Sarcophaga (Helicophagella) melanura Meigen, 1826

Zhang, Ming, Xu, Wen-Tian, Pape, Thomas, Pei, Wen-Ya & Zhang, Dong, 2021, Flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Kalamaili Mountain Ungulate Nature Reserve (China: Xinjiang): checklist and description of four new species, Zootaxa 5063 (1), pp. 1-95 : 78

42. Sarcophaga (Helicophagella) melanura Meigen, 1826

( Figs 69–70 )

Material examined. Xinjiang, Altay, Kalamaili— 1 ♂: 15.V.2014, MZ leg.; 1 ♂: 4.VI.2015, leg. MZ leg. 1 ♂: 4.VI.2015, MZ leg.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Neimenggu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tianjin, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang). Europe, North Africa, Northwest Asia, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, Mongolia, East Asia. Also Nearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental.

Remarks. Identification was based on Fan (1992: 649).

Figures

FIGURE 69. Sarcophaga (Helicophagella) melanura Meigen, 1826, male, Xinjiang, Altay, Kalamaili, 15.V.2014, MZ leg. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, lateral view. C. Head, anterior view. D. Head, anterolateral view. E. Right wing, dorsal view. F. Abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, E, F = 2.0 mm, B–D = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 70. Sarcophaga (Helicophagella) melanura Meigen, 1826, Xinjiang, Altay, Kalamaili, 18.V.2014, MZ leg., scanning electron micrographs of male terminalia. A. Gonites and phallus, lateral view. B. Distiphallus, lateral view. C. Postgonite, lateral view. D. Lateral stylus, vesica, ventral view. E. median stylus, lateral stylus and juxta, ventral view. F. Phallus, dorsal view. Abbreviations: dp = distiphallus; j = juxta; ls = lateral stylus; ms = median stylus; pogt = postgonite; prgt = pregonite; ve = vesica. Scale bars: A = 250 μm, B = 100 μm, C, D = 50 μm.