Asindulum nigrum Latreille 1805
Creators
Description
Asindulum nigrum Latreille, 1805: 290.
Figs. 51–61
Platyura femoralis Meigen, 1818: 236. Germany. Lectotype (MNHN).
Types. Not examined. France. (MNHN?; not found in type database).
Material Examined. FRANCE: Marais de Lavours, Malaise B, 8–11.vii.2008, P. Withers, 1m (PCC); Marais de Lavours, Malaise B, 15–22.vii.2008, P. Withers, 1m (PCC); UK: Hampshire, Ovington by River Itchen, 14.vii.1990, P. Chandler, 1f (PCC).
Diagnosis. Mouthparts extending well beyond apex of fore coxa and coxae black in both sexes. Male tergite 9 with both posterolateral and submedian lobes.
Comments. Based on the male terminalia, this species is undoubtedly the sister-species of A. coxale (see Comments under A. coxale). Despite being widespread in Europe this species is apparently rather rarely collected (Hedmark 2004, Ševčík pers. comm. 2022) and has been red-listed in Great Britain (Falk & Chandler 2005) and Sweden (Cederberg et al. 2010).
The head, wing, male terminalia, and female terminalia were illustrated by Matile (1975) and the head and male terminalia illustrated by Hutson et al. (1980). A photograph of the anterior portion of the male in lateral view was provided by Salmela, & Kaunisto (2015).
Distribution. Widespread in Europe; Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, Russia (CET), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK (Evenhuis 2006, Ševčík & Kurina 2011).
Biology. As noted in the Introduction, A. nigrum is known from fens and wetland habitats and is recorded visiting the flowers of Apiaceae (e.g., Angelica, Heracleum and Oenanthe fistulosa L.) and Saxifragaceae (Saxifraga hirculus L.) (Chandler 1991, Falk & Chandler 2005, Olesen & Warncke 1989a, 1989b).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- PCC
- Event date
- 1990-07-14 , 2008-07-08 , 2008-07-15
- Family
- Keroplatidae
- Genus
- Asindulum
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Latreille
- Species
- nigrum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1990-07-14 , 2008-07-08/11 , 2008-07-15/22
- Taxonomic concept label
- Asindulum nigrum Latreille, 1805 sec. Fitzgerald, 2023
References
- Latreille, P. A. (1805) Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, des crustaces et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite a l'histoire naturelle generale et particuliere, composee par Leclerc de Buffon, et redigee par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs societes savants. Tome quatorzieme. " An XIII ". Dufart, Paris. " 432 pp.
- Meigen, J. L. (1818) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Erster Theil. F. W. Forstmann, Aachen. xxxvi + 332 pp.
- Hedmark, K. (2004) Asindulum nigrum. Artfaktablad, Artdatabanken, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden. https: // artfakta. se / naturvard / taxon / asindulum-nigrum- 232165 (accessed 24 / 8 / 2023)
- Falk, S. J. & Chandler, P. J. (2005) A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain. Part 2: Nematocera and Aschiza not dealt with by Falk (1991). Species Status, 2, 1 - 189. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. Version 1.0.
- Cederberg, B., Bartsch, H., Bjelke, U., Brodin, Y., Engelmark, R., Kjaerandsen, J., Struwe, I., Sorensson, M., Viklund, B. (2010) Tvavingar - Flies Diptera. In: Gardenfors U., (Ed.), Rodlistade arter i Sverige 2010 - The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species. SLU, Uppsala, pp. 590.
- Matile, L. (1975) Revision des Asindulum et des Macrorrhyncha de la region Palearctique [Dipt., Mycetophilidae]. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (n. s.), 11 (1), 173 - 220.
- Hutson, A. M., Ackland, D. M. & Kidd, L. N. (1980) Mycetophilidae (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae, and Manotinae) Diptera, Nematocera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, IX (3), 1 - 111.
- Evenhuis, N. L. (2006) Catalog of the Keroplatidae of the World (Insecta: Diptera). Bishop Museum Bulletin of Entomology, 13, 1 - 178.
- Sevcik, J., & Kurina, O. (2011) Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) of the Gemer region (Central Slovakia): Part 1 - Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae and Keroplatidae. Casopis Slezskeho zemskeho muzea (Serie A), 60, 11 - 23.
- Chandler, P. J. (1991) New records of Asindulum nigrum Latreille (Diptera: Keroplatidae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 4, 76.
- Olesen, J. & Warncke, E. (1989 a) Flowering and seasonal changes in flower sex ratio and frequency of flower visitors in a population of Saxifraga hirculus. Holarctic Ecology, 12, 21 - 30.
- Olesen, J. & Warncke, E. (1989 b) Predation and potential transfer of pollen in a population of Saxifraga hirculus. Holarctic Ecology, 12, 87 - 95.