Bengalia latro Jacobson, 1910: 330 Bengalia latro de Meijere, 1910: 336 Bengalia latro : Malloch, 1927: 412 lyneborgi James varicolor Fabricius Bengalia varicolor : James, 1977 varicolor Fabricius. Bengalia latro : James, 1977: 530 Bengalia varicolor (Fabricius) Bengalia latro : de Jong, 2000: 111 Bengalia latro : Verves, 2005: 239 Afridigalia tenggeria Lehrer, 2006a: 3 Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae) Rognes, Knut Zootaxa 2009 2009-10-08 2251 1 1 76 LH5V de Meijere, 1910 de Meijere. A 1910 [180,567,906,932] Insecta Calliphoridae Bengalia Animalia Diptera 37 38 Arthropoda species latro   Figs. 83–97, 178, 191, 203.   Lectotypemale, Indonesia( Java, Semarang) ( ZMAN), here designated. For details see Type material below.      Bengalia latro Jacobson, 1910: 330. Nomen nudum. Java.     Bengalia latro  de Meijere, 1910: 336. Lectotypemale, here designated, Indonesia( Java: Semarang) (ZMAN). Examined.     Bengalia latro: Malloch, 1927: 412. Undissected and unillustrated male from Javaand female from Sumatra(both Jacobson leg.) only. [Other specimens belong to  lyneborgiJamesor  varicolorFabricius, see below under those species].   Bengalia varicolor: James, 1977, in part. Catalogue entry for Javaonly. Misidentification, not  varicolorFabricius.     Bengalia latro: James, 1977: 530. Catalogue entry as [erroneous] synonym under  Bengalia varicolor(Fabricius).     Bengalia latro: de Jong, 2000: 111, 244. Account of typedepositories and status.     Bengalia latro: Verves, 2005: 239. Catalogue entry.     Afridigalia tenggeria  Lehrer, 2006a: 3. Holotypemale, by original designation, Indonesia( Java: Tengger Mts, Nungkodjadjar,  4000 ft) (BMNH). Examined. Syn. nov.   Diagnosis.A species often with somewhat darkened scutum, pleura, and abdomen; latter sometimes with rather broad black marginal bands. Male. Length: 7–13mm(mean 10.1mm, n=7). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.317 –0.358(mean 0.336, n=13). Lunula bare. Frontal vitta usually bright yellow anteriorly, often contrasting strongly with darker hind part. Fronto-orbital plate usually without proclinate orbital setae, but a paralectotypemale (ZMAN…0118.11) has two proclinate orbital setae on each side, about 2/3 as long as the reclinate prevertical seta. The other males sometimes have a few of the orbital hairs outside of the frontal setae somewhat enlarged but never as strong. Legs yellow, femora often darkened, especially on anterior side. Anepimeron with a bundle of about 25 black setulae among the yellow ground vestiture, all well separated from the katepisternum. Fore tibia ( Fig. 178) with 7–8 small ventral spine-like setae in proximal half, 2–3 larger than the others; prolonged ground setulae forming a slight fringe distally on ventral side, the setae longer than tibial diameter. Mid tibia with pvfringe distally, fringe setulae much longer than tibial diameter ( Fig. 191). Hind tibia with fringe of long densely set av, vand (to a lesser extent) pvsetae at distal half or two-thirds ( Fig. 203). ST5 flap ( Fig. 90) with a usually straight or very slightly convex posterior border as seen from above, Cerci narrow in dorsal view, curved in lateral view. Surstylus with a dense cover of pale setulae on ventral side ( Fig. 83). Triangular projection of bacilliform sclerite pointed.   FIGURES 83–92.  Bengalia latrode Meijere, male (83–91 from lectotype in ZMAN; 92 from paralectotype in RMNH). 83. Cerci and surstyli, anteroventral view. 84. Distiphallus, dorsal view. 85. Pre- and postgonites. 86. Distiphallus, ventral view. 87. Distiphallus, left lateral view. 88. Cerci and surstyli, dorsal view. 89. Cerci and surstyli, left lateral view. 90. ST5 flap. 91. Area around lateral and ventral fingers, enlarged view. 92. Distiphallus from in front. Scale = 0.25mm ( Figures 84, 86, 87). Abbreviations: l. f. = lateral finger; v. f. = ventral finger.   FIGURES 93–97.  Bengalia latrode Meijere, male (93–95 from lectotype in ZMAN, 96–97 from paralectotype in RMNH). 93. Oblique anterodorsal view of tip of distiphallus. 94. Oblique anterior view of tip of distiphallus. 95. Original plus syntype labels. 96. Anterior view of distiphallus. 