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TAXONOMIC AND FAUNISTIC NOTES ON PHAONIA CINCTA ZETTERSTEDT, 1846 (DIPTERA, MUSCIDAE)
N. E. Vikhrev1H, E. A. Erofeeva1, A. B. Ruchin2
1 Zoological Museum of Moscow University, 2 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str., 125009, Moscow, Russia 2 Joint Directorate of the Mordovian State Nature Reserve named after P. G. Smidovich and Smolny National Park,
30 Krasnaya Str., 430005, Saransk, Russia
Abstract. Phaonia cincta Zetterstedt, 1846 is newly recorded for central and southern parts of European Russia. The female of P. cincta was never properly described; its redescription is given. After examination of previously unknown series of topotypes of P. juglans Sorokina, 2015 we came to a conclusion that this species should be synonymized to P. cincta (syn. nov.). In such a wide sense Phaonia cincta also occurs in Central Asia. Association of larvae and imagoes of P. cincta with broad-leaf trees is discussed.
Keywords: Diptera, Muscidae, Phaonia cincta, new records, synonymy.
ТАКСОНОМИЯ И РАСПРОСТРАНЕНИЕ PHAONIA CINCTA ZETTERSTEDT, 1846 (DIPTERA, MUSCIDAE)
Н. Е. Вихревш, Е. А. Ерофеева1, А. Б. Ручин2
1 Зоологический музей МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова, ул. Большая Никитская, д. 2, 125009, г. Москва, Россия
2 Объединенная дирекция Мордовского государственного природного заповедника имени П. Г. Смидовича
и национального парка «Смольный», ул. Красная, д. 30, 430005, г. Саранск, Россия
Ж
Authors
Nikita E. Vikhrev
E-mail: nikita6510@ya.ru
SPIN: 1266-1140
Scopus Author ID: 32467511100
Elena A. Erofeeva
E-mail: alenae07@rambler.ru
Alexander B. Ruchin
E-mail: ruchin mgpz@mail.ru
SPIN: 1655-5762
Scopus Author ID: 6602618456
ORCID: 0000-0003-2653-3879
Copyright: © The Authors (2020). Published by Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. Open access under CC BY-NC License 4.0.
Сведения об авторах Вихрев Никита Евгеньевич E-mail: nikita6510@ya.ru SPIN-код: 1266-1140 Scopus Author ID: 32467511100
Ерофеева Елена Александровна E-mail: alenae07@rambler.ru
Ручин Александр Борисович E-mail: ruchin mgpz@mail.ru SPIN-код: 1655-5762 Scopus Author ID: 6602618456 ORCID: 0000-0003-2653-3879
Аннотация. Ркаота апсЬа Zetterstedt, 1846 впервые приведена для центральной и южной частей европейской территории России. Самка этого вида никогда не была подробно описана, описание приведено в данной статье. Исследовав серию обнаруженных нами экземпляров, собранных вместе с голотипом Р. )щ1ат Богокта, 2015, мы пришли к выводу, что этот вид является синонимом Р. апсЬа (вуп. поу.). Таким образом, Р. стсЬа в широком понимании оказалась распространенной и в Средней Азии. Обсуждается связь личинок и имаго Р. стсЬа с широколиственными деревьями.
Права: © Авторы (2020). Опубликовано Российским государственным педагогическим университетом им.
А. И. Герцена. Открытый доступ на Ключевые слова: Diptera, Muscidae, Ркаота стсЬа, новые находки, условиях лицензии СС БУ-ЫС 4.0. синонимия.
INTRODUCTION
Recently we sorted dipterans collected in trunk traps (Ruchin et al. 2020) in Mordovsky Nature Reserve and found a male of Phaonia cincta Zetterstedt, 1846. P. cincta Zetterstedt, 1846 is a West European species which was also know from Near East but it was not recorded for Russia (Pont 1986; Pont 2013). We decided that the new record worth publishing as a short note. Working on the publication we checked Phaonia material in Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMUM) and Zoological Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia (ZIN) and found several more interesting specimens of P. cincta. As usual, the study of additional material opened questions not arisen before. In the Discussion below several new points are considered: (1) the position of P cincta in the genus Phaonia; (2) description of the female of P cincta; (3) taxonomic status of the similar P juglans Sorokina, 2015 from Central Asia; (4) distribution of P. cincta in the wide sense.
Phaonia cincta Zetterstedt, 1846 Phaonia juglans Sorokina, 2015, syn. nov. Figs 1-4
MATERIAL EXAMINED: AUSTRIA, "in the South Austria", Kowarz, (ZIN).
GREECE, Crete Isl., 7 km SW Perama (35.33°N 24.65°E), 12 September 1999, V. Michelsen, (ZMUM).
