Allotrichoma bezzi Becker, 1896

Stuke, J. H., 2022, Faunistic and taxonomic remarks on European Allotrichoma Becker, 1896 (Diptera: Ephydridae) with the description of a new species from Georgia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (3), pp. 297-311 : 298

Allotrichoma bezzi Becker, 1896

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Allotrichoma Bezzi Becker, 1896: 123 ; type-locality: „ Sweden. Norrbotten:Edefors (66°13´N, 20°54´E)”; neotype ♂, des. by Mathis et Zatwarnicki [2012] ( Germany, Berlin, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Mathis et Zatwarnicki [2012].

MATERIAL EXAMINED: 66 ♂♂ from Germany and Finland .

DISTRIBUTION: Allotrichoma bezzi is widely distribut- ed in Europe: Austria [ Canzoneri, Rampini, 1990 as A. pedemontanum ; Krivosheina, Zatwarnicki, 1997; Zatwarnicki, 1991), Britain [ Drake, 2000], Bulgaria [ Beschovski, Zatwarnicki, 2002; Krivosheina, Zatwarnicki, 1997; Zatwarnicki, 1991], Croatia [ Canzoneri, Rampini, 1990 as A. pedemontanum ], Czech Republic [ Kubátová-Hiršová, 2006], Finland [ Kahanpää, Zatwarnicki, 2015], France [ Becker et al., 1910], Germany [ Krivosheina, Zatwarnicki, 1997; Stuke, 2011; Zatwarnicki, 1991 b], Italy [ Canzoneri, Rampini, 1990 as A. pedemontanum ], Lithuania [ Krivosheina, Zatwarnicki, 1997; Zatwarnicki, 1991], Poland [ Krivosheina, Zatwarnicki, 1997; Zatwarnicki, 1991], European Russia [ Canzoneri, Rampini, 1990 as A. pedemontanum ; Krivosheina, Zatwarnicki, 1997], Slovenia [ Canzoneri, Rampini, 1990 as A. pedemontanum ], Spain [ Zatwarnicki, 1991], Sweden [ Krivosheina, Zatwarnicki, 1997; Mathis, Zatwarnicki, 2012; Zatwarnicki, 1991]. It is probably a boreo-montane species and the most common Allotrichoma -species in Scandinavia and in the Alps. Beside Europe A. bezzi is found in Asian Russia [ Krivosheina, Zatwarnicki, 1997] and Afghanistan [ Dahl, 1973, as A. lena ] and its distribution covers a wide area of Northern America [ Mathis, Zatwarnicki, 2012].

Figures

Figs 1–4. Epandrium, cercus, surstylus of European Allotrichoma, dorsal view (above) and lateral view (below): 1 — bezzii Becker, 1896; 2 — bifidum Papp, 1974; 3 — filiforme Becker, 1896; 4 — laterale (Loew, 1860); ce — cercus; ep — epandrium; pce — protruding part of cercus; su — surstylus. Рис. 1—12. Эпандрий, церки и сурстили европейских видов Allotrichoma, сверху (верхний рис.) и сбоку (ниЖний рис.): 1 — bezzii Becker, 1896; 2 — bifidum Papp, 1974; 3 — filiforme Becker, 1896; 4 — laterale (Loew, 1860); ce — церк; ep — Эпандрий; pce — выступаюЩаЯ часть церка; su — сурстиль.