Sarcophaga (Phallantha) sichotealini (Rohdendorf, 1938)

Wang, Chao, Sun, Haoran, Zhu, Weibing, Pape, Thomas, Liu, Qiyong & Zhang, Dong, 2022, Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Chinese species of Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae), ZooKeys 1108, pp. 141-159 : 141

Sarcophaga (Phallantha) sichotealini (Rohdendorf, 1938)

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Phallantha sichotealini Rohdendorf, 1938: 102. Russia, Primorye, Sikhote-Alin State Reservation.

Pierretia daozhenensis Wei in Wei & Yang, 2005: 424. China, Guizhou, Daozhen, Dashahe. Syn. nov.

Material examined.

1♂, Russia, Primorye , SE Ussurijsk, 8.viii.1983, A. Ozerov leg. (NHMD) . 1♂, China, Sichuan, Baoxing , 8.v.1981, unknown leg .; 1♂, China, Sichuan, Ya’an, 29.iv.2002, unknown leg. (SECA) .

Remarks.

The holotype of P. daozhenensis is deposited in CDCP and not currently available for loan and study. This nominal species was not included by Verves (2020), probably in an oversight. Wei (2005) described the vesica as flower-like, the cerci as having pointed apices and being slightly bent in lateral view, and the juxtal extension as well developed, flexed at its base and bent forward apically (Fig. 4 ). All of these features are consistent with S. sichotealini , and we consider the illustrations of the phallus provided by Xue and Chao (1998: 677, fig. 1332 m), and Wei and Yang (2005: fig. 3) to be a fully acceptable match (Fig. 8 ). We notice that Wei and Yang (2005) mentioned that P. daozhenensis was assigned to Pierretia using the key by Xue and Chao (1998), but the species was not assigned to any of the subgenera applied by Xue and Chao (1998), which includes Phallantha . Wei and Yang (2005) made no discussion about the subgeneric affiliation of P. daozhenensis , and there is no comparison with P. sichotealini in spite of the significant similarities with the illustration provided by Xue and Chao (1998). Vesica and harpes are of the same overall configuration, and as these are composed of flattened, partly membranous structures, even small changes in orientation may result in considerable changes in outline. The juxta has a very characteristic shape, with an almost exact match. Sarcophaga (P.) sichotealini is distributed in China (Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan), the Russian Far East, South Korea, and temperate Japan ( Pape 1996; Xue and Chao 1998; Verves 2020).

Figures

Figure 4. Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) aegyptica Salem, 1935; male (China, Qinghai; in SECA) A habitus, lateral view B terminalia, lateral view C head, lateral view D head, anterolateral view E head, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 7. Sarcophaga (Phallantha) sichotealini (Rohdendorf, 1938); male (China, Sichuan; in SECA) A habitus, lateral view B terminalia, lateral view C head, lateral view D head, anterolateral view E head, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 8. Sarcophaga (Phallantha) sichotealini Rohdendorf, 1938; phallus, lateral view A illustrated from figure 7 B B adapted from Wei and Yang (2005, as Pierretia daozhenensis).