RUSSIA: Krasnodar reg., Sochi env., Akhun Mt., (43.55°N 39.85°E), 20 October 2006, N. Vikhrev, 1$; Adygeya, Dakhovskaya env., Belaya R. valley, 44.199°N 40.170°E, 465 m, 18-31 August 2009, K. Tomkovich, 1? (new records for South European Russia); Mordovia reg., Mordovia State Nature Reserve, 54.72°N 43.23°E, 7 July 2019, A. Ruchin, 1$ (all ZMUM); Moscow reg.: Ozery (54.86°N 38.55°E), reared, 1974, V. Kovalev, 1$ (ZIN); SW Moskovsky, 55.58°N 37.34°E, 29 July 2016, K. Tomkovich, 1? (new records for Central European Russia) (ZMUM). SPAIN, Granada reg., Granada Valor (37.0°N 3.08°W), 925 m, 25 March 2009, V. Michels-en, 1? (ZMUM).
TURKMENISTAN: $ holotype Phaonia juglans Sorokina, 2015, Ipay-Kala [Kopet Dag Range, 37.2°N 59.8°E], reared from larva found in a hollow of a nut tree, collected on 6 June 1971, emergence 18 June 1971, N. Kriv-
osheina; the same data as above, N. Krivoshei-na, collected 24 May-9 June 1971, 4$, 3?, three males with Lobanov's labels identified as P cincta; 20 km SE Geok Tepe, Chuli vill., 38.00°N 58.15°E, reared from larvae collected on 20 April 1983, N. Krivosheina, 2$, 2? (ZMUM).
UKRAINE: Poltava reg., Yareski (49.84°N 33.90°E), 1 September 1929, Gildebrandt, 1$; Kharkov reg.: vicinity of Kharkov (50.0°N 36.2°E), W. Yaroshevsky, 25 April 1882, 1$; 2 May 1882, 1$; uncertain localities, presumably the Ukraine: I. Porchinsky, 1$; W. Yaroshevsky, on oak trunk, 30 July 1886, 1$ (all ZIN).
DISCUSSION
RELATIONSHIP. Hennig (1963) placed Phaonia cincta in the P pratensis group, so did also Zinovjev (1981). Hennig (1963, 774) wrote on the P pratensis group: "no character can be interpreted as an apomorphy for the whole group ... the group is so symple-siomorphic that it cannot be regarded as a monophyletic one". On the other hand, males of P. cincta have yellow abdomen which is a diagnostic character for the P. pallida group (Hennig 1963; Vikhrev, Erofeeva 2018). The intrageneric systematic of Phaonia is in an unsatisfactory state. It seems that only molecular phylogeny will improve the situation, but we would like to draw attention that P. cinc-ta looks similar to P. bitincta Rondani, 1866 which belongs to the P pallida group. Apart from the yellow abdomen, both species share densely grey dusted mesonotum with a pair of dark stripes and several other characters.
REDESCRIPTION of FEMALE. The male of P cincta was redescribed by Hennig (1963) in sufficient detail, while the female is mentioned in only two sentences: "crossed interfrontal setae absent; yellow colour on abdomen absent". Here we give redescription of female. Body length 5-7 mm. Head black. Frons grey, without crossed interfrontal setae, fronto-orbital plates light-grey. Eye sparsely short haired. Antenna black, postpedicel 3x as long as wide. Aristal hairs as long as width of post-pedicel (Fig. 3) or longer, the character is variable. Palpi black or yellow-brown, slightly to distinctly (Fig. 3) widened, about 0.5-0.7x as wide as width of postpedicel. Lower occipital setulae dark. Thorax black, densely grey dusted. Scutum with a pair of distinct median vittae from
Taxonomic andfaunistic notes on Phaonia cincta Zetterstedt, 1846 (Diptera, Muscidae)
Figs 1-4. Phaonia cincta: 1 — male, dorsal; 2 — female, lateral; 3 — female head, lateral; 4 — female abdomen, dorsal
Рис. 1-4. Phaonia cincta: 1 — самец, дорсально; 2 — самка, латерально; 3 — голова самки, латерально; 4 — брюшко самки, дорсально
neck to level of 2nd post dc, these vittae slightly narrower than distance between dc and ac setae. Notopleuron, meron and katepimeron bare; dc 2+4; 2-3 pairs of strong prst ac; pre-alar seta less than half as long as posterior no-topleural. Scutellum with 1-3 hairs on lateral surface below of strong scutellar setae (offered by D' Assis Fonseca, 1968). Wings hyaline, both crossveins darkened. Legs chaetotaxy: t1 with 1 p; t2 with 2 p; t3 with 2 av, 2 ad and 1 pd. Coxae, femora and tarsi dark; trochanters contrasting yellow; tibiae brownish-yellow. Colour of the legs is variable: from almost entirely dark (with yellow trochanters) in some specimens from Europe to mostly yellow in some specimens from Central Asia. Abdomen dark, densely grey dusted with black median vitta on tergites 1+2 to 5 and with characteristic paired black postero-lateral spots on tergites 3 and 4. Sternite 1 bare.
