Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830

Krivosheina, M. G. & Ozerov, A. L., 2021, A review of the shore-fly genus Ephydra Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Ephydridae) of Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (3), pp. 345-360 : 350-352

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https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.30.3.15

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scientific name

Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830
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Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830 View in CoL

Figs 1, 3 View Figs 1–4 , 9 View Figs 7–15 , 18 View Figs 16–24 , 27 View Figs 25–30 , 36 View Figs 34–39 .

glauca Meigen, 1830: 120 View in CoL ( Ephydra View in CoL ). Type-locality: not given (? Germany).

obscuripes Becker, 1896: 222 View in CoL ( Ephydra View in CoL ). Type-locality: Sarepta [part of Volgograd] ( Russia).

MATERIAL. Altai: Klyuchi (52.25ºN, 79.16ºE), lake Klyuchevskoe bank, 20. VI .2009 GoogleMaps , O. Kosterin (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Lake Kolyvanovskoe   GoogleMaps (51.363ºN 82.191ºE), 8.IX.2007, O. Kosterin (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Astrakhan’ Oblast: salt lake Baskunchak (48.193°N 46.813°E), near fresh pond GoogleMaps , 2–6. V .2010 , K. Tomkovich (7 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); same place, 17.06.2003, A. Ovchinnikov (6 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZISP); Khakassia: Borets (54.445°N 90.33°E), salt pond GoogleMaps , 28. VI .2011 GoogleMaps , K. Tomkovich (1 ♀, ZMUM); Lake Shunet   GoogleMaps (54.419ºN 90.227ºE), 5.VII.1897, Yu. Vagner (1 ♂, ZISP); Prigorsk env. (53.92°N 91.44°E) GoogleMaps , 15.VII.2017, N. Vikhrev (3 ♂♂, ZMUM); salt lake Beljo (54.65ºN 90.18ºE), 382 m GoogleMaps , 1–3.VII.2011, K.P. Tomkovich (4 ♂♂, ZISP); Novosibirsk Oblast: Novosibirsk, Zaeltsovsky Park, Ob’ -river bank , 15.IX.2007 (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, ZMUM); Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok (54.825ºN 83.113ºE) GoogleMaps , 1.VII.2009, O. Kosterin (3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Omsk Oblast: Cherlak-Krasny Oktyabr’ env. (54.133ºN 75.011ºE) GoogleMaps , 30. V .2009 GoogleMaps , O. Kosterin (1 ♂, ZMUM); Omsk, Solenoe Lake   GoogleMaps (54.885ºN 73.347ºE), 30. VI .2008 , O. Kosterin (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, ZMUM); same place, 29. VI .2013 GoogleMaps , O. Kosterin (2 ♂♂, ZMUM); Omsk, River Irtysh   GoogleMaps left floodland (54.952ºN 73.355ºE), reeds and salinas, 3.IV.2008, O. Kosterin (4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, ZMUM); Orenburg Oblast: Irgizly (52.959ºN 57.024ºE) GoogleMaps , 24. VI .1899 GoogleMaps , Yakobson & Shmidt (2 ♂, ZISP); Stavropol’ Krai: Bol’shoy Tambukan (ca. 43.961ºN 43.158ºE), 1909, A. Skorikov, “ Ephydra obscuripes Beck., Stackelberg det.” (9 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀, ZISP); Tuva: Dus-Khol   GoogleMaps salt lake (51.36ºN 94.45ºE), 700 m, 2–5.VII.2017, N. Vikhrev (2 ♂♂, ZMUM); Yakutia: Lake Abalakh (61.676ºN 131.178ºE), 6 km W of Ele-chey, saline meadow near lake GoogleMaps , 16. VIII .2011 GoogleMaps , L. Sivtseva (1 ♂, ZMUM); Lake Mokhsogollokh (salt), Kempendyay   GoogleMaps env. (62.033ºN 118.651ºE), on water surface, 23. VI .2011 GoogleMaps , L. Sivtseva (3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Lake Muosany   GoogleMaps , 52 km ENE of Kempendyay (62.278ºN 119.44ºE), on water surface, 23. VI .2011 GoogleMaps , L. Sivtseva (1 ♂, 6 ♀♀, ZMUM); Zabaikalsky Krai, 20 km NE of Solov’evsk   GoogleMaps (49.896ºN 115.699ºE), 22. V .1959 , K. Grunin (1 ♂, ZISP).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. Kazakhstan: SW Kazakhstan, Narynkol [= Raiymbek] District, lake Tuzkol (43.006ºN 79.971ºE), 31. VIII .1959 GoogleMaps , P. Lehr (3 ♂♂, ZISP); Shortandy   GoogleMaps (51.698ºN 70.997ºE), 19. VI .1938 , B. Kuzin (1 ♂, ZISP); May-Emer , Turgaysk. O., 29. VI.1928, V. Popov (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZISP); Borovoe [Burabay, 53.083ºN 70.307ºE), 2, 12.VII., 14.VII.2006, N. Dvoretskaya (4 ♀♀, ZMUM); 36 km SSE of Aktogay (46.64ºN 79.861ºE), 400 m, 13.VI.2014, V. Zinchenko (1 ♂, ZISP); Ukraine: Golaya Pristan’ (46.524ºN 32.521ºE), 18.VII.1977, on decaying plants of salt lake, E. Klechkovskiy (3 ♂♂, ZMUM); Chernomorskiy Nature Reserve (ca. 46.314ºN 31.890ºE), cordon Geroyskiy, 6.VII.1977, E. Klechkovskiy (2 ♀♀, ZMUM); Aleshki (46.62ºN 32.719ºE), 18.VI.1926, L. Zimin (1 ♂, ZISP); Uzbekistan: Aral Sea, Syr-Dar’inskaya Distr., 30.V.1928, N. Olenev, V. Popov (5 ♂♂, 1 ♂, ZISP); Ayakguzhumdy (40.738ºN 63.745ºE), 7.VI.1965, E. Nartshuk (1 ♂, ZISP). GoogleMaps

