Otites ruficeps ( Fabricius, 1805 )

Kameneva, E. P., Shparyk, V. Yu. & Korneyev, V. A., 2019, New nomenclatural changes in the genus Otites Latreille, 1804 (Diptera: Ulidiidae: Otitinae), Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka (Oxford, England) 10 (2), pp. 23-30 : 26-28

Otites ruficeps ( Fabricius, 1805) ( Figs 7–16)

Musca formosa Panzer, [1798] : 21; Thompson & Pont, 1993: 77 (preoccupied, non Musca formosa Scopoli, 1763 ); urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0381C612-E844-4779-ADBD-98379704937F

Musca formosa : Fabricius, 1805: 329 (as “ Musca formosa Pz., Fl., Germ. ”, synonym of Musca gangraenosa Panz. , obviously misconception of M. formosa ) (nec Musca gangraenosa Panzer, [1798] ), misidentification.

Otites formosa : Hennig, 1939: 28; Soós, 1980: 74; 1984: 48; Kameneva, 1997: 127; Martinek, 1997: 70, 1999: 170; Kameneva & Greve 2004, 2013.

Scatophaga ruficeps Fabricius, 1805: 209 ;

Otites formosa ruficeps : Hennig, 1939: 29 (pro parte);

Otites formosa f. ruficeps : Gheorghiu, 1987: 202;

Dictya gangraenosa: Fabricius, 1805: 329 (non Musca gangraenosa Panzer, [1796] , misidentification).

Ortalis gangraenosa : Meigen, 1830: 378.

Ortalis gangraenosa : Schiner, 1860: 70; Becker, 1905: 96 (as a synonym of Musca formosa Panzer ).

Otites elegans : Thompson & Pont, 1993: 77 (as replacement name for Musca formosa Panzer.

Material. Type. Syntype ♂ Musca formosa : “ Wien, M., a. 3., formosa P.” [Panzer’s handwriting, specimen spread in the manner of the specimen depicted by Panzer] [Coll. v. Roder] ( MLUH) . Syntypes 2♂ Scatophaga ruficeps : “S: ruficeps, u Austria Andersen ” ( ZMUC) .

