Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Sorokina, Vera S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2010, An annotated catalogue of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Siberia 2597, Zootaxa 2597 (1), pp. 1-87 : 25-27

Genus Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 405 . Type-species: Morellia agilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (= Musca hortorum Fallén, 1817 ), by designation of Townsend (1916: 8).

Morellia aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Morellia aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 406 . Type-locality: France, Saint-Sauveur. Syntypes, formerly in Robineau-Desvoidy collection, now destroyed (not MNHN).

Siberian records: Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 232); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, subtaiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 787); Kurganskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); Tomsk (Wnukovsky, 1936: 123); near Biysk ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); valley of River Yenisey, northern taiga: Turukhansk, Verkhneimbatskoe, Yarzevo, Vorogovo, Kureyka, Igarka ( Sychevskaya, 1974: 129); Altay, Pribaykal’e and Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya] ( Zimin, 1951: 211); Siberia ( Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 592); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 94).

General distribution: Throughout the Palaearctic Region, from Europe to Japan.

Morellia asetosa Baranov, 1925

Morellia asetosa Baranov, 1925: 59 . Type-locality: Serbia: Topčider, near Belgrade. Lectotype ♂, CNC (designated by Pont, 1980: 313).

Morellia simplicissima Zimin, 1951: 221 . Type-localities: Russia, many localities in West Siberia, East Siberia, Russian Far East and Kazakhstan. Syntypes 25♂ ♀, ZIN ( Pont, 2004: 92–93), and 1♀, MZPW (seen).

Siberian records: Kurganskaya, Omskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 227); Smolino near Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarskiy Kray: Minusinsk, Novoselovo, Manskiy Rayon (Sorokino), Irkutskaya Oblast’: Listvyanka [as “Irkutskiy Okrug, Listvenichnoe” in the original], Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Yakutsk, Namshoe, Khamurgan near upper River Aldan ( Zimin, 1951: 221, syntype localities of simplicissima ); Kurganskaya Oblast’ ( Veselkin, 1989: 11); Respublika Tyva ( Tamarina & Khromova, 1980: 81); South Tyva, River Naryn-gol ( Pridantseva, 1967: 828); Central Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Yakutsk, Khomustakh nasleg ( Sychevskaya, 1972: 154); Siberia ( Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 592); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 94).

General distribution: Throughout the Palaearctic Region, though sparsely in Europe.

Morellia hortensia ( Wiedemann, 1824)

Musca hortensia Wiedemann, 1824: 49 . Type-locality: Indonesia, Java. Lectotype ♂, ZMUC (designated by Pont, 1973: 221).

Siberian records: Central Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Yakutsk, Khomustakh nasleg ( Sychevskaya, 1972: 148, identification queried); East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 95, record queried).

General distribution: Oriental, Australasian and Afrotropical Regions, reaching the Palaearctic in East Russia, the Korean Peninsula and China.

Morellia hortorum ( Fallén, 1817)

Musca hortorum Fallén, 1817: 252 . Type-locality: Sweden, probably Skåne province. Lectotype ♂, NHRS (designated by Pont, 1984b: 286).

Siberian records: Urals ( Hennig, 1964: 970); Yamalo-Nenezkiy AO: Labytnangi, Muzhi ( Gagarin & Veselkin, 1987: 215); Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 231); Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Troizkiy Rayon ( Kutuzova, 1993: 74); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, forest steppe, subtaiga and southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 787); Kurganskaya, Tomskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 227); Tomsk ( Wnukowsky, 1936: 123); near Biysk and Altay Mts ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); Khanty-Mansiyskiy AO: Berezovskiy Rayon, Berezovo [as “Berezov on the River Ob’” in the original], Tobol’sk and Krasnoyarsk ( Zimin, 1951: 209); South Tyva, River Naryn-gol ( Pridantseva, 1967: 828); Respublika Tyva ( Tamarina & Khromova, 1980: 81); Siberia as far as Yakutsk ( Zimin, 1951: 209; Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 593); Irkutskaya Oblast’: Listvyanka [as “vom Baikalsee beim Dorfe Listwenitschnaja” in the original] ( Hennig, 1964: 970); Port Baykal near Irkutsk ( Draber-Moṅko, 1966: 6); Central Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Yakutsk, Khomustakh nasleg ( Sychevskaya, 1972: 148); valley of River Yenisey, forest steppe: Krasnoyarskiy Kray (Minusinsk, Shushenskoe), Respublika Tyva (Kyzyl, Cherbi), taiga: Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk and northern taiga: Turukhansk, Verkhneimbatskoe, Yarzevo, Vorogovo, Kureyka, Igarka ( Sychevskaya, 1974: 129); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 95).

General distribution: Throughout the Palaearctic Region, and also the north-west of the Oriental Region.

Morellia podagrica ( Loew, 1857)

Cyrtoneura podagrica Loew, 1857: 45 . Type-localities: Austria, the Wiener Schneekoppe, Carinthian Alps and Vienna. Syntypes 4♂ 4♀, ZMHU, and 1♂ 1♀, MCZ (all in Pont & Werner, 2006: 84).

Siberian records: Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 231); Tomskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 227); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Verchoyansk, Bagatay, Yakutsk, Khomustakh nasleg, Tommot ( Sychevskaya, 1972: 148); valley of River Yenisey, forest steppe: Krasnoyarskiy Kray (Minusinsk, Shushenskoe), Respublika Tyva (Kyzyl, Cherbi), taiga: Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk and northern taiga: Turukhansk, Verkhneimbatskoe, Yarzevo, Vorogovo, Kureyka, Igarka ( Sychevskaya, 1974: 129); Siberia ( Zimin, 1951: 209; Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 593); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 96).

General distribution: Holarctic Region; in the Palaearctic, from montane and northern Europe to north China.

Morellia simplex ( Loew, 1857)

Cyrtoneura simplex Loew, 1857: 45 . Type-localities: England, Germany, probably also Poland, Hungary, Italy south to Sicily, Greece (Athens & Rhodes), Turkey. Syntypes 5♂ 5♀, ZMHU, and 1♂ 1♀, MCZ (all in Pont & Werner, 2006: 97).

Siberian records: Middle Urals, unknown in Siberia ( Zimin, 1951: 219); Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 231); Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Troizkiy Rayon ( Kutuzova, 1993: 74); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, forest steppe, subtaiga and southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 783); Kurganskaya Oblast’ ( Veselkin, 1989: 11); Omskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 227); West Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 96).

General distribution: Palaearctic Region, from Europe east to China, also Pakistan.