Cleigastra apicalis (Meigen, 1826)

[Japanese name: Hizaguro-funbae]

(Figs 11–14)

Cordylura apicalis Meigen, 1826: 236 . Type-locality: not given.

Material examined. Honshu, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Hayachine, Iwate Pref., 17-18. vi. 1971, leg. S. Shinonaga ; 1 ♂, Sawauchi Vill., Iwate Pref., 19. v. 1991 , leg. T. Hasegawa; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Mt. Shiritaka, Ishikawa Pref., 23. v. 1971, leg. S. Shinonaga ; 1 ♂, Mt. Hakusan, Ishikawa Pref., 24. v. 1971, leg. S. Shinonaga.

Diagnosis. This species can be characterized as follows: face, parafacial, and gena distinctly silvery shiny; fore coxae yellow; scutellum with apsc and dsc setae (Fig. 11); legs very bristled; fore femur yellow often with black stripe anteriorly with long black and pale hairs ventrally; female fore femur without pale hairs; mid and hind femora with black apical rings; posterior lobes on male sternite V with long hairs (Fig. 12); male surstyli apically broad in posterior view (Fig. 14); male cerci sclerotized and projected dorsally (Figs 13, 14).

Body length (♂ ♀). 7.8–8.2 mm.

Distribution. Europe (widespread), Iraq, Mongolia, Russia (widespread) (Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2015), and Japan (Honshu).