Hemyda hertingi Ziegler & Shima, 1996

Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Chuntian & Wang, Xinhua, 2015, Review of the Hemyda Robineau-Desvoidy of China (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 4040 (2), pp. 129-148 : 138-139

Hemyda hertingi Ziegler & Shima, 1996

( Figs. 25−36 , 69−72 )

Hemyda hertingi Ziegler & Shima, 1996: 462 . Holotype ♂ (DEI). Type locality: Russia, Primorskiy Kray, Ussuriysky Zapovednik, 33km southeast of Ussuriysk.

References. O’Hara et al. 2009: 128.

Diagnosis. Male ( Figs. 25−29 , 69−72 ) and female ( Figs. 30−36 ). Body length: 8.0−10.0 mm. Eye kidney-shaped, hind margin slightly indented; vertex 0.25−0.30 of head width in male and 0.30−0.35 in female; fronto-orbital plate and upper 4/5 of parafacial covered with golden-yellow pruinosity in male and silver-white pruinosity in female; ocellar triangle occupying posterior 1/2−3/5 of frontal vitta; vibrissa 0.50−0.60 times as long as eye height; inner vertical seta strong, 0.40−0.50 times as long as eye height; arista thickened on approximately basal 2/5, second aristomere about two times as long as wide; palpus black or dark brown, thickened and lighter apically; 1−2 presutural and 1−2 postsutural acrostichal setae; legs black or dark brown; mid tibia with 1 ventral seta; syntergite 1+2 and tergite 3 yellow with a longitudinal black median vitta, tergites 4 and 5 entirely black; syntergite 1+2 with 2−4 lateral marginal setae, tergite 3 with 2−4 median marginal setae. Male terminalia ( Figs. 69−72 ): Sternite 5 with a V-shaped posteromedian cleft, without a membranous area between anterior margin and cleft, and with fine setulae; epandrium broad in caudal view, with fine setulae; cerci slender in caudal view, with fine short setulae on inner lateral margin, deeply separated along most of their length, but fused apically; surstylus long and greatly expanded posteriorly in lateral view, with fine short setulae, pointed apically; hypandrium broad in lateral view, hypandrial arm long and sclerotized; pregonite and postgonite fused, long and broad in lateral view, with several short fine setulae on median lateral margin, elongate anteriorly; ejaculatory apodeme short. Female terminalia ( Figs. 35−36 ): Apex of the finger-like protrusion on tergite 6 forked.

Material examined: CHINA: Liaoning: 2 ♂♂, Laotudingzi, Huanren, 550−1300 m, 30.vi −1.vii.2011, leg. P. Hou ( SYNU); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Laotudingzi, Huanren, 400−1300 m, 28−29.v.2013, leg. P. Hou ( SYNU); 3 ♀♀, Huangdaigou, Qingyuan, 600−800 m, 26−31.v.2015, leg. C.T. Zhang ( SYNU). Shanxi: 1 ♂, Xiachuan, Qinshui, 1200−1600 m, 12−16.vii.2012, leg. Q. Wang (NKU). Shaanxi: 1 ♂, Mt. Taibai, Baoji, 1200 m, 13.vii.2012, leg. P. Hou ( SYNU); 1 ♂, Mt. Zibai, Shizakou, Hanzhong, 1600 m, 18.vii.2012, leg. P. Hou ( SYNU). Anhui: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Guniujiang, Qimen, Huangshan, 150–500 m, 7−16.v.2015, leg. Q. Wang (NKU).

Distribution. China (Anhui*, Liaoning*, Shanxi*, Shaanxi*, Taiwan), Kazakhstan, Russia. *Newly recorded.

Figures

FIGURES 25 − 29. Hemyda hertingi Ziegler & Shima, ♂ (Shanxi, Qinshui, Xiachuan, 1200 − 1600 m, 12 − 16. vii. 2012, Q. Wang). 25. Body in dorsal view. 26. Body in lateral view. 27. Head in anterior view. 28. Head in lateral view. 29. Wing in dorsal view.

FIGURES 30 − 36. Hemyda hertingi Ziegler & Shima, ♀ (Liaoning, Huanren, Laotudingzi, 400 − 1300 m, 28 − 29. v. 2013, P. Hou). 30. Body in dorsal view. 31. Body in lateral view. 32. Head in anterior view. 33. Head in lateral view. 34. Wing in dorsal view. 35. Terminalia in ventral view. 36. Terminalia in lateral view.

FIGURES 69 − 72. Male terminalia of Hemyda hertingi Ziegler & Shima (Shanxi, Qinshui, Xiachuan, 1200 − 1600 m, 12 − 16. vii. 2012, Q. Wang). 69. Epandrium, cerci and surstyli in caudal view. 70. Epandrium, cerci and surstyli in lateral view. 71. Sternite 5 in ventral view. 72. Aedeagal apodeme, ejaculatory apodeme, hypandrium, pregonite, postgonite, basiphallus and distiphallus in lateral view. Scale bars = 0. 25 mm.