Myopa testacea ( Linnaeus, 1767 )

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Clements, David K., 2008, Revision of the Myopa testacea Species-Group in the Palaearctic Region (Diptera: Conopidae), Zootaxa 1713, pp. 1-26 : 21

Myopa testacea ( Linnaeus, 1767) ( Figs. 1 , 10, 17, 24)

Conops testacea Linnaeus 1767: 1006 .

Locus typicus: “Europa australis, Ascanius” (the last element may refer to the collector or collection – see Clements et al. in prep.).

Type material: A single specimen stands under this name in the Linnaean collection held at BMNH (Box 23): 1Ψ, labelled (1) “ testacea ex deper” and “ferruginea”, label verso “4”. [Specimen examined by DKC in September 1995].

Literature: Bańkowska (1979): Description, key; Chvála (1965): Description. key; Collin (1960): Diagnosis, key; Thompson (1997): Lectotype designation, taxonomic discussion; Clements et al. (in prep.) Application to conserve the name “ testacea ”.

= Myopa longirostris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Myopa longirostris Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 243

Locus typicus: Not given (Carcel collection).

Type material: Lost.

Literature: Becker (1922): Synonymy with “ testacea L.”

= Myopa pictipennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Myopa pictipennis Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 243 -244

Locus typicus: Not given (Carcel collection).

Type material: Lost.

Literature: Kröber (1916): Synonymy with “ testacea L.”

= Myopa umbripennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Myopa umbripennis Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 243

Locus typicus: Not given (Dejean collection).

Type material: Lost.

Literature: Kröber (1916): Synonymy with “ testacea L.”

= Myopa japonica Kröber, 1916

Myopa testacea var. japonica Kröber 1916: 89

Locus typicus: “ Japan ”.

Lectotypus 1Ψ: (1) “Roretz / 1876 / Japan ”; (2) “ Typus ” [red label]; (3) “ Myopa stigma [sic!] / var. japonica Krb. / O. Kröber det. 1914”; (4) “ Lectotypus / Myopa testacea / var. japonica Kröber, 1916 / des. Stuke 2002 ” [red label]. [The lectotype is in good condition, and is deposited at NHMW, where it was examined by JHS in 2002].

Paralectotype: A syntype, which according to the original description is most probably a Ψ, is also held at NHMW (Contreras-Lichtenberg in litt. 2002), but was not examined for the present study.

Literature: Stuke (2003a): Lectotype designation, photograph of the lectotype, taxonomic discussion.

