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Corresponding author: Gamze Pekbey ( gamze.pekbey@bozok.edu.tr ) Academic editor: Marc De Meyer
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Pekbey G (2020) A new species of Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from Turkey. ZooKeys 937: 129-138. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.937.50759
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A new species, Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) mersinensis sp. nov. is described from the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The male terminalia are documented with line drawings, photographs and scanning electron microscope images. The species is compared with the two most similar species, Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) baudeti (Lehrer) and Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) theodori (Lehrer), both known from Israel. A key is provided to the western Palaearctic species of Pandelleisca Rohdendorf.
Anatolia, flesh fly, identification, Mediterranean region, Mersin, Middle East
The subgenus Pandelleisca Rohdendorf, 1937 (of Sarcophaga Meigen, 1826) contains 24 species of flesh flies, mainly distributed in the Oriental region (
The assignment of Pandelleisca at either the generic or subgeneric level differs among authors. The nominal taxon was erected by
The general morphological outline of the phallus within species of Pandelleisca appears remarkably similar to what is found in the subgenus Liosarcophaga; however, Pandelleisca has been separated from Liosarcophaga essentially due to having a massive, long and well-sclerotized paraphallus with a broader and larger median process of juxta, one or two pairs of curved lateral juxtal arms, two-paired and spiky vesical lobes, thin and long styli, and absence of the marginal bristles on the genital tergite (
This paper describes a new species of Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) from the Mediterranean region of Turkey, providing photographs, scanning electron microscope (SEM) images, and line drawings of the male terminalia, and a key to the western Palaearctic species.
The material was collected during the years 2013–2017 in Mezitli and Erdemli districts of Mersin Province of Turkey using insect sweep nets. The specimens were killed in ethyl acetate vapour, pinned shortly afterwards when they were still fresh and air-dried.
Males were relaxed in a humidifier, and the terminalia of each specimen were detached from the abdomen using forceps and fine insect pins. The dissected terminalia of the holotype were subjected to 10% KOH for 12 hours, rinsed with distilled water and placed into glycerine for further examinations under a Leica S8APO stereomicroscope.
The air-dried genitalia of the paratype were prepared for SEM by fixing on an aluminium stub with carbon double-stick tape. The gold-coated specimens were examined and imaged in a FEI Quanta 450 FEG scanning electron microscope at BILTEM (Science and Technology Application and Research Centre of Yozgat Bozok University) using high vacuum.
Light microscope photographs were taken with a Leica DFC 450 camera integrated on a Leica M125 stereomicroscope and stacked in Helicon Focus Pro (version 7.6.1). Line drawings of terminal structures were produced with CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2019.
The terminalia of the holotype of the new species are stored in a micro-vial with glycerine and the dissected parts of the terminalia of the paratype were glued to a piece of card and both are pinned together beneath the source specimens. All the samples are deposited in the Entomology Collection of the Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey.
For identification, the following works were consulted:
Data from labels of the type specimens are quoted verbatim: commas are used to separate the lines on the same label, labels are separated by a double forward slash, and any remarks are given in square brackets.
Holotype : ♂, TR// Mersin province [southern Turkey], Mezitli district, 1.2 km NE Kuzucu village, 608 m, 36°50'32"N, 34°25'24"E, 07.VII.2017, Leg. G. Bakır [printed on white paper] // Holotype ♂ Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) mersinensis, Det. Pekbey, 2020 [printed on red paper]. Paratype: ♂, TR// Mersin province [southern Turkey], Erdemli district, Kösbucağı village, 542 m, 36°40'58"N, 34°14'37"E, 11.VII.2013, Leg. C. Metin [printed on white paper]. Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) mersinensis, Det. Pekbey, 2020 [printed on red paper].
Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) mersinensis sp. nov. is similar to the East Mediterranean species S. (P.) theodori (Lehrer, 1998) and S. (P.) baudeti (Lehrer, 1998). It is distinguished from S. (P.) baudeti by having a brown epandrium (Fig.
Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) mersinensis sp. nov., male holotype A head, left lateral view B wing, ventral view C cerci and surstyli, dorsal view D cerci and surstyli, right lateral view E terminalia, right lateral view in glycerine F distiphallus, right lateral view in glycerine G distiphallus, right lateroventral view H distiphallus, dorsal view flipped vertically I distiphallus, right laterodorsal view flipped vertically. Abbreviations: c, cerci; ep, epandrium; h, harpes; iv, inferior vesical lobe; ja, lateral juxtal arms; jm, medial part of juxta; m; membrane; po, postgonite; pp, paraphallus; pr, pregonite; s, styli; su, surstyli; sv, superior vesical lobe.
Male. Body length 10.7–11.2 mm (without terminal extension).
Head.
Black with golden microtomentum and the eye 0.38 times as wide as head in dorsal view. Inner vertical seta long and strong, outer vertical and proclinate orbital seta indistinct. Reclinate orbital seta well developed. Eye bare. Postocular seta black, arranged in two rows on each side of occiput. Frons apically protruding and at its narrowest point 0.68 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view. Frontal vitta black, slightly widening to antennal insertion, 0.48 times as wide as frons. Frontal bristles 11 or12 pairs, not descending below of the midline of pedicel. Parafacial plate black with golden microtomentum, with a row of fine and black setulae in lower half near eye margin. Parafacial at its narrowest point 0.42 times as wide as an eye at maximum eye width in lateral view. Gena black with golden-silvery microtomentum, anterior half covered with black seta, post genal seta pale. Gena in profile 0.36 times as high as the height of an eye. Genal dilation distinct, brownish black. Vibrissa well developed. Facial ridge with a few decumbent setulae above vibrissa. Antenna brownish black, pedicel with a reddish-brown tinge on the distal part. Postpedicel 2.76 times longer than pedicel. Arista light brown, 2/3 plumose, slightly thickened on basal part. Prementum and palpus dark brown, 2.2 times longer than wide (Fig.
