Allograpta nigripilosa ( Hull, 1944 )

Ramage, Thibault, Charlat, Sylvain & Mengual, Ximo, 2018, Flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of French Polynesia, with the description of two new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 448, pp. 1-37 : 11-12

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scientific name	Allograpta nigripilosa ( Hull, 1944 )
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Allograpta nigripilosa ( Hull, 1944) View in CoL

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Xanthogramma nigripilosa Hull, 1944: 52 View in CoL (holotype: ♂, BMNH; type locality: Tahiti, French Polynesia).

Differential diagnosis

Extremely similar to A. amphotera , but it has a different microtrichia pattern on the wings, as stated in the key.

Material examined

Holotype FRENCH POLYNESIA: ♂, “ HOLOTYPE // XANTHOGRAMMA // nigropilosa // Hull ” [red], “Holo- // type” [round, red margin], “ Society Is. // Tahiti . // 5.5.25 // L.E.Cheesman. // B.M.1925–464 .” ( BMNH).

Paratypes FRENCH POLYNESIA: 2 ♂♂, Society Islands, Raiatea , 29 May 1925, L.E. Cheesman leg. ( BMNH); 1 ♂, Tahiti, 5 May 1925, L.E. Cheesman leg. ( BMNH) .

Other material

FRENCH POLYNESIA: Society Islands: 7 ♂♂, Raiatea , 29 May 1925, L.E. Cheesman leg. ( BMNH); 1 ♀, Raiatea, Opoa , Aratao , 2015, F. Jacq leg. ( ZFMK: ZFMK-DIP-00019705 ); 1 ♀, Moorea, Opunohu, Trois Cocotiers Trail , 17°33′00″ S, 149°50′15″ W, 420 m a.s.l., 2 Dec. 2006, Malaise trap, S. Charlat leg. ( ZFMK: symbiocode_03846, ZFMK-DIP-00046221 ); GoogleMaps 1 ♂, Taha’a, Paripari, 16°35′20.29″ S, 151°31′47.16″ W, 30 m a.s.l., 29 Sep. 2012, T. Ramage leg. ( ZFMK: ZFMK-DIP-00019704 ); GoogleMaps 1 ♂, Raiatea, 5 May 1925, L.E. Cheesman leg. ( BMNH); 1 ♀, Tahiti, 16 May 1925, LE. Cheesman leg. ( BMNH); 1 ♂, Tahiti, 9 Jul. 1925, L.E. Cheesman leg. ( BMNH); 1 ♀, Tahiti, Mount Marau , 17°36′08″ S, 149°33′42″ W, 970 m a.s.l., 31 Mar. 2007, Malaise trap, E. Claridge leg. ( SCL: symbiocode_04422); GoogleMaps 2 ♂♂, Tahiti, Mont Marau , 1400 m a.s.l., 27 Aug. 2017, T. Ramage and F. Jacq leg. ( ZFMK: ZFMK-DIP-00026904 , ZFMK DIP-00026905 ); 1♀, Tahiti,PapenooValley, Te Faaiti Natural Park , 17°35′34.96″S, 149°26′32.37″ W, 296 m a.s.l., Malaise trap, 11 Jun. 2018, F. Jacq leg. ( CTR) GoogleMaps .

Geographical distribution

French Polynesia (Society Islands).

Status in French Polynesia

Endemic.

Flowers visited

No records.

Genetics

The GenBank accession numbers for this species are: 28S gene ( MF446468 View Materials , specimen ZFMK-DIP- 00019705), 18S gene ( MF446423 View Materials , specimen ZFMK-DIP-00019705), protein-coding COI gene ( MF446518 View Materials , specimen ZFMK-DIP-00019705; MF446520 View Materials , specimen ZFMK-DIP-00019704). The BOLD Process ID for the DNA barcodes (5′– COI) for this species is SYC4342-14 (= GenBank accession number KX 051597 View Materials , specimen symbiocode_04422). The Barcode Index Number ( BIN) for these specimens is BOLD:AAZ6685 (https://doi.org/10.5883/BOLD:AAZ6685).

References

Hull 1944: 52 (description); Vockeroth 1969: 130 (list); Thompson 1989: 16 (cit.); Thompson & Vockeroth 1989: 441 (catalogue); Mengual et al. 2009: 15 (list).

Remarks

See Remarks under A. amphotera .

References

Hull F. M. 1944. Some flies of the family Syrphidae in the British Museum (Natural History). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 21 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222934408527401

Mengual X., Ruiz C., Rojo S., Stahls G. & Thompson F. C. 2009. A conspectus of the flower fly genus Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new subgenus and species. Zootaxa 2214: 1 - 28. https: // doi. org / 10.5281 / zenodo. 189912

Thompson F. C. 1989. Palpada vinetorum (Fabricius). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 29: 15-16.

Thompson F. C. & Vockeroth J. R. 1989. 51. Family Syrphidae. In: Evenhuis N. L. (ed.) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions: 437 - 458. Bishop Museum Special Publication 86. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu and E. J. Brill, Leiden.

Vockeroth J. R. 1969. A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 62: 1 - 176.

Figures

Fig. 2. A. Allograpta amphotera (Bezzi, 1928), holotype, ♂, dorsal view. B. Allograpta jacqui Mengual & Ramage sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (ZFMK-DIP-00019707), dorsal view. C. Allograpta nigripilosa (Hull, 1944), ♂, dorsal view (photograph by F. Jacq). D. Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805), ♂ (ZFMK- DIP-00019713), dorsal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 3. A–B. Allograpta amphotera (Bezzi, 1928), holotype, ♂. A. Lateral view. B. Frontal view. C–D. Allograpta jacqui Mengual & Ramage sp. nov., holotype, ♂, (ZFMK-DIP-00026906). C. Lateral view. D. Frontal view. E–F. A. nigripilosa (Hull, 1944), ♂ (photographs by F. Jacq). E. Lateral view. F. Frontal view. G–H. Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805), ♂ (ZFMK-DIP-00019713). G. Lateral view. H. Frontal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.