97. Original labels. Abbreviations: d. o. = dorsal opening; ej. o. = ejaculatory opening; u. l. = upper lip. Distiphallus with prominent dorsolateral wings and broad, backwardly curving antlers with 2–3 tines at tip. Basal tooth strong. Upper lip projecting beyond base of antlers, distal edge convex in dorsal view, underside strongly concave as seen from in front ( Figs. 87, 96). Lateral finger very conspicuous: long, thick, slightly curved, denticulate on all sides and projecting far beyond lateral edges of the hypophallic lobes ( Figs. 84, 86, 91, 92). Ventral finger a narrow process in lateral view, projecting well below midventral wall, its anterior edge smooth, without denticles ( Figs. 87, 91, 92). Inner and outer hypophallic lobes parallel, not converging with their counterparts. Outer hypophallic lobe with a conspicuous shelf ( Figs. 86, 87, 91). Anterior end of midventral wall level with distal end of dorsolateral wings (thus much farther forward than in  varicolor.  Female. Length: 7–11mm(mean 9.4mm, n=4). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.333 –0.350(mean 0.342, n=6). ST2 as long as wide with 2 well separated strong (though short) erect marginals, sometimes with 2 smaller, one outside each ( 4 inall). ST3 very short with 2 strong erect marginals as distant as the strong ones on ST2, and sometimes with 1–2 smaller on their inside. ST4 twice as long as ST3 with 6 strong mostly erect marginals in groups of three. The middle in each group stronger than the others, and erect, but sometimes the smaller setae are not developed. ST5 about as long as ST2, broadly triangular, hind end narrower than front end, broadly rounded, with two strong marginals.   Distribution. Indonesia( Java, also Sumatra[female specimen below]).   Material examined. Type material.  Bengalia latro de Meijere, 1910. This species was described on the basis of an unknown number of male and female specimens captured in “Semarang, Januar, November; Gunung Ungaran, October, Jacobson leg.; Semarang, Dezember, Drescher leg.”. All the localities are in Java, Indonesia. The syntypespresent in RMNHand ZMAN, their labels, and their depository have been reported by de Jong (2000: 111). In addition there are two overlooked male syntypespresent in USNM. All material has been examined and is detailed below. To fix the identity of the name  Bengalia latrode Meijere, Ihave selected and labelled a lectotype. I have labelled all the remaining type material with red paralectotypelabels. All the original syntypesof  B. latroare conspecific, except for one femalein RMNHwhich lacks a pair of discal setae on T5. Its abdominal sternites are shaped quite differently and have a different vestiture compared to the other syntypic females. It is obviously another species than  latro.   Lectotypemale, here designated, in ZMAN, labelled (1) “E. JACOBSON / Samarang. Java/ Nov. 1909” [printed]; (2) “13/57” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia/ latro / de Meijere, 1910/ ZMANtype DIPT.0118.12” [printed on red museum label]; (4) My red lectotypelabel (  latrode Meijere) ( Fig. 95). Dissected by K. R. Abdominal tergites glued to card on pin. Genitalia in glycerol in glass microvial on separate pin with similar lectotypelabel.  Paralectotypes. RMNH: 1 maleand 1 femalelabelled (1) “ JavaI. ’06 / Semarang. / Jacobson.” [printed, except “I. ’06” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia/ latro / det. de Meijere.” [handwritten in de Meijere’s hand, except third line which is printed] ( Fig. 97). Male dissected by K. R. 1 femalelabelled (1) “Semarang / Jacobson” [handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia/ latro. / det. de Meijere. / Cotype” [handwritten, except third line which is printed]; (3) “ Bengalia sp.(f) / not  latrode Meijere/ T5 without discal setae / ST2-5 very different / from  latro/ K. Rognes det. 2009”. This female lacks a pair of discal setae on T5 and is definitely not  latro. It is also much larger than the other syntypic females and the ST2–5 are completely different in shape and setosity. 1 malelabelled (1) “ Java/ Jacobson” [handwritten]; (2) “Mus. Leiden” [printed], (3) “ Bengalia/ latro / det. de Meijere.” [handwritten in de Meijere’s hand, except third line which is printed].  