Bicellaria femorata Collin

Barták, Miroslav, Plant, Adrian & Kubík, Štěpán, 2013, Species of Bicellaria (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Asia, Zootaxa 3710 (3), pp. 233-256 : 238-239

Bicellaria femorata Collin

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Bicellaria femorata Collin, 1960: 392 .

Identification of syntypes. Bicellaria femorata was described from five specimens: “a male labelled “Jerusalem [=Yerushalayim], O. Theodor”, and a female “Ginegar, Gallilee, 10.xi. [sic!]34. O. Theodor”. Also two females from “B. Alta [= Bet Alfa], 16.i.40, Dr. A. Shulov”, and one from “Judean Hills, 1.ii.31. O. Theodore” [sic!]”. All the above specimens are present in TAU: 1 male labelled “Jerusalem Palestine [=Yerushalayim] O. Theodor / COM. INST. ENT. COLL. No. 12611 / ♂ TYPE / B. femorata det. Coll. 58”, 1 female labelled “G 10 1 / Ginegar Galilee Palestine O. Theodor 10.ii.34 / COM. INST. ENT. COLL. No. 12611 / B. femorata det. Coll. 58”, 1 female labelled “B. Alfa 16.i.40 / 135 / Palestine Dr. A. Shulov / B. femorata det. Coll. 56 / Bicellaria femorata n. sp. ”, 1 female labelled “B. Alfa [=Bet Alfa] 16.i.40 / 133 / Palestine Dr. A. Shulov / B. femorata det. Coll. 56”, and one female labelled “BK VIII 34 / Kir. Anavim [=Qiryat 'Anavim] Judean Hills Palestine O. Theodor 1.2.31 / COM. INST. ENT. COLL. No. 12611 / ♀ TYPE / B. femorata det. Coll. 58”. We consider all above mentioned specimens syntypes in spite of small difference in date of the female from Ginegar and they were provided by red labels “ Syntype Bicellaria femorata rev. Barták 2013”. Moreover, in TAU there are another two specimens collected before 1960: 1 female without locality labelled “ 11.i.22 / 5.i.22 / 212” and another female labelled “C J VIII 30 / Jerusalem Palestine [=Yerushalayim] O. Theodor 5.i.36 ” and another 5 females labelled “Jerusalem Palestine [=Yerushalayim] O. Theodor” which were probably also collected before 1960. These are neither provided with circular handwritten Collin´s identification labels nor listed in the original description. For this reason we identified and labelled as syntypes of both Collin´s species ( B. femorata and B. spuria ingrata ) only specimens provided by the above mentioned circular label (see also under B. ingrata ).

Diagnosis. The species has unique combination of several features: palpus with many setae, halter yellow, mesoscutum with stripes, hind femur spinose, male phallic hooks curiously shaped ( Fig. 8 ). It may be easily identified according to the key.

Additional material examined (13♂, 34♀). Israel: 2♂, 9♀, 2 exx, Horvat Nappah, 10.xii.1973, A. Freidberg—( TAU); 3♀, same data—(CULSP); 5♂, 8♀, same locality, 20.xii.1973, A. Freidberg—( TAU); 2♂, same data—(CULSP); 1♂, 1♀, same locality, 1.i.1974, A. Freidberg; 1♂, Upper part of Nahal Tirza, 20.ii.1974, A. Freidberg; 1♂, Kesalon, 10.ii.1973, M. Kaplan; 1♀, Shelomi, 8.i.1975, F. Kaplan; 1♀, Rosh ha'Ayin, 31.xii.1986, Y. Nussbaum—( TAU); 1♂, same data—(CULSP); 1♀, Nahal 'Ammud, 23.ii.1983, I. Yarom; 1♀, 'Ofra, 29.i.1987; 1♀, Nahal Rabba, 20.xii.1981; 1♀, sine loc. (“212” and “ 11.i.22 ” and “ 5.i.22 ”); 6♀, Jerusalem, Palestine—( TAU); 1♀, Carmel, 14.ii.1976, A. Freidberg—(CULSP).

Distribution. Israel.

Remarks. This species was described in full detail by Collin (1960). Bicellaria femorata is included in the B. austriaca -complex of species as defined by Chvála (1991), but differs in having a pale halter, long setose hypandrium and swollen and spinose hind femur.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Hypandrium (ventral view) and phallus with postgonites (lateral view). 1 – 2. Bicellaria amankutanensis sp. nov. 3 – 4. B. chimganensis sp. nov. 5 – 6. B. farkaci sp. nov. 7 – 8. B. femorata Collin. Scale bars = 0.10 mm.