Thorax. Black with silver microtomentum with three black longitudinal stripes. Anterior stigma brown, posterior one bright yellow. Propleuron bare. Prosternum and postalar wall setulose. Acrostichals 0+1, dorsocentrals 4+4, presutural and first two postsuturals short and reduced, intra-alars 1+2, presutural 1, supra-alars 3–4, humerals 3, posthumerals 2, notopleurals 4 (2 primary + 2 subprimary), katepisternals 2 + 1; scutellum with two pairs of subapical setae, one pair of basal and one pair of discal setae.
Legs black. Fore tibia with three anterodorsal and one posteroventral seta. Mid femur with scarce and short ctenidium. Mid tibia with two or three anterodorsal, one anteroventral, and three or four posteroventral setae. Hind tibia with a row of hair-like setae on posteroventral and ventral surface, with two strong anterodorsal setae, 1 anteroventral and one posterodorsal.
Wing. Hyaline. Epaulet black. Basicosta bright yellow. Costal spine absent. Vein R1 bare. Vein R4+5 dorsally with short and black setulae at base. Distal part of M curved at a right angle. Second costal section 1.44 times as long as fourth costal section. Cell r4+5 open at wing margin. Haltere brown. Lower calypter yellowish white (Fig.
Abdomen . Black with silvery microtomentum with small checkerboard patterns changing with the incidence of light. Syntergite I+II and tergite III without median marginals. Tergite IV with a pair of median marginals. Tergite V with a complete row of marginal setae.
Terminalia.
Sternite 5 V-shaped, elongated and slightly indented medially at base; arms of sternite 5 flattened with a median expansion with a bunch of short and stout setulae proximally along the inner margin of each arm (Fig.
Female. Unknown
SEM microphotography of Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) mersinensis sp. nov. terminalia, male paratype A habitus of phallus and gonites, right lateral view B distiphallus, right lateral view flipped horizontally C distiphallus frontolateral view D apical part of distiphallus. Abbreviations: h, harpes; iv, inferior vesical lobe; ja, lateral juxtal arms; jm, medial part of juxta; m; membrane; po, postgonite; pp, paraphallus; pr, pregonite; s, styli; sv, superior vesical lobe.
Unknown
Palaearctic – Turkey (Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Mersin).
The species epithet is derived from Mersin Province situated in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, where the type series was collected.
Sarcophaga (Pandelleisca) mersinensis sp. nov., male, holotype A distiphallus, right lateral view in macerated terminalia B distiphallus, ventral view in macerated terminalia C ST5, frontal view D cerci and surstyli, right lateral view. Abbreviations: h, harpes; iv, inferior vesical lobe; ja, lateral juxtal arms; jm, medial part of juxta; m; membrane; pp, paraphallus; s, styli; ST5, sternite 5; sv, superior vesical lobe.
1 | Median part of juxta with a strong tooth on the ventral surface; lateral juxtal arms not expanding basally and narrow at the tip; each vesical lobes poorly sclerotized, slender and nearly filamentous in lateral view; sternite 5 roughly Y-shaped | S. (P.) similis |
– | Median part of juxta without a strong tooth on the ventral surface; lateral juxtal arms expanding basally and bi-paired at half-way; vesical lobes more or less sclerotized; superior vesical lobes leaf-like in lateral view; sternite 5 V-shaped | 2 |
2 | Lateral juxtal arms narrow at the tip with an axe-shaped basal expansion; cerci medium sized, relatively widening at midline, cercal prongs flat and slightly bending outwards at apex; surstyli narrow and long; epandrium black | S. (P.) baudeti |
– | Lateral juxtal arms slightly forked at the tip with a spiky and pointed tip basal expansion; cerci relatively short, dilated in midline, cercal prongs slightly curved and terminating with a more or less pointed apex; surstyli more or less quadrangular, with round corners; epandrium brown | 3 |
3 | Harpes triangular, narrow, and reaching beyond lateral styli. Lateral styli with recurving teeth ventrally on the distal 1/3 at most | S. (P.) theodori |
– | Harpes subtriangular, small and never reaching beyond lateral styli. Recurving teeth extending along the entire ventral surface of lateral styli (Figs |
S. (P.) mersinensis sp. nov. |
Thirteen species of Pandelleisca are recorded only from the Oriental region, and the six Palaearctic species are restricted to the far eastern territories including Palaearctic China, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan (
Sarcophaga (P.) theodori is the species most similar to S. (P.) mersinensis sp. nov. with regard to morphological structures of the phallus. In both species, the distiphallus expands abruptly apicolaterally in dorsal view and has elongated ventral appendages. The median process of juxta is broad, flattened, and spur-like in lateral view in both species, and bends anteroventrally with a wide angle towards the lateral juxtal arms. These arms are paired, widened basally, and slightly bifurcated at the tip. The superior vesical lobes are leaf-like, and the inferior ones are relatively thin and spiky. The lateral styli are broad and tubular in both species.
As stated by some authors, the vast majority of Pandelleisca species have a shiny black epandrium (
The taxonomic limits between Pandelleisca and Liosarcophaga are still unsettled. Some molecular studies have shown that Liosarcophaga and Pandelleisca are not monophyletic in their current circumscriptions, and that the subgenus Pandelleisca as proposed by
In conclusion, although all Pandelleisca species appear to be recorded from the coastal geographic regions in Turkey, it is thought that future more comprehensive faunistic surveys will reveal the true distribution of this subgenus.
This study was funded by Yozgat Bozok University Scientific Research Project Unit (BAP, Project No: 6602c-ZF/19-245).