Apodacra chrysocephala, Rohdendorf, 1925

Verves, Yury, Radchenko, Volodymyr & Khrokalo, Lyudmyla, 2015, A review of species of subtribe Apodacrina Rohdendorf, 1967 with description of a new species of Apodacra Macquart, 1854 from Turkey (Insecta: Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae: Miltogrammini), Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (2), pp. 263-278 : 267-268

Apodacra chrysocephala : Rohdendorf and Verves, 1980: 497 [faunistics]; Verves, 1984: 538 [faunistics]; 1990: 539 [in key]; Fan and Pape, 1996: 239 [faunistics]; Pape, 1996: 75 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Type material. Holotype (male). China: Gansu, Gashun Gobi, Danché River S Dunhuang [“au sud de Sadshzhou ”] . Holotype in ZMUM .

Synonyms: Apodacra fallax Rohdendorf 1925: 70 [♀], syn. nov.

Apodacra fallax : Fan and Pape 1996: 239 [faunistics]; Pape 1996: 77 [faunistics]; Verves 1990: 539 [in key].

Apodacra (Parapodacra) fallax : Rohdendorf 1930: 20 [redescription of ♀]; Rohdendorf and Verves 1980: 498 [faunistics].

Type material. Holotype (female). China: Gansu, Gashun Gobi, nr. Danché River S Dunhuang [“au sud de Satshzhou ”] . Holotype in ZIN .

Apodacra xanthocera Rohdendorf 1925: 69 [♀].

Apodacra (Parapodacra) xanthocera : Rohdendorf 1930: 21 [redescription of ♀].

Type material. Holotype (female). China: Gansu, Gashun Gobi, Shibengu-Shigusa N Dun-huang [“au nord de Satshzhou ”] . Holotype in ZIN .

Apodacra (Parapodacra) poeciloptera : Rohdendorf 1927: 167 [♂].

Apodacra poeciloptera : Villeneuve 1933: 254 [faunistics].

Type Material. Holotype (male). China: “Mongolei” [= Neimenggu] . Holotype in ZMUM .

Distribution: Palearctic: China (Gansu, Neimenggu), Egypt, Israel *, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Material examined: Egypt: Sinai, Firan, 9.iv.1973, 1 ♀ (A. Freidberg); St. Katharina , 18.iv.1974, 1 ♀ (F. Kaplan) ( TAU) . Israel: Hameshar, 16.vi.1986, 3 ♀; Be’er Meshash , 21.vii.1986, 2 ♀ (A. Freidberg) ( TAU) ; Makhtech Ramon NR, Nahal Ramon , 19–20.v.2004, 1 ♂ (K. Szpila) ( IEE-NASU) ; S Palestine, Dunes Ein Rhadian, 1.v.1954, 1 ♀ (O. Theodor); Shefech Zohar , 6.iv.1988, 1 ♂; Nahal Secher, 19.vii.1984, 1 ♀ (M. Kaplan) ( TAU) ; Negev, dunes along Nahal Sekher, nr Ramat Khovav , 13.v.2006, 1 ♂ ; ibid., Ein Avdat, NP Nahal Zin, 17.v.2006, 2 ♂ (K. Szpila) (YVC- CMEB); Ezuz , 15.08.84, 1 ♀ (I. Nussbaum); Zin Wilderness, Nahal Zin at En Akrabim, cane-covered sandy wadi el., 61 m , 30°53′38″N, 35°09′39″E, 10.iv.1995, 1 ♂; Arava Valley, Iddan, wadi running east of date palm orchard, 110 m, 30°48′93″N, 35°16′79″E, 24.iii.1995, 1 ♀; ibid., Shizaf Nature reserve, Hazeva , north of water treatment plant low sandy hummocks in small wadi el., 80 m. 30°46′01″N, 35°15′37″E [GPS], 24.iii.1995, 1 ♀ (M. E. Irwin); Yeruham, 26.iv.1973, 1 ♂ (M. Kaplan); Dead Sea, Wadi Deyal , 10.v.1958, 1 ♀ (O. Theodor); Elifaz , sewage, 5.iv.1997, 1 ♀ (A. Freidberg) ( TAU) . Mongolia: East Gobi aimak, Sain-Šand , 30.v.1962, 1 ♀, Nr 65/62 (B. Pisarski and R. Bielawski) ( MZPW) . Kobdo aimak, Bodonchyn- Gol River , 12 km SW Altai , 22.vi.1970, 6♀ (I. Kerzhner, M. Kozlov, E. Narchuk, V. Zaitzev) ; 15 km S Bulgan , 29.vii.1970, 1 ♀ (V. Zaitzev) ( ZIN) . Turkmenistan: Ahal Prov.: environs of Tejen city, kolkhoz “Pravda”, 7.iv.1963, 1 ♂; Mary Prov. : 40 km N Mary, Aky-bai , collected by light trap at night, 20. and 28.v.1961, 2 ♀ ; 60–65 km N Mary , 5.vi.1961, 1 ♀ (D. Charykuliev) ( ZMUM) . Uzbekistan: Navoiy Prov. [as “ NW Bukhara ”] : 9 km SW of Xatirchi, Changir village, 10.vi. and 12.vii.1930, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ Xorazm Prov.: environs of Khiva city, Ravat village , 25.vi.1927, 1 ♂ (L. Zimin) ( ZIN) .

