A Revision of Afrotropical Species of the Eupyrgota (Diptera, Pyrgotidae): the varipennis and melancholica Subgroups of Species

• Видавець: Інститут зоології ім. І. І. Шмальгаузена НАН України
• Дата: 2006
• Автор: Korneyev, V.A.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Інститут зоології ім. І. І. Шмальгаузена НАН України 2006
• Теми: Фауна и систематика
• Онлайн доступ: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/9429
• Цитувати: A Revision of Afrotropical Species of the Eupyrgota (Diptera, Pyrgotidae): the varipennis and melancholica Subgroups of Species / V.A. Korneyev // Вестн. зоологии. — 2006. — Т. 40, № 2. — С.115-130. — Бібліогр.: 8 назв. — англ.

Based on the study of the type specimens described by C. Curran, E. Brunetti, G. Enderlein and P. Vanschuytbroeck and exhaustive material from many entomological collections, the species of the varipennis and melancholica subgroups of Eupyrgota Coquillett are redescribed and a key to all the species occurring in the Afrotropical Region and Arabian Peninsula is provided. Eupyrgota echinata Korneyev, sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and Eupyrgota crassipes Korneyev, sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of Congo are described. The following synonymy is established. Eupyrgota Coquillett, 1898 = Peltodasia Enderlein, 1942, syn. n. The following species are transferred to Eupyrgota: E. varipennis (Curran, 1928), comb. n., from Campylocera Macquart; and E. vespiformis (Enderlein, 1942), comb. n. from Peltodasia Enderlein. E. rugosigenis Hendel is resurrected from synonymy. The host species of Eupyrgota latipennis Walker is recorded for the first time: the adult beetle Pachnoda interrupta Olivier (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). This is the first host record for any representative of the genus Eupyrgota and for any Afrotropical pyrgotids.