DESCRIPTION. Body-length 4.5–5.5 mm.

Head ( Fig. 1 View Figs 1–4 ) grey pollinose except metallic shining frontal vitta, with greenish tinge; upper face pollinose; fronto-orbital plate grey or brownish pollinose. 3–4 (rarely 5) long fronto-orbital setae, 3 pairs of interfrontal setae, of which anterior strong, 1/2 as long as

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ocellar. Postocular setae well developed. Palpus dark, grey pollinose. Antenna blackish, greyish dusted; arista short pubescent on dorsal surface on basal 1/2. Gena and parafacial greyish pollinose.

Thorax black, densely grey pollinose, not subshining. Scutum with brownish fuse spots and stripes ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1–4 ). Acrostichals setulose in two rows, intra-alars 1+(0– 2) ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1–4 ).

Legs black, densely grey dusted; tarsi of all legs yellowish ventrally.

Abdomen black with greenish tinge, densely grey pollinose. Tergite 5 approximately equal in length to tergite 4. Male genitalia small, as long as tergite 5. Epandrium elongate in dorsal (posterior) view ( Fig. 27 View Figs 25–30 ), wider in cercal half; surstylus narrowed apically. Epandrium parallel-sided in lateral view ( Fig. 36 View Figs 34–39 ); surstylus is at obtuse angle to epandrium, bifurcate apically, one lobe thin. Aedeagus with slender pointed tip in lateral view ( Fig. 9 View Figs 7–15 ). Gonite stout at base with curved distal part and slender tip in lateral view ( Fig. 18 View Figs 16–24 ).

NOTE. The species differs in acrostichal setae arranged in two rows, presence of well developed postocular setae and dense grey pollinosity, upper face, scutum and abdomen not subshining.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Altai, Astrakhan’ Oblast, Khakassia, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Stavropol’ Krai, Tuva, Volgograd Oblast, Yakutia, Zabaikalsky Krai. — Palearctic: Algeria, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Italy, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Turkey [ Mathis, Zatwarnicki, 1995]. Kazakhstan (first record), Ukraine (first record), Uzbekistan (first record).

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

ZMUM

Zoological Museum, University of Amoy

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

Genus

Ephydra

Loc

Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830

Krivosheina, M. G. & Ozerov, A. L. 2021
2021
Loc

obscuripes Becker, 1896: 222

Becker Th. 1896: 222
1896
Loc

glauca

Meigen J. W. 1830: 120
1830
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