Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) croca Pape, 1996

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Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) croca Pape, 1996

( Figs 51–53 )

Heteronychia (Spatulapica) maritima Povolný, 1995: 186 . [Junior secondary homomym of Sarcophaga maritima Engel, 1925 .] Sarcophaga croca Pape, 1996: 325 . New replacement name for Heteronychia maritima Povolný, 1995 .

Type material examined. Heteronychia (Spatulapica) maritima : Holotype or paratype 3 (see Remarks): Skotina- Vádí / 27.5.92 / det. Povolný ( MMBC) [terminalia dissected (by me) and glued to a small piece of white card beneath the source specimen]. Possible paratypes: 66 3 (58 = S. (H.) croca ); 8 = S. (H.) benaci ): [no locality or identification labels] ( MMBC) [found under heading label “ H. maritima ” in Povolný collection (I. Malenovský, pers. comm. 2007), together with ten females (= S. (H.) sp.)].

Remarks. Povolný (1995: 188) based his description of Heteronychia maritima upon the holotype 3 and 69 male paratypes, and wrote that the holotype and 21 paratypes came from “ Greece, Skotina (Vádí) [...] 27.5.1992 ”. Only one specimen was found in MMBC carrying a label with this locality and date, but it is not labelled as holotype or paratype, so it could be either of the two. Sixty-six males (eight of which misidentified: = S. (H.) benaci ) were found in MMBC under H. maritima (I. Malenovský, pers. comm. 2007); considering the fact that Povolný also left type specimens of other species unlabelled, these should probably be considered paratypes, in which case they would represent the near totality of the 69 paratypes originally mentioned. The two males from Platamon ( Greece) found in MMBC were collected on different dates from those mentioned for this locality in the description, and cannot be considered as paratypes even though one of the two (date of collection 7.VI.1994) is labelled as such.

Additional material examined. Croatia (new country record): Biokovo, nr. Podgora, 29–30.VI.1980, D. Povolný leg., 5 3 ( MMBC); Hvar, nr. Jelsa, 5–8.VII.2003, T. Pape leg., 1 3 ( NHRS). Greece: Makhedonia, Pieria prov., Mt. Olympus, nr. Stávros, 940m, 28.V.2002, P. Cerretti et al. leg., 2 3 (CNBFVR); Platamon, 24.V.1992, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 ( MMBC, as “ Heteronychia benaci det. Povolný”); same locality, 7.VI.1994, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 ( MMBC) [label with red pencil border and with “ Paratype ” written on the underside below the locality].

Remarks. Sarcophaga croca is a valid species of Heteronychia with setulae on wing vein R1, a black epandrium and a characteristically shaped cercus, pregonite and distiphallus ( Figs 51–53 ). Drawings of “ H. benaci ” by Povolný (1996: 105, fig. 18) actually show S. (H.) croca .

Figures

FIGURES 42 – 53. 42. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) thirionae (Lehrer), juxta (dorsal); specimen from Greece, Olympos (MMBC), scale bar 0.1 mm. 43 – 44. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) villeneuveana (Enderlein), specimen from France, Maury (CNBFVR). 43. Juxta (dorsal), scale bar 0.05 mm. 44. Distiphallus (ventral), scale bar 0.1 mm. 45 – 46. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) ancilla Rondani, scale bars 0.05 mm. 45. Distiphallus (lateral), specimen from France, Bouches-du-Rhône (NHRS). 46. Distiphallus (apical), specimen from Spain, Sierra de Boumort (ZMUC). 47 – 48. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) belanovskyi (Verves), specimen from Italy, Castelporziano (MZUR), scale bars 0.05 mm. 47. Distiphallus (lateral). 48. Distiphallus (apical). 49 – 50. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) chiquita (Peris et al.). 49. Cercus and surstylus, paratype from Spain, Pina de Ebro (UCME), scale bar 0.1 mm. 50. Juxta (lateral), holotype of Heteronychia morenita Peris et al., scale bar 0.05 mm. 51 – 53. Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) croca Pape. 51. Cercus and surstylus, specimen from Croatia, Hvar (NHRS), scale bar 0.25 mm. 52 – 53. Specimen from Greece, Skotina (MMBC). 52. Pregonite, scale bar 0.05 mm. 53. Distiphallus (lateral), scale bar 0.1 mm.