Bicellaria nigra (Meigen)

Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2013, Species of Bicellaria Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) of Europe, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 3647 (2), pp. 251-278 : 263-265

Bicellaria nigra (Meigen)

( Figs 23–24 )

Cyrtoma nigra Meigen, 1824: 3 . Cyrtoma rufa Meigen, 1824: 3 .

Material examined (273, 44Ƥ). Czech Republic: 1Ƥ, Šumava Mts, Nová Hůrka, spruce wood, 49°09'17''N, 13°19'46''E, 880 m, 24.vi.-28.vii.2000; 1Ƥ, Šumava Mts, Horská Kvilda, 49°05'N, 13°33'E, 1130 m, 21.vii.– 21.viii.1999 —all M. Barták & Š. Kubík; 13, 1Ƥ, Vracov, 48°58'N, 17°16'E, 200 m, 16.v.1990; 33, 6Ƥ, Šumava Mts, Šmauzy, pine wood, 49°10'N, 13°14'E, 960 m, 20.viii.1989; 1Ƥ, Šumava Mts, Malá Niva, peat-bog, 48°55'N, 13°49'E, 780 m, 5.vii.1988; 1Ƥ, same locality, 21.v.1992; 3Ƥ, Šumava Mts, S slope of Pancíř, meadow, 49°09'N, 13°16'N, 1000 m; 1Ƥ, Šumava Mts, Spálenec, damp meadow, 48°56'N, 13°57'E, 800 m, 10.vi.1989; 3Ƥ, Jizerské hory Mts, Janov nad Nisou, 50°46'N, 15°12'E, 700–800 m, 19.vi.1982; 23, Kokořínský důl, mixed forest, 50°26'N, 14°35'E, 260 m, 8.vii.1985; 13, 1Ƥ, Kunice, garden vegetation, 49°56'N, 14°40'E, 13.vii.1985; 13, Břežanská rokle, mixed wood, 49°58'N, 14°25'E, 280 m, 20.vi.1990; 1Ƥ, Kostelní Lhota, pine wood, 50°08'N, 15°02'E, 190 m, 12.v.1988; 13, 2Ƥ, Sadská, pine forest, 50°10'N, 14°59'E, 180 m; 13, Velké Popovice, 49°54'N, 14°39'E, 470 m, 10.vii.1988; 23, Vráž nr. Písek, mixed wood, 49°23'N, 14°08'E, 400 m, 22.v.1995; 1Ƥ, same locality, 1.vi.1994; 1Ƥ, Bílina, Chloumek, hilltop steppe, 50°32'38''N, 13°51'32''E, 480 m, 15–25.vi.1998; 13, same locality, 1.vi.1996; 2Ƥ, same locality, 13–28.v.1998; 13, 1Ƥ, Bílina, Štrbický vrch, edge of wood, 50°33'10''N, 13°50'40''E, 400 m, 31.v.-1.vi.1997; 13, same locality, 8.v.1994; 13, Duchcov envir., oak wood, 50°37'N, 13°41'E, 29.v.1993; 13, same locality, 29.iv.-7.v.1996; 2Ƥ, same locality, 16.vii.1992; 13, MS Beskydy, Horní Lomná, 49°32'N, 18°37'E, 650 m, 20.vi.1986; 1Ƥ, same locality, 740 m, vi.-vii.1999; 13, MS Beskydy, Ostrý, meadow, 49°37'N, 18°41'E, 19.v.1990 —all M. Barták; 13, Podyjí, Braitava, mixed wood, 48°52'32''N, 15°50'05''E, 530 m, 2.vii.– 3.viii.2004, M. Barták & Š. Kubík—(CULSP); 1Ƥ, Moravský Krumlov, steppe + forest, 31.v.1995; 2Ƥ, Vysoké Chvojno, deciduous forest, 15°59'N, 50°08'E, 296 m, 4.vi.1998; 1Ƥ, same locality, 12.v.1989; 1Ƥ, same locality, 28.v.1998 —all B. Mocek—(MHK). France: 1Ƥ, Grand Bois (30 km S of Lyon), 45°30'55''N, 4°46'20''E, 440 m, 21.v.2006, M. Barták (CULSP). Georgia: 2Ƥ, West Georgia, Borzhomskiy Zapovednik [Borzhomi Nature Reserve], 10–13.viii.1969; 1Ƥ, West Georgia, Bakuriani, 18.vii.1969 —all V. Kovalev—(ZMMU). Germany: 1Ƥ, Bayerischer Wald, Spiegelau, 48°57'N, 13°22'E, 890 m, 8.vi.1995, M. Barták (CULSP). Italy: 13, Cansiglio, Ponte Val Cappella, 20.vi.1981, L. Munari; 1Ƥ, S. Stefano di Cadore, fiuma Piave, viii.1979, G. Raffone— (MSNV); 33, 1Ƥ, Passo Nigra , meadow + wood, 46°26'39''N, 11°35'18''E, 1700 m, 5.vii.2011, M. Barták (CULSP). Russia: 33, Salmi, R. Tuomikoski; 13, Salla [probably collected in Russian part of county], R. Frey— (NHMH); 2Ƥ, Moskovskaya oblast: Skorotovo, bog in Picetum, 55°41'N, 36°53'E, 30.v. 1989, 180 m; 1Ƥ, Serpuchov, mixed wood, 54°52'N, 37°36'E, 150 m, 27.v.1989; 13, 1Ƥ, Abramcevo, along brook, 56°14'N, 37°59'E, 200 m, 28.v.1989 —all M. Barták—(CULSP).

Diagnosis. Bicellaria nigra is a member of the B. nigra complex of species as proposed by Chvála (1991), for characters see under B. halterata . Males may be recognised easily according to the structure of the genitalia, possessing long postgonites (more than twice as long as broad), left phallic hook long, without lateral process, right one strongly reduced ( Fig. 23 ). Identification of females is difficult (see characters given in the key) and notes under B. halterata .

Distribution. West Palaearctic species, in Europe ranging from Spain (Chvála 1981) to the extreme north of Scandinavia (Chvála 1983).

Remarks. Tuomikoski (1955) provided a short redescription and illustration of the hypandrium. Collin (1961) provided a short redescription, illustrated the male hind leg and genitalia, and provided notes on the synonymy. Chvála (1983) redescribed the species and provided illustrations of the face, antenna, hind leg, mid tibia and genitalia, and provided a synonymy.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 24. Hypandrium (ventral view) and phallus with postgonites (lateral view). 17 – 18. Bicellaria kocoureki sp. nov. 19 – 20. Bicellaria longisetosa Chvála. 21 – 22. Bicellaria mera Collin. 23 – 24. Bicellaria nigra (Meigen). Scale bars = 0.10 mm.