Thecophora caenovalva ( KRÖBER, 1916 )

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2017, A new oriental species of Thecophora RONDANI (Diptera: Conopidae) and first records of Thecophora caenovalva (KRÖBER) from Japan, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology (Beitr. Entomol.) 67 (2), pp. 207-212 : 209-212

Thecophora caenovalva ( KRÖBER, 1916)

( Figs 7–9 )

Holotype examined: 1  with these labels: (1) “Tappani / Formosa / H. SAUTER 1910”; (2) “7. III.”; (3) “coll. Lichtwardt ”; (4) “ Occemyia  / caenovalva KRB. / O. KRÖBER det. 1914”; (5) “ Holotypus ”. The specimen is deposited in the collection Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg ( SDEI).

There is a  in the SDEI wrongly labelled as “ Type ”, bearing labels as follows: (1) “ Tappani / Formosa / H. SAUTER 1910”; (2) “7.IV.”; (3) “coll. LICHTWARDT” ;

view; – 4 theca, lateral view; – 5 abdomen, dorsal view; – 6 theca, posterior view.

– 9 theca, lateral view

(4) “ Occemyia / unbestimmbar / caenovalva KRB. ? /

O. KRÖBER det. 1927”; (5) “ Paratypus ”; (6) “Typus”.

Other material examined: JAPAN: 1 , 26.iv.1999, Ehime Prefecture, Mount Kamegamori, leg. Y. MAETA , coll. STUKE; 1 , 6.viii.2013, Hiroshima Prefecture, Mount Ryuouzan, leg. Y. MAETA , coll. STUKE; 1 , 29.ix.1982, Tottori Prefecture, Mount Daisen, det. as Thecophora abdominalis by R . MACFARLANE, leg. Y. MAETA, coll. STUKE.

Remarks: Thecophora caenovalva was previously only known from the locus typicus „Formosa: Tappani“ [ Taiwan]. The records from Japan are therefore a remarkable extension of the known distribution. Due to the large spoon-like theca, mainly yellow legs and labium that is about as long as the maximum length of head, females of T. caenovalva can easily be distinguished from females of all other Thecophora species known from the Palaearctic Region. The record of Thecophora abdominalis (CHEN, 1939) from Japan ( MAETA & MACFARLANE 1993) requires confirmation and is very probably based on a misidentification.

Figures

Figs 7–9: Thecophora caenovalva (KRÖBER, 1916) (holotype). – 7 habitus, lateral view; – 8 head and scutum, dorsolateral view;