Piophila casei ( Linnaeus, 1761 )

Misiachna, A. V. & Korneyev, V. A., 2015, The First Records Of The Skipper Flies (Diptera, Piophilidae) From Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (2), pp. 113-118 : 115-116

Piophila casei ( Linnaeus, 1761) ( fig. 2 , 3 –4)

Linnaeus, 1761: 456; Viktorov-Nabokov, 1963: 30; Stackelberg, 1970 a: 216; McAlpine, 1977: 43, 44; Zuska, 1984: 238; Merz, 1996: 353 ( Piophila ); Hennig, 1943: 26; Zuska, Laštovka, 1965: 148 ( Piophila ( Piophila )).

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine: Cherkasy Region, Kaniv, Pekari village , in a pigsty, 24.07.195 7, 1 ♂; from containers, 3.05.196 1, 1 ♂; on windows, 15.05.196 4, 1 ♂ (Viktorov) ( SIZK) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Cosmopolitan. Europe: Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, NW Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary ( Zuska, 1984); Switzerland ( Merz, 1996); North America: Canada, USA ( McAlpine, 1977).

D i a g n o s i s. This species can be recognized by the mesonotal scutum with three longitudinal rows of stronger setulae on small tubercles (not present in other piophilids), but no presutural supra-alar seta; fore and hind femora mostly black; thoracic spiracle small and slit-like.

Figures

Fig. 2. Parapiophila vulgaris (1–2) and Piophila casei (3–4): 1, 3 — habitus,left; 2, 4 — head and mesonotum,dorsal. Рис. 2. Parapiophila vulgaris (1–2) и Piophila casei (3–4): 1, 3 — общий вид, слева; 2, 4 — голова и среднеспинка, сверху.

Fig. 3. Prochyliza nigrimana (1), Protopiophila latipes (2), Stearibia nigriceps (3–4), and Neottiophilum praeustum (5): 1, 3 — habitus, left; 2, 4 — head and mesonotum, dorsal, 5 — wing. Рис. 3. Prochyliza nigrimana (1), Protopiophila latipes (2), Stearibia nigriceps (3–4) и Neottiophilum praeustum (5): 1, 3 — общий вид, слева; 2, 4 — голова и среднеспинка, сверху; 5 — крыло.