Xeromyia stenorhina (Rohdendorf, 1934)

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 : 272-273

Xeromyia stenorhina : Rohdendorf and Verves, 1980: 497 [in key]; Verves, 1986: 86 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Type material. Holotype (female). Egypt: Wadi Edeib , Gebel-Elba . Holotype in MCU .

Distribution: Palearctic: Egypt, Israel *.

Material Examined: Israel: Yeriho , 16.xi.1972, 1 ♀ (M. Kaplan), ‘En Gedi, 30.iii.1919, 1 ♀ (Bytinski-Salz), Sede Boqer, 1.v.1954, 1 ♂ (O. Theodor); 7.ix.1972, 1 ♂ (M. Kaplan); Ein Aqev, 8.viii.1972, 4 ♂ (A. Freidberg); Ein Rhadian, Dunes, S Palestine, 1 ♂ (O. Theodor), Ras Fehkha , 22.xi.1976, 1 ♀ (M. Kaplan) ( TAU) .

Xeromyia sulcata ( Villeneuve, 1933)

Apodacra sulcata : Villeneuve, 1933: 255 [♀]; Pape, 1996: 79 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Xeromyia sulcata : Verves, 1986: 86 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Type material. Holotype (female). Egypt . Holotype in MNHN .

Distribution: Palearctic: Egypt, Israel *.

Material Examined: Israel: Ne’ot Semadar , 13.10.1996, 1 ♀ (A. Freidberg) .

Xeromyia transaxiana ( Rohdendorf, 1925) .

Apodacra (Xeromyia) transaxiana : Rohdendorf, 1925: 71 [♀]

Apodacra transaxiana : Pape, 1996: 78 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Type material. Holotype (female). Turkestan “sept.”. Holotype in ZIN .

Synonym: Apodacra (Xeromyia) transoxiana : Rohdendorf, 1930: 18 [redescription of ♀; faunistics; incorrect subsequent spelling of transaxiana ].

Xeromyia transoxiana : Rohdendorf and Verves, 1980: 497 [in key]; Verves, 1986: 86 [taxonomy and faunistics]; 1990: 539 [in key].

Distribution: Palearctic: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan *, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Material examined: Kazakhstan: Aqtöbe [as Aktyubinsk] Prov.: Emba , 5.vi.1985, 1 ♀ (A. Nesterov); Mangghystau Prov. : Mangghyshlaq Peninsula , Akbas , 12.vi.1961, 1 ♀ (Malkovskiy); Zhambul Prov. : Betpakdala desert, estuary of Shu River , well Cholak-Yaspe , 45°15′– 68°00′, 1-15.vi.1936, 1 ♀ (expedition of SAGU) ( IEE-NASU) ; Tajikistan: Stalinabad [now: Dushanbe], 27.vi. and 22.vii.1945, 2 ♀; Khatlon Prov.: Lower Panj at River Panj , 19.vii.1943, 1 ♀ (A. Stackelberg); Staraya Pristan nr Jilikul, Vakhsh, 12.vi.1941, 1 ♀ (V. Gussakovsky) . Uzbekistan: Navoiy Prov.: Xatirchi District, Saray-Lyaylik , 30.v.1929, 1 ♀ (A. Slavinskiy) ( ZIN) ; Samarqand Prov.: Nurata district , sandy area, 3.vi.1949, 1 ♂ (collector unknown) ( IEE-NASU) .

Xeromyia xanthopoda ( Rohdendorf, 1925)

Apodacra (Xeromyia) xanthopoda Rohdendorf, 1925: 71 [♂ ♀]; Rohdendorf 1930: 18 [redescriptions of ♂ ♀].

Apodacra xanthopoda : Pape, 1996: 80 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Xeromyia xanthopoda : Rohdendorf and Verves, 1980: 497 [in key]; Verves, 1986: 86 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Type material. Holotype (male). Iran: Kirman Province, Sargad, Podagj-Bazman . Holotype in ZIN .

Distribution: Palearctic: Iran.

Genus Xerophilomyia Rohdendorf, 1925

Xerophilomyia Rohdendorf, 1925: 64 (as subgenus of Apodacra Macquart, 1854 ). Type species: Apodacra leucocera Rohdendorf, 1925 , by designation of Townsend (1938): 152.

Apodacra (Xerophilomyia) : Rohdendorf, 1930: 12 [revision].

Xerophilomyia : Rohdendorf and Verves, 1980: 491 [key to species]; Verves, 1986: 86 [taxonomy and faunistics]; 1990: 540 [key to East Palearctic species].

Diagnosis. Midsized (5.5-10.0 mm) bright colored flies. Frons and face as wide as one eye; vibrissal angles distinctly raised over oral margin, and lunula narrowed downwards; head in profile angular; hind border of head distinctly shortened; proclinate orb numerous, as a group of irregularly placed erect hairs; flagellomere 2.0–2.5× as long as pedicel. Midfemora and tibia of males with ctenidia from long and widened setae.

Distribution: 18 species in SW Palearctic and Afrotropical regions. According to Zumpt (1964: 56) an undescribed species of this genus probably distributed in Madagascan region ( Madagascar I.): “ Two female specimens before me probably represent a new species… Following Rohdendorf (1930), its runs down to his subgenus Xerophilomyia ”.

Xerophilomyia brahicera ( Rohdendorf, 1925)

Apodacra (Xerophilomyia) brahicera Rohdendorf, 1925: 66 [♀].

Apodacra brahicera : Pape, 1996: 76 [taxonomy and faunistics].

Apodacra (Xerophilomyia) brachycera : Rohdendorf, 1930: 13 [redescription of ♀; incorrect subsequent spelling of brahicera ].

Xerophilomyia brachycera : Rohdendorf and Verves, 1980: 463 [in key]; Verves, 1986: 87 [faunistics].

Xerophilomyia brachicera : Verves, 1986: 87 [taxonomy and faunistics; incorrect subsequent spelling of brahicera ].

Type material. Holotype (female). Turkmenistan: Tedzhen . Holotype in ZIN .

Distribution: Palearctic: Turkmenistan.

Xerophilomyia ctenoscelis ( Rohdendorf, 1925)

Apodacra (Xerophilomyia) ctenoscelis : Rohdendorf, 1925: 65 [♂]; 1930: 14 [redescription of ♂; faunistics].