Asynapta inflata Spungis, 1988

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Asynapta inflata Spungis

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Asynapta inflata was originally described from two males collected in Latvia and Ukraine ( Spungis 1988), apparently the only specimens known of this species prior to the present study (see A. inflatoides for further information). Specimens studied here give evidence of A. inflata ’s occurrence in the southern parts of Sweden (Öland, Småland, Bohuslän, Södermanland). Characters to distinguish between the two siblings, A. inflata and A. inflatoides , are explained here under A. inflatoides . Spungis (1988) described the male of A. inflata to have 18 flagellomeres; our specimens have 15 to 19.

Material studied. Sweden: 1 male, Öland , Gamla Skogsby (Kalkstad), Diversitetsängen, bushy meadow, 9 June–6 July 2015, MT, MCJ (spn. no. CEC 1637 in NHRS) ; 6 males, same locality but mixed broadleaf forest, 3 June–4 July 2016, MT, MCJ & E. Gustavsson (spns nos CEC1744 – CEC 1749 in SDEI) ; 2 males, Småland , Alsterbro, backyard, 22 April–26 May 2016, MT, MCJ (spns nos CEC1750 – CEC 1751 in NHRS) ; 1 male, Bohuslän , Tanum , Hamburgsund, Stora Snixholmen, coastal rocks, 17–31 July 2004, MT, SMTP (trap 32, collecting event 1070) (spn. no. CEC 1636 in NHRS); 1 male, Södermanland, Tyresö, Åva, Spirudden , oak forest near coast, 6–21 July 2005, MT, SMTP (trap 1, collecting event 1572) (spn. no. CEC 1638 in NHRS) .

Figures

FIGURES 18–24. Morphology of Asynaptini spp. 18: Genitalia of Asynapta baltica, ventral, specimen from Sweden. 19: Aedeagus and parameres of A. baltica, ventral, specimen from Latvia. 20: Genitalia of Asynapta inflata, ventral, specimen from Sweden. 21–24: Camptomyia fulva, specimen from Sweden. 21: Fourth flagellomere, lateral. 22: Genitalia, ventral. 23: Ninth tergite, dorsal. 24: Aedeagus and parameres, ventral. Scales for 18, 20–22, 0.05 mm, for 19, 23–24, 0.025 mm. Arrows refer to characters described in the diagnoses.