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Epichlorops puncticollis Zetterstedt

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Epichlorops puncticollis (Zetterstedt)

(Figs. 10–18)

Oscinis puncticollis Zetterstedt, 1848: 2636. Type locality: SWEDEN: Gotland, Gudhem. Epichlorops puncticollis: Becker 1912: 28; Sabrosky 1941: 742; Sabrosky 1965: 791; Andersson 1966: 70; Andersson 1977: 145; Kanmiya 1983: 292; Wheeler 1994: 407.

Diagnosis. Head slightly longer than high in profile. Frons nearly as wide as long, projecting only slightly in front of eye. Ocellar triangle dark brown, narrowing evenly to anterior margin of frons, anterior apex ending in a broad obtuse tip. 3rd antennal segment brown. Thorax slightly broader than head. Scutum black except for yellow lateral margins and covered with fine black setulae on small tubercles. Scutellum yellow. Abdomen completely brown dorsally except for posterior margin yellow, setulae on tergum 5 pale. Male genitalia: epandrium with pale setulae; surstylus with posterior region short hook-like and curved forward; hypandrium relatively narrow in lateral view.

Material examined. 1 male, CHINA: Xinjiang, Aletai, Beitun, 21. VII. 2007, Shan Huo; 5 males 2 females, CHINA: Xinjiang, Aletai, Hemu, 22. VII. 2007, Shan Huo; 1 male, CHINA: Xinjiang, Aletai, Hemu, 24. VII. 2007, Shan Huo.

Distribution. Canada, China (Xinjiang), France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, USA.

Notes

Published as part of Cui, Yusi & Yang, Ding, 2009, Species of Epichlorops Becker from China (Diptera, Chloropidae), pp. 41-46 in Zootaxa 2017 on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186009

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Zetterstedt
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chloropidae
Genus
Epichlorops
Species
puncticollis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Zetterstedt, J. W. (1848) Diptera scadinaviae, disposita et descripta. Vo l. 7. Officina Lundbergiana, Lund, pp. 2581 - 2934.
  • Becker, T. (1912) Chloropidae. Eine monographische Studie. IV Teil. Nearktische Region. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 10, 21 - 120.
  • Sabrosky, C. W. (1941) An annotated list of genotypes of the Chloropidae of the World. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 34, 735 - 765.
  • Sabrosky, C. W. (1965) Family Chloropidae. In: Stone, A., Sabrosky, C. W., Wirth, W. W., Foote, R. H. & Coulson, J. R. (Eds.), A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico. Agriculture Handbook 276. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Washington DC, pp. 773 - 793.
  • Andersson, H. (1966) A revision of the species of Oscinides described by J. W. Zetterstedt (Diptera: Chloropidae). Opuscula Entomologica, 31, 61 - 76.
  • Andersson, H. (1977) Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on Chloropidae (Diptera) with special reference to Old World genera. Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement, 8, 1 - 200.
  • Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 11, 1 - 370.
  • Wheeler, T. A. (1994) A revision of the genus Epichlorops Becker (Diptera: Chloropidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 25, 393 - 414.