Comments. A single difference between females of A. chrysocephala and A. fallax (males of latter species unknown) consists in relatively wide front (not widened more than 0.38 of head width in the first species and not narrower than 0.40 of head width in second). Our detailed measurement of about 30 females of those species shows that this character is very variable, from 0.35 to 0.42 without any hiatus.

Apodacra dispar Villeneuve, 1916

Villeneuve, 1916: 507 [♀].

Apodacra dispar : Dear, 1980: 802 [taxonomy and faunistics]; Holstein and Rudzinski, 1994: 114 [faunistics and habits]; Pape, 1988: 8 [type revised]; 1996: 77 [taxonomy and faunistics]; Pape et al., 1995: 11 [faunistics]; 2002: 218 [faunistics]; Szpila, 2010: 23 [1st stage larva]; Verves, 1998: 50 [faunistics]; 2006: 96 [in key]; Zumpt, 1961: 117 [♀ type revised].

Type material. Holotype (female). South Africa: Eastern Cape, Algoa bay . Holotype in NMW .

Synonyms: Apodacra rondaniella Venturi 1957: 157 [♂ ♀].

Apodacra rondaniella : Pape, 1988: 8 [taxonomy]; Venturi, 1960: 35 [in key], 38 [taxonomy and faunistics]; Verves, 1986: 68 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Type material. Holotype (male). France: Var , Hyères . Holotype in IEAP.

Apodacra cyprica [misidentification, not Apodacra cyprica Rondani, 1859 ]: Rohdendorf 1925: 64 [in key]; Séguy 1941: 255 [redescription of ♀ and faunistics].

Distribution: Palearctic: Spain, France, Italy, Ukraine, Israel *, Kyrgyzstan *, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan *. Afrotropical: Angola, South Africa (Eastern Cape), Tanzania *, Zimbabwe.

Habits: Larvae were found in a dead specimen of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans (Carpentier, 1825) ( Holstein and Rudzinski 1994) .

