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Corresponding author: Qiyong Liu ( liuqiyong@icdc.cn ) Corresponding author: Dong Zhang ( ernest8445@163.com ) Academic editor: Liping Yan
© 2022 Chao Wang, Haoran Sun, Weibing Zhu, Thomas Pape, Qiyong Liu, Dong Zhang.
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Wang C, Sun H, Zhu W, Pape T, Liu Q, Zhang D (2022) Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Chinese species of Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae). ZooKeys 1108: 141-159. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1108.83267
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New taxonomic and nomenclatural data are provided for Chinese species of Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824. Eight new synonyms are proposed: two at the genus level, Magnicauda Wei, 2005 syn. nov. = Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824 and Leigongshanophaga Lehrer & Wei, 2010 syn. nov. = Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824, two at the subgenus level, Magnicauda Wei, 2005 syn. nov. = Pterosarcophaga Ye, 1981 and Leigongshanophaga Lehrer & Wei, 2010 syn. nov. = Cornexcisia Fan & Kano, 2000, and four at the species level, Sarcophaga catoptosa Wei & Yang, 2007 syn. nov. = Sarcophaga suthep Pape & Bänziger, 2003, Pierretia daozhenensis Wei, 2005 syn. nov. = Sarcophaga sichotealini (Rohdendorf, 1938), Pierretia autochthona Wei & Yang, 2007 syn. nov. = Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) kanoi Park, 1962, and Parasarcophaga simultaneousa Wei & Yang, 2007 syn. nov. = Sarcophaga huangshanensis (Fan, 1964). Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) aegyptica Salem, 1935 is considered a senior synonym of Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) parkeri (Rohdendorf, 1937). Correct original spellings are established, by First Reviser action, for the genus-group names Magnicauda Wei, 2005 and Pterosarcophaga Ye, 1981 and for the species-group name Magnicauda linjiangensis Wei, 2005. Chinese material of Sarcophaga (Bellieriomima) genuforceps, S. (Robineauella) huangshanensis (holotype and paratype), S. (Liosarcophaga) kanoi, and S. (L.) aegyptica is photographed for the first time.
Leigongshanophaga, Magnicauda, new synonyms, nomenclature, original spellings, revision, Sarcophaga, taxonomy
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1824 (sensu lato) is by far the largest genus in the Sarcophagidae, and with upwards of a thousand species it is also one of the largest genera of Diptera (
Specimens examined or otherwise mentioned are deposited at the following institutions:
CDCP Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Anshun city, Guizhou province, China;
NHMD Natural History Museum of Denmark;
Identifications were aided by the keys in the publication of
Sarcophaga
Meigen, 1824: 305. Type species: Musca carnaria Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of
Magnicauda Wei, 2005: 405. Type species: Magnicauda linjiangensis Wei, 2005, by original designation. Syn. nov.
Maginicauda:
Leigongshanophaga
Lehrer & Wei, 2010: 8. Type species: Sarcophaga catoptosa Wei & Yang, 2007 [= Sarcophaga suthep Pape & Bänziger, 2003], by original designation. Syn. nov. For other synonyms, see
Bellieriomima Rohdendorf, 1937: 164 (as subgenus of Thyrsocnema Enderlein, 1928). Type species: Sarcophaga laciniata Pandellé, 1896 [= Sarcophaga subulata Pandellé, 1896], by original designation.
Sarcophaga genuforceps Thomas, 1949: 172. China, Sichuan, Chungking, Chinyunshan.
Pierretia catharosa Wei & Yang, 2007: 530. China, Guizhou, Leigongshan.
1♂, China, Zhejiang, Tianmu Mountain, 600–1100 m, 30.vi.1964, Huitai Fang leg. (
The holotype of Pierretia catharosa is deposited in CDCP and not currently available for loan and study.
Cornexcisia Fan & Kano, 2000: 251. Type species: Cornexcisia longicornuta Fan & Kano, 2000, by original designation.
