Xeromyia nahalica Verves et Khrokalo, 2020

Verves, Yu. G., 2020, Review Of Subtribe Apodacrina (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) Of Middle East With Descriptions Of Ten New Species, Zoodiversity 54 (3), pp. 183-204 : 194

Xeromyia nahalica Verves et Khrokalo , sp. n.

Material. Type. Holotype: {, Israel: Nahal Lavan , 30.04.1996, leg. I. Yarom. Deposited in TAU.

D i f f e r e n t i a l d i a g n o s i s: Similar to X. merei ( Séguy, 1941) in the presence of 2 pairs of proclinate orb and frontal vitta narrower than parafrontalia, but distinctly differing by the presence of several black setae in fore part of gena.

Male. Body length 4.0 mm. — Head yellowish white pollinose, frontal vitta yellow, slightly pollinose, vertex fuscous, antenna and palp yellow, apex of arista blackish. Frons at vertex 0.39×, at level of antennal base 0.38× head-width. Frontal vitta 2.3× widened backwards, in the middle of frons 0.7× as wide as one of parafrontalia. Postpedicel 4.2× as long as pedicel, arista widened in basal 0.8. Parafacialia at level of antennal base 0.20×, gena 0.06× eye-height. Palp long, at apex strongly widened. oc medium long; fr 11–12, long and strong; orb 1+2, all pairs long and strong; parafrontalia and parafacialia with microscopic light setae; gena with more long yellowish white setae, in fore part with several black setae; vi one pair; oral setae absent. — Thorax dark, light grey pollinose, longitudinal stripes of mesonotum absent, apex of scutellum yellowish, covered with medium long black setae. acr 0+1; dc 0+1–2; ia 1+1–2; pprn 2; npl 2 (without setulae). Scutellum with 3 pairs of long marg and one pair of more short ds. — Wings hyaline. Costal spine absent, petiolus of cell r 4+5 0.5x as long as r-m, R 4+5 bare, M -vein right-angled, dm-cu arched. t 2 with one ad. Legs black, all f yellow at apex, t 1 and t 3 yellow in basal 1/3–1/2, t 2 entirely yellow, all tarsi brownish black. — Abdomen in greater part intensively light grey pollinose; 1+2 nd tergite dorsally with unclear brown middle spot and lateral spots in hind part; each of 3 rd and 4 th tergites in hind 0.4 with median spot and paired lateral stripes, divided by distinct pollinose areas, which only slightly narrower than median spot; 5 th tergite in hind 2/3 with 3 black spots.

F e m a l e. Unknown.

Etymology: The species epithet is formed from the first word of the full name of the type locality, Nahal.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: Asia: Israel.