Other material: Austria: 1Ψ (17.-26.V.1972, Leitha Gebirge, Donnerskirchen, leg. Wolschrijn, coll. ZMAN); Bulgaria: 1♂ (11.-31.V.1998, Pastra near Rila, ca. 850m, leg. Achterberg et al., coll. Amsterdam); Finland: 1♂ (03.VII.2004, Inari, Kaunipää, leg. et coll. Kahanpää); 1Ψ (15.VII.2004, Ivalo Ort, 68°39,42'N, 027°32,48'E, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (02.VII.2004, Sodankylä, Luono, leg. et coll. Kahanpää); 1Ψ (04.VI.2003, Espoo, Isotakkula, Pellonpiennar, leg. Väänänen, coll. Kahanpää); France: 1♂ (30.III.1979, Béziers, Bessan, leg. Barkemeyer, coll. Claußen); 2♂♂ (17.V.1992, Elsass, Mittelwald Dessenheim, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1♂ (25.IV.1991, Hte-Savoie, Bossy, Frangy, leg. Steffen, coll. Stuke); Great Britain: 1♂ (06.V.1991, Nottingham Hill, Gloucestershire, leg. Iliff, coll. Clements); 1♂ (10.V.1992, Bearse Farm, Gloucestershire, leg. Alexander, coll. Clements); 1♂ (08.V.1994, Delcombe Wood, Dorset, leg. Parker, coll. Clements); 1♂ (17.IV.1989, Maplehurst, Sussex, leg. Edwards, coll. Clements); 1Ψ (17.V.1992, Thorney Island, Sussex, leg. Edwards, coll. Clements); 1♂, 1Ψ (20.V.1978, Forset of Bere, Near Wickham, Botley Wood, Hampshire, pair in cop., leg. Else, coll. Clements); 1♂ (13.V.1960, Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire, leg. Arnold, coll. Clements); 1Ψ (24.IV.1965, Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire, leg. Arnold, coll. Clements); 1♂ (6.V.1992, Crook Peak, Somerset, leg. Oates, coll. Clements); 1♂ (Wayland Wood, Norfolk, leg. Withers, coll. Clements); 1Ψ (30.IV.1997, Cwm Ogwr Fach, Glamorgan, Wales, leg. et coll. Clements); Germany: 1Ψ (10.VI.1992, Baden-Württemberg, Hochschwarzwald, Feldberggebiet, Toter Mann, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (24.V.1992, Baden-Württemberg, Hochschwarzwald, Zastler Tal, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (20.IV.1990, Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg, Schönberg, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (16.IV.1993, Baden-Württemberg, Kaiserstuhl, Lilienthal, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (09.V.1991, Baden-Württemberg, Kaiserstuhl, Badberg, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (07.V.1993, Baden-Württemberg, Kaiserstuhl, Schehlingen, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (20.V.1991, Baden-Württemberg, südliche Oberrheinebene, Umgebung Griessheim, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (24.V.1991, Baden-Württemberg, südliche Oberrheinebene, Trockenaue Griessheim, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (17.V.1997, ditto); 1♂ (27.V.1991, Baden-Württemberg, Stromberg, Ochsenbach, Geigersberg, leg. Schmid-Egger, coll. Hauser); 1Ψ (25.V.2003, Berlin, Pankow, Blankenfelde, Old Botanical Gardens, leg. Esser, coll. Stuke); 2ΨΨ (30.IV.2001, Berlin, Grunewald, Kiesgrube Jagen 86, leg. Saure, coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (03.V.1990, Berlin, Forst Düppel, Böttcherberg, leg. Wolff, coll. Stuke); 1♂ (01.V.2002, Berlin, Finkenkrug, leg. Esser, coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (30.IV.1994, Berlin, Gartenschule, 52°26,6'N, 13°27,1'E, on Taraxacum officinale , leg. et coll. Flügel); 1♂ (04.V.1905, Berlin, Pichelsberg, leg. Oldenberg, coll. Hauser); 1Ψ (1920-1921, Brandenburg, Priegnitz, Trieglitz, leg. Jaap, coll ZMHB); 1♂ (04.V.1939, Brandenburg, Ruhlsdorf, leg. Zwick, coll. ZMHB); 1♂ (29.V.1995, Brandenburg, Schiessstand 1.2km NE Greifenberg, leg. Blank, coll. Hauser); 1♂ (25.IV.2004, Bremen, Rekumer Geest, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (25.IV.2004, Bremen, Teiche W Neustädter Hafen, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1♂ (22.III.1997, Hamburg, Mellingburger Schleife, leg. Niebei-Lohmann, coll. Hauser); 1♂, 4ΨΨ (24.IV.1995, Hessen, Darmstadt, Truppenplatz between A5 und A67, leg. Geller-Grimm, coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (08.V.1902, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ganzlich, Torf, leg. Lange, coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (22.IV.1994, Rheinland-Pfalz, Wachenheim, Kemmersberg, leg. Niehuis, coll. Hauser); 1Ψ (02.V.2003, Sachsen-Anhalt, Goltewitz near Oranienbaum E Dessau, leg. Lange & Ziegler, coll. Stuke); 1♂ (01.V.2003, Sachsen-Anhalt, Stromleitungsstrasse, Oranienbaum E Dessau, 60m, leg. Ziegler & Lange, coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (07.V.1990, Schleswig-Holstein, Bahnhof Büchen, leg. Wolff, coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (02.V.1997, Schleswig-Holstein, Büchen, Bundesgrenzschutz Übungsplatz, leg. van der Smissen, coll. Hauser); 1Ψ (29.V.1998, Schleswig-Holstein, Büchen Dorf, Sommerweg Fitzen, leg. van der Smissen, coll. Hauser); 1♂ (30.IV.1998, Schleswig-Holstein, Flensburg Stadtgebiet, leg. Zachau, coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (14.V.1996, Schleswig-Holstein, Meierwik NE Flensburg, leg. Barkemeyer, coll. Claußen); 1♂ (11.V.2002, Schleswig-Holstein, Schlotfeld, leg. Lange, coll. Stuke); 1♂, 1Ψ (16.V.1903, ditto); 1Ψ (30.IV.1998, Schleswig-Holstein, Segrahn, Heideweg, leg. van der Smissen, coll. Hauser); Material listed by Stuke (2003b) from Lower Saxony and Bremen ( Germany) was also examined, but is not listed again here; Greece: 1♂ (01.V.2000, Thraki, Rodopi, Mitrikou, Esmarida Lake, leg. W. van Steenis & Bakker, coll. W. van Steenis); 1Ψ (09.IV.2000, Volos, Platania, leg. et coll. Standfuss); Italy: 1♂ (21.VI.1995, Martelltal, 2100-2250m, emergency hut, leg. Blank, coll. Hauser); 1♂ (28.VI.1992, Vinschgau, Planailtal, leg. et coll. Stuke); Japan: 1♂ (29.IV.1986, Honshu, Mt. Makuragi, Shimane Pref., leg. et coll. Maeta); Netherlands: 1Ψ (12.-17.V.1992, Schonloër Strubben, leg. Delfos & Pronk, coll. RMNH); 1♂ (06.VII.1995, Twello, Rijksstr.weg, leg. Wolschrijn, coll. ZMAN); Norway: 1♂ (22.V.1984, Bø Huum, Filtvedt, leg. Midtgaard, coll. UMB); 1Ψ (29.V.1982, N Vay, Fledielford, Djupvik, Bi-Skog, leg. Johanssen, coll UMB); Spain: 1♂ (07.V.1991, Albarracin, Valdevacar, leg. Wolschrijn, coll. ZMAN); Switzerland: 1Ψ (25.VI.1992, Maggia Tal, Lago del Sambuco, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1Ψ (30.VI.1992, Vinschgau, Langtaufertal, 1900-2100m, leg. et coll. Stuke); Tunisia: 1Ψ (10.III. 1994, 10km ESE Maktar, 900m, leg. Oorschot & Rubbrecht, coll. ZMAN); Turkey: 1Ψ (09.VI.1989, Askale Erzurum, leg. et coll. Hayat); 1Ψ (19.VI.1991, Atatürk Ü., Erzurum, leg. et coll. Hayat); 1♂ (13. VI.1996, Pasinler Erzurum, leg. Aslan, coll. Hayat).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 2: Wing of Myopa. — 1: testacea Linnaeus, [Germany, Berlin, Forst Düppel]; — 2: polystigma Rondani, 1857 [Germany, Ldk Uelzen, Galgenberg / Grünhagen].