Cordilura picipes ( Meigen, 1826 )

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2020, A review of the genus Cordilura Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (4), pp. 439-480 : 461-463

Cordilura picipes ( Meigen, 1826)

Figs 2 , 81–83 .

picipes Meigen, 1826: 232 ( Cordylura ). Type-locality: not given.

biseta Loew, 1864: 21 ( Cordylura ). Type-localities: “ Dänemark, ganz Deutschland ” ( Denmark, Germany).

REMARKS. Recorded by Gorodkov [1986: 14] for Leningard Oblast and for central and south parts of European Russia, but without indicating specific locality. Šifner [2008: 120] recorded this species from Moscow Oblast, Humala & Polevoi [2009: 71] from Karelia and Ovchinnikov [2004: 421] from Yaroslavl’ Oblast.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Altay: Artybash env. (51.796ºN 87.265ºE), 16–18.VII.2006, Nartshuk (2 ♀♀, ZISP); Karelia: Kizhi (62.084ºN 35.211ºE) , 19. VI .1979 , Gorodkov (4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, ZISP); Kursk Oblast: Oboyan’ (51.191ºN 36.312ºE), 26. V . 2007 , N. Vikhrev (1 ♀, ZMUM); Leningrad Oblast: Yashchera (58.894ºN 29.820ºE), 23.VII.1957, A. Stackelberg (2 ♀♀, ZISP); Lake Lebyazh’e (60.312ºN 29.532ºE) , 29. V .1899 , Bianki (1 ♂, ZISP); same place, 20. V .1899 , Bezval’ (1 ♀, ZISP); Mordovia: Mordovsky Nature Reserve, River Pushta (54.75ºN, 43.20ºE), 21. V .2020 , N. Vikhrev (1 ♂, ZMUM); Moscow and Moscow Oblast: Izmaylovo (55.786ºN 37.835ºE), 15. V .1983 , A.L. Ozerov (1 ♂, ZMUM); Andreevskoe (55.974ºN 35.603ºE), 27. VI .2007 , A.L. Ozerov (1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, ZMUM); Golitsyno (55.649ºN 37.011ºE), 27. VI .1978 , A. Shatalkin (2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, ZMUM); Dmitrov env. (56.316ºN 37.725ºE), 19. V.2006, 10–15. V., 17 and 28.VI.2007, 5 and 9.V.2008, N. Vikhrev (5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, ZMUM); Zosimova Pustyn’ (55.412ºN 36.814ºE) , 17. V .2008 , D. Gavryushin (1 ♂, ZMUM); Lugovaya (56.203ºN 37.823ºE), 26. VI .1993 , A.L. Ozerov (1 ♀, ZMUM); Naro-Fominsk (55.357ºN 36.736ºE), 13 and 16. V .2006 , D. Gavryushin (3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Ozhigovo (55.453ºN 36.884ºE), 22.VII.2007, 10.V.2008, 10.VIII.2009, D. Gavryushin (1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, ZMUM); Smolevo (55.578ºN 38.666ºE) , 6–7. VI .2011 , K. Tomkovich (1 ♂, ZMUM); Stepan’kovo (55.004ºN 35.624ºE), 8.VII.2006, 3.VI.2007, A.L. Ozerov (5 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Yur’evo (56.006ºN 35.546ºE) , 9.VIII.2007, 29.VII.2009, A.L. Ozerov (2 ♂♂, ZMUM); Yakshino env. (55.920ºN 35.573ºE) , 15. V .2015 , A.L. Ozerov (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZMUM); Snegiri (55.887ºN 37.028ºE), 26. V .1984 , Gorodkov (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, ZISP); Novgorod Oblast: Ramen’e (58.374ºN 33.430ºE), Okulovka env., 4. VI .1988 , Gorodkov (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ZISP); Vorohezh Oblast: Usmansky Bor (51.911ºN 39.562ºE), 15.VII.1968, Negrobov (1 ♀, ZISP); Yaroslavl’ Oblast: Berditsino (57.455ºN 40.107ºE) , 13.VI.1906, 20.V. and 29.VI.1907, A. Yakovlev (( 3 ♂♂, ZISP).

DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION. Male. Female ( Fig. 2 ). Body-length 4.5–6.4 mm. Head. Frontal vitta dark brown or black, with whitish reflection; fronto-orbital plate black, greyish dusted. Face and parafacial yellowish with whitish reflection. Gena blackish. Postcranium black, grey dusted. 3 orbital and 2 frontal setae present. Antenna black. Postpedicel approximately 2 times as long as wide. Arista plumose, the longest hairs approximately equal to the width of postpedicel. Palpus black. Thorax black, delicately grey dusted. Acrostichals setulose in two rows, dorsocentrals 3+3 (including small scapular seta), intra-alars (0–1)+(1–2), supra-alars 1+2, 2 postpronotals. Scutellum with a pair of strong discal setae only; apical scutellar setae as setulae or absent. Legs greyish dusted. Fore coxa black. Femora and tibiae of all legs black. Tarsi of all legs brownish or black. Wing tinged with brownish; veins blackish. Vein R 1 setulose on apical third of dorsal surface. Abdomen black, delicately grey dusted. Male sternite 4 rectangular, wider than long. Male sternite 5, epandrium and surstyli as in Figs 81–83 .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Altay, Karelia, Kursk Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Mordovia, Moscow Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Vorohezh Oblast, Yaroslavl’ Oblast. — Europe, Mongolia [ Gorodkov, 1986: 14].

Figures

Figs 1–2. Male of Cordilura rufipes (Meigen) (1) and female of Cordilura picipes (Meigen) (2). Photographs by D.I. Gavryushin. Рис. 1–2. Самец Cordilura rufipes (Meigen) (1) и самка Cordilura picipes (Meigen) (2). Фото Д.И. ГаврюШина.

Figs 78–86. Cordilura nubilosa sp.n. (78–80), C. picipes (Meigen) (81–83) and C. picticornis (Loew) (84–86): 78, 81, 84 — male sternite 5; 79, 82, 85 — epandrium and surstyli, lateral view; 80, 83, 86 — same, dorsal view. Рис. 78–86. Cordilura nubilosa sp.n. (78–80), C. picipes (Meigen) (81–83) и C. picticornis (Loew) (84–86): 78, 81, 84 — стернит 5 самца; 79, 82, 85 — Эпандрий и сурстили, сбоку; 80, 83, 86 — то же, сверху.