Material examined: Israel: Akko , 4.x.1970, 1 ♀; Herzliyya Beach, on dead fish, 12.x.1986, 1 ♀ (A. Freidberg); W. Faria, 1.vi.1971, 1♀ (Kugler); Dunes Ashqelon, Coakepst Plain, 25.iv.1954, 1 ♂ (O. Theodor); Mizpe Shalem Palms, South 9.iv.1986, 1 ♂ (A. Shlagman); Nahal Bsor, 19.vii.1984, 1 ♀ (F. Kaplan); Sede Boqer, 2.vi.1953, 1 ♂ (O. Theodor); Ein Aqev, 8.viii.1977, 1 ♀ (A. Freidberg); Farael, 28.iv.1976, 1 ♀ (M. Kaplan); Ramon, 4.viii.1970, 1 ♀ (Kugler); Rt. 171, 3 km W of Bor Loz , 8.v.2003, 1 ♂ (A. Freidberg) ( TAU) . Kyrgyzstan: Chuy Prov.: Moscow District, Sretenka village , 20.viii.1931, 2 ♂; Belovodskaya depot, Turksib, 14.vii., 7. and 23.viii.1931, 4 ♀; (L. Zimin). Tajikistan: Gissar , 4.vii.1935, 1 ♀ (V. Gussakovsky) ( ZIN) . Turkmenistan: Mary Prov.: 40 km N Mary, Aky-bai , 20. v. and 8.viii.1961, 2 ♂ (D. Charykuliev) ( ZMUM) . Ukraine: Cherkasy Region: Kaniv Reserve , tip of hill “Maryina Gora”, ground road, 220 m a.s.l., 3.vi.2003, 1 ♂ (Yu. Verves) ( IEE-NASU) ; Crimea: “ Crimea ”, 1 ♀ (I. Portschinskyi) ( ZIN) ; Bakhchysaray District, environs of Beregove village , sandy area, 21.viii.2001, 1 ♂ ; Kherson Region: Gola Prystan District, Chornomorskyi Biosphere Reserve, Solenoozernyi Branch , 24–27.viii.1974, 2 ♂ (Yu. Verves) ; Zaporizzhya Region: Akymivka District, environs of Bogdanivka Village , sandy area , 23.viii.1997, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; environs of Stepanivka Village , sandy coast of Azov Sea , 26.viii.1997, 1 ♂ (Yu. Verves); Melitopol city, park, 27.vi.1981, 1 ♂ (S. Dzhafarov) ( IEE-NASU) . Uzbekistan [as “ NW Bukhara]: Kumak , 19.vi. and 21.viii.1929, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (A. Slavinsky); Navoiy Province: Xatirchi District, Changir village , 21.vi.1930, 1 ♀ (L. Zimin) ( ZIN) . Tanzania: Dar es Salaam, 18.xii.1938 - 1.i.1939, 1 ♂ (E. Lindner) ( SMNS) .

Comments: Hind margins of 4th and 5th abdominal tergites are distinctly arched over the surface of next posterior tergite ( Figures 19 and 20 ) with elongate central sculptural elements over marginal black spots ( Figure 21 ).

Apodacra heptopotamica Rohdendorf, 1925

Apodacra heptopotamica Rohdendorf 1925: 68 [♀].

Apodacra heptopotamica : Pape 1996: 75 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Apodacra (Parapodacra) heptopotamica : Verves 1986: 69 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Type material. Holotype (female). Kazakhstan: Djambul Region , Pishpek district, Blagoveshchenskoye . Holotype in ZIN .

Synonym: Apodacra heptapotamica : Rohdendorf 1930: 20; incorrect subsequent spelling of heptopotamica Rohdendorf 1925 .

Distribution: Palearctic: Kazakhstan.

Apodacra ljudmilae Verves, 1980

Apodacra (Parapodacra) ljudmilae Verves, 1980: 918 [♀]

Figures

Figures 14–21. Apodacra dispar Vill. ♂, Israel, Mizpe Shalem Palms, South, 9.iv.1986: 14- head anteriorly; 15- head laterally; 16- apical part of right wing; 17- hind left leg anteriorly; 18- abdomen dorsally; 19- midparts of 4th and 5th abdominal tergites posteriorly; 20- triangle opening before 6th abdominal tergite; 21- midparts of 4th and 5th abdominal tergites dorsolaterally.