Tachypeza nubila (Meigen, 1804)

Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 4410 (3), pp. 453-482 : 476

Tachypeza nubila (Meigen, 1804)

= Tachypeza subnubila Raffone, 2002: 40 syn. nov.

Material examined. Muğla prov.: 5♂, 1♀, Muğla University campus, 730 m, MT, 37°09′38′′N, 28°22′11′′E, Barták, Kubík, xi.2015 – iv.2016 ( CULSP) .

Remarks. This species is distributed throughout Europe, eastwards to East Siberia (Krasnoyarskiy terr.). This is the first record for Turkey.

Tachypeza subnubila was described from a single male deposited in State Forestry (Laboratory Bosco della Fontana - Mantova). In this collection there is one well preserved specimen (only antennae missing except left pedicel, left hind tibia missing and most large setae broken), labelled: “Italy—Parma—Riserva Naturale Gueadine Pradaccio, 18/VII—7/VIII /2 0 0 1 legit Lab. Bosco Fontana, Malaisetrap sentiero State Forestry Corps—NRBF coll., Tachypeza subnubila n. sp. det. Raffone G. 2001, Holotypus ♂ ”. Genitalia are separately stored in a plastic microvial. Originally it was preserved in alcohol but we dried and mounted it on a card. It represents a specimen of Tachypeza nubila . It agrees with this species in all details including genitalia. Genitalia are without cerci but detailed shape of all remaining structures agrees with T. nubila (including subepandrial sclerite, long setae on dorsal side of left epandrial lamella omitted in Raffone (2002, fig. 4)). Therefore we consider Tachypeza subnubila a junior subjective synonym of T. nubila .