 20–25.vi.1971 (D.M. Wood). Quebec: Payne Bay , 1 male 11.vii.1958 (E.E. MacDougall) .

Biology. In NW Europe ranging from temperate lowlands to the subarctic–arctic elevated and northern Fennoscandia. The Danish localities are fens with abundant thickets of Grey willow ( Salix cinerea L.), certainly one of the host plants for E. subarctica .

Distribution. A Holarctic species first described from northern Canada and Alaska by Huckett (1965), but Nearctic distribution recently summarized by Griffiths (2003) as USA: Alaska? Canada: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Quebec and Yukon. First recorded from Europe (British Isles, Denmark) by Ackland (1989), subsequently also from Norway, Sweden, Finland and adjacent northern Russia by Michelsen (2004). Further found in Austria and Switzerland by A. Grossmann (in litt.). Also occurring in China: Shanxi (Fan & Wang 1982; Hua 2006).

Relationships. Closely related to the following species, E. subarcticoides , described as new from Israel. For further details, see above under ‘The Egle subarctica species group’.

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Anthomyiidae

Genus

Egle

Loc

Egle subarctica ( Huckett, 1965 )

Michelsen, Verner 2009
2009
Loc

Egle subarctica (Huckett)

Petersen, F. T. 2001: 184
Chandler, P. 1998: 166
Ackland, D. M. 1989: 219
1989
Loc

Egle cyrtacra

Hua, L. 2006: 98
Dely-Draskovits, A. 1993: 52
Fan, Z. 1988: 78
1988
Loc

Hylemya (Egle) subarctica

Huckett, H. C. 1965: 99
1965
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