USNM: 1 malelabelled (1) “ JavaI. ’06 / Semarang. / Jacobson.” [printed, except “I. ’06” which is handwritten]; (2) “ SYNTYPE/ Bengalia/ latro / De Meijere 1910/ N. E. Woodley ’94” [red label, handwritten except “N. E. Woodley” which is printed]; (3) “ Bengalia/ latro / de Meij. / det. de Meijere” [handwritten, upright script, not de Meijere’s]; (4) “ B. latrois in synonymy with / varicolor in James (1977)/ but this specimen is / not that species. NEW ’94” [white handwritten label in N. E. Woodley’s hand]; (5) “ USNM/ 2046748” [printed on white label]. Flap of ST5 intact and visible. Genital capsule removed and glued to card below specimen, above labels [aedeagus broken, but cerci, surstyli, pre- and postgonites visible]. 1 malelabelled (1) “E. Jacobson / Samarang. Java/ Nov. 1909” [printed]; (2) “13/58” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia/ latro de Meij.” [handwritten folded white label in de Meijere’s hand, handwriting compared with same writing on RMNHspecimens]; (4) “ USNM/ 2046748” [printed on white label]. I had an accident with this specimen, and the left mid leg was knocked off and the tarsus lost. The leg has been glued to a card below the specimen above the labels. This male, still undissected but with the ST5 flap visible, and the female from Sumatra1925 (see below) were studied by Malloch (1927: 410–412), but the genitalia he figured, including the ST5 flap, were not from any of these specimens. See treatment of  Bengalia varicolorFabricius, 1805, below.  ZMAN: 1 femalelabelled (1) “Semarang / Drescher. /12.1905” [printed, except “12” and “05” which are handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia/ latro / de Meijere, 1910/ ZMANtype DIPT.0118.1” [printed on red museum label]. 3 malesand 3 femaleslabelled (1) “ JavaI. ’06 / Semarang. / Jacobson” [printed, except “I. ’06” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia/ latro / de Meijere, 1910/ ZMANtype DIPT.0118.2–4 [for the males] 5– 7 [for the females]” [printed on red museum label]. 4 maleslabelled (1) “E. Jacobson / Samarang. Java/ Nov. 1909” [printed]; (2) “13/56”, “13/46”, “13/48”, “13/52”, respectively; the one with the “13/56” label also carries a small label reading “ ♂” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia/ latro / de Meijere, 1910/ ZMANtype DIPT.0118.8–11” [printed on red museum label]. One of these males (…0118.11) has two proclinate orbital setae on each side.   Afridigalia tenggeria  Lehrer, 2006a.  Holotypemale, in BMNH, labelled (1) “ WEST JAVA: / Tengger Mts./ Nungkodjadjar. / 4000'.  V.1938/ B.M.1962-651” [printed]; (2) “  Afridigalia ♂/  tenggerian. sp / HOLOTYPUS/  Det. Dr.A.Z.Lehrer/ 2005” [printed pink label]; (3) “  Afridigalia ♂/  tenggerian. sp / HOLOTYPUS/  Det. Dr.A.Z.Lehrer/ 2005” [printed pink even larger label]; (4) My determination label (  latrode Meijere). The specimen was somewhat damaged in the mail at reception. On the left side the fore and mid legs lack the tarsus. On the right side the mid leg lacks the tibia and tarsus. The right hind leg with three tarsomeres intact was loose in the box together with four tarsal fragments. The abdomen had been dissected and has spots of glue. The ST5 flap and the genitalia were in glycerol in a large plastic vial. The distiphallus had the left antler broken at base. I have transferred the genitalia to a smaller glass microvial with glycerol and Other material.   USNM: 1 femalelabelled (1) “ Fort de Kock/ ( Sumatra)  920m/ 1925 / leg. E. Jacobson.” [printed]; (2) “ Bengalia/ latro / de Meij. / det. E. Jacobson” [handwritten, similar to writing on male from Java’06 in USNM, above; possibly Jacobson’s?]; (3) Mydetermination label (  latrode Meijere). Thisfemale was studied by Malloch (1927: 410–412). [151,1306,1009,1032] ZMAN Indonesia Semarang 37 38 1 Jawa Timur lectotype [315,559,1073,1096] ZMAN Indonesia Semarang 37 38 1 Jawa Timur lectotype [383,561,1329,1352] BMNH Indonesia 1219 Nungkodjadjar Tengger Mts 37 38 1 Jawa Timur holotype [462,634,1621,1647] 1938-05 BMNH Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer Tengger Mts. 40 41 1 2 Jawa Barat holotype USNM E. Jacobson. & Jacobson's & My & This E. Jacobson 920 Fort de Kock 41 42 1 1 Sumatera Utara