Non-type material. Germany: Hamburg, “ Coll. Egger ”, “formosa det. Egger ”, 1♂ ( NHMW) ; Austria: “Austria”, “ Coll. Egger: formosa det. Egger ”, 1♂; “ruficeps det. Schiner ”, 1♀; “ Wien ”, “gangrenosa det. Mik ”, 30.05.1877, 1♂ (Mik); “formosa Alte Sammlung ”, 1861, 1♂ (Rogenhof- fer); Mödlieg , “ Coll. Hendel ”, 15.06.1886, 1♂; Eachhogl, 5.06.1890, 1♀; Durindorf, 27.05.1912, 2 ♀ (Zerny); Burgerland, Moenghhof, 12.06.1932, 2 ♂ (Zerny) ( NHMW) ; Hungary: Monot , Pater Comitat, 1♀ (Schlaiter) ( NHMW) ; Albania: “ Alban. Exped. , Kula Ljums”, 18- 28.05.1918, 1♂, 2 ♀ ( NHMW) ; Romania: “ Tultscha ”, “formosa Alte Sammlung ”, 1865, 1♂ (Mann) ( NHMW) ; Moldova: Ungri prope Ataci, 26.05.1988, 2 ♀; Iv- ancea prope Orghei , 27.06.1987, 1♂; prope Cisinau , 20. VI, 13.07.1970, 2 ♀ (R. Kamenskaya); N of Benderi, 13.06.1964, 1♂, 1♀ (D. Ussachov); Ceobruci , 28.05.1917, 20.06.1917, 30.05.1918, 19.06.1918, 5 ♂, 5 ♀ [Paramonov]; prope Tigheci , 17– 18.06.1987, 17.06.1988, 1♂, 4 ♀; Boro- tani 12 km W of Budjak, 6.06.1988, 7 ♂, 3 ♀; Ceceulia prope Cantemir, 18.06.1987, 7.06.1988, 8 ♂, 15 ♀ (Korneyev) ( SIZK, ZMUM) ; Ukraine: Cherkassy Uman’, 18.05 <?>, 1♂ [Paramonov]; Poltava: vicinity of Poltava, 1894, 1♀ (V. N. Radzianko); Jares’ki, 10. VI, 23.07.1919, 1♂, 2 ♀ [Yu. Wagner]; “Dar-Nadezhdy Konst. distr.”, 7, 13.06.1919, 1♂, 1♀ (I. Fabri); Kirovograd obl.: Chorniy Lis forest , 1.06.1953, 1♀ (Rohocha); idem, 7 km S of Tsybulevo, 17.06.1988 (S. Zrazhevski); Dnipro: Synelnikove, 10, 15.06.1930, 2 ♂, 4 ♀ (Talitski); Odesa: “Prope Odesa, Kut- shurhan”, 25.05– 20.06.1919, 2 ♂, 1♀, Valehotsulove, Ananiyiv distr. , 29.05.1921, 2 ♀, 23.05.1925, 2 ♂, 1♀; Kochanevka, d. Balta”, 14.06.1924, 1♂; Ananiyiev, 1– 15.06.1931, 23 ♂, 13 ♀ (Paramonov); Starokozache, 19.06.1984, 1♀ (Dolin); Kohil’nyk riv., prope Berezine, 3.06.1991, 1♀ (Korneyev); Kherson: Askania Nova, 14.06.1927, 1♂ (Charlemagne & Shepel); Mykolayiv: Mykolayiv, 29.10.1927, 1♀; Mighia, 29.06.1985, 27.05.1991, 4 ♂, 5 ♀; 1-3 km N of Piski left bank of Bugh lagoon, above Mykolayiv, 29.05.1991, 3 ♀ (Korneyev); Zaporizha: Melitopol, Tambov- ka, forest, 7.07.1978, 1♂ (Priven); Luhansk: Provallya prope Luhansk, 14.06.1929, 4 ♂, 4 ♀ (Talitski); Crimea: Theodosia, 31.05.1904, 1♀; Karagach, 20.05.1915, 1♀ (Vuchetich); Yalta, 9.06.1923, 1♀; Kykensiz, 10.06.1923, 1♀; Varnutka, 11.06.1923, 1♀; Karadagh, 30.06.1925, 1♀; Ustimovka, 21.06.1933, 1♀ (Paramonov); Alushta, 24- 25.06.1929, 1♀ (E. Smirnov); Pionerskoe, 2.06.1975, 2 ♂ (L. Zimina & Zhelokhovtsev) ;

Pereval, 16.06.1982, 1♂; ( SIZK, ZMUM); Russia: Lipetsk: Galichya Gora , 13.06.1964, 1♀ (Antonova) ; Belgorod obl.: Walouiki , 1♂, 1♀ (Velitchkovsky) ; Voronezh obl.: Borisoglebsk , 15, 20.06.1955, 1♂, 1♀ (G. VIktorov) ; Rostov: Taghanrogh , 28.05.1921, 1♀ ; Krasnodar Kray: Ubinsk , 9– 10.06.1956, 1♂ (G. VIktorov) ( SIZK, ZMUM) .

Diagnosis: This species is similar to O. porcus in having microtrichose areas on abdominal tergites 3 and 4 laterally reaching tergite margins, but clearly differs from it by having occiput, femora and tibiae entirely black (widely orange-yellow in O. porcus ). It also clearly differs from O. ornata by the microtrichose areas on abdominal tergites 3 and 4 laterally reaching tergite margins, and medial and lateral surstyli of male robust and widely fused (see Kameneva, 1997 (as “ O. formosa ”) (in O. ornata , microtrichose areas on abdominal tergites 3 and 4 short, not reaching lateral margins, surstyli narrow and separated)

Description: see Kameneva, 1997 (as “ O. formosa ”).