SYNONYMY. According to the original description (Sorokina 2015) Phaonia juglans Sorokina, 2015 is similar to P. cincta and distinguished from the latter by "eye sparsely short haired, palpus dull yellow, antenna brownish-dark, legs brownish-yellow". Hennig (1963) wrote that male eyes of P. cincta are densely and long haired. It is an error repeated by Gregor et al. (2002, 116-117), actually both male and female P cincta have eyes sparsely short haired. It turned out that
Dr. Nina Krivosheina reared from larvae collected in Turkmenistan a series of 7S and 5$ of Phaonia, but only one male was sent to Dr. Vera Sorokina for identification, the male became the holotype of P. juglans. Examination of the rest of the series showed that other characters offered as diagnostic for P. juglans are variable. In most Central Asian specimens the pedicel and posterior femora are yellowish, the crossveins of wings are less infuscat-ed, but we do not consider these differences sufficient enough. In European specimens variation of colour is also significant. A possible solution is to downgrade the taxonomic status of P. juglans to the subspecies rank, but in the present paper we treat P. cincta in the wide sense, so Phaonia cincta Zetterstedt, 1846 = P. juglans Sorokina, 2015, syn. nov.
ECOLOGY and DISTRIBUTION. According to d' Assis Fonseca (1968, 22-27) in Great Britain P. cincta was bred from larvae found in sap exuding from elm and horse-chestnut. One Ukrainian specimen was a male collected on oak trunk; the male from Moscow region was reared from a larva found under the oak bark; the Mordovian male was collected by a fermented beer trap placed on oak; in Armenia Pont (2018) collected 6S of P. cincta on a sunny side of a smooth trunk of a beech tree (Fagus). In Turkmenistan (Ipay-Kala) P. cincta were reared from larvae found in a hole in a walnut
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tree (Juglans); other Turkmenian (Chuli) series of P. cincta was reared from larvae found on elm (Ulmus) damaged by larvae of Cossus cossus, in fermented tree sap (Dr. Nina Krivo-sheina, pers. comm.). Thus, P cincta seems to be associated with broad-leaved trees at both larval and imaginal stages and our distributional data fit this view. Broad-leaved trees are common in Western and Central Europe, the Caucasus (Armenia (Pont 2018) and South European Russia), Near East (Turkey and Syria (Hennig 1963; Pont 1986)) and Turkmenistan. The northern distributional limit of P cincta in East Europe (55-56°N) coincides with that of the oak in European Russia.
Dr. Adrian Pont (pers. comm.) brought to our attention to the fact that P. cincta was mentioned for Russia by Schnabl (1888) provient de la Crimee (recu de Mr. Ports-chinsky)", but it is not listed for South European Russia in Pont (2013), because Schnabl's
old identification requires confirmation. We have seen the male specimen and found this (as most other Schnabl's) identification correct. But there is other difficulty, to decipher locality on the handwritten label. It is either «KpbiMi>» = Crimea or «KpbimT[onoBKa]» = Kryshtopovka, Kharkov reg. (48.67°N 36.29°E). The second possibility is supported by the fact that for Crimea Porchinsky used the name "Tauria" in some of his labels. However, we listed above this locality as "uncertain locality, presumably Ukraine'!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank Olga Ovchinnikova and Galina Suleymanova (Saint Petersburg) for access to ZIN collection. We thank Oleg Kosterin (Novosibirsk) and Maria Yanbulat (Moscow) for correcting our text. We thank Gennadiy Sem-ishin and Mikhail Esin for their help in sorting and mounting of Mordovian material.
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For citation: Vikhrev, N. E., Erofeeva, E. A., Ruchin, A. B. (2020) Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Phaonia cincta Zetterstedt, 1846 (Diptera, Muscidae). Amurian Zoological Journal, vol. XII, no. 1, pp. 4-7. DOI: 10.33910/26869519-2020-12-1-4-7
Received 9 January 2020; reviewed 5 February 2020; accepted 7 February 2020.
Для цитирования: Вихрев, Н. Е., Ерофеева, Е. А., Ручин, А. Б. (2020) Таксономия и распространение Phaonia cincta Zetterstedt, 1846 (Diptera, Muscidae). Амурский зоологический журнал, т. XII, № 1, с. 4-7. DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2020-12-1-4-7
Получена 9 января 2020; прошла рецензирование 5 февраля 2020; принята 7 февраля 2020.