Leigongshanophaga Lehrer & Wei, 2010: 8. Type species: Sarcophaga catoptosa Wei & Yang, 2007 [= Sarcophaga suthep Pape & Bänziger, 2003], by original designation. Syn. nov.
Sarcophaga suthep Pape & Bänziger, 2003: 52. Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Suthep.
Sarcophaga catoptosa Wei & Yang, 2007: 531. China, Guizhou, Leigongshan. Syn. nov.
Sarcophaga sutheb:
Holotype
of S. suthep: ♂, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Suthep, above Sangwal School, 1240 m, 28.viii.2000, H. Bänziger (in
The holotype of Sarcophaga catoptosa is deposited in CDCP and not currently available for loan and study.
Liosarcophaga Enderlein, 1928:18. Type species: Cynomya madeirensis Schiner, 1868, by original designation.
Sarcophaga dux aegyptica Salem, 1935: 56. Egypt, Alexandria; Egypt, Abbassieh; Egypt, Monsouriah.
Parasarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) parkeri Rohdendorf, 1937: 217. Ukraine, south shore of Crimea.
1♂, China, Qinghai, Minhe, 22.vii.1976, Shaoyuan Ma leg. (
There has been disagreement among authors as to whether Parasarcophaga parkeri is a valid species or a junior synonym of S. aegyptica.
Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) kanoi Park, 1962: 6. South Korea, Taegu, Mt Pal-gong.
Pierretia autochthona Wei & Yang, 2007: 529. China, Guizhou, Leigongshan. Syn. nov.
Pierretia autochtona:
1♂, China, Shanghai (Zi-Ka-Wei), 3.ix.1917, no further data (
Phallantha Rohdendorf, 1938: 101. Type species: Phallantha sichotealini Rohdendorf, 1938, by original designation.
Phallantha sichotealini Rohdendorf, 1938: 102. Russia, Primorye, Sikhote-Alin State Reservation.
Pierretia daozhenensis Wei in Wei & Yang, 2005: 424. China, Guizhou, Daozhen, Dashahe. Syn. nov.
1♂, Russia, Primorye, SE Ussurijsk, 8.viii.1983, A. Ozerov leg. (NHMD). 1♂, China, Sichuan, Baoxing, 8.v.1981, unknown leg.; 1♂, China, Sichuan, Ya’an, 29.iv.2002, unknown leg. (
The holotype of P. daozhenensis is deposited in CDCP and not currently available for loan and study. This nominal species was not included by
Pterosarcophaga Ye, 1981: 229. Type species: Pterosarcophaga emeishanensis Ye & Ni, 1981, by original designation.
Pterosacophaga:
Magnicauda Wei, 2005: 405. Type species: Magnicauda linjiangensis Wei, 2005, by original designation. Syn. nov.
Maginicauda:
Monotypic subgenera in Sarcophaga (sensu lato) are often erected for lack of evidence as to their phylogenetic relationships, and as such they convey little if any information. We prefer a classification based on similarities rather than on differences, and as
Ye in
Magnicauda linjiangensis Wei, 2005: 405. China, Guizhou, Xishui, Linjiang National Nature Reserve.
linjianensis:
None.
This species can be distinguished from other species of Sarcophaga by the flag-like pregonite.
Robineauella Enderlein, 1928: 23 (as subgenus of Parasarcophaga Johnston & Tiegs, 1921). Type species: Sarcophaga scoparia Pandellé, 1896 [= Sarcophaga caerulescens Zetterstedt, 1838], by original designation.
Parasarcophaga (Robineauella) huangshanensis Fan, 1964: 312. China, Anhui, Huang-Shan.
Parasarcophaga simultaneousa Wei & Yang, 2007: 528. China, Guizhou, Leigongshan. Syn. nov.
Holotype
of Parasarcophaga (Robineauella) huangshanensis Fan, 1964: ♂, China, Anhui, Huangshan, 19.vi.1936, [unknown collector] [terminalia not recovered]. Paratypes: 2♂♂, China, Zhejiang, Tianmu mountain, 1100 m, 5.vii.1962, Zhizi Chen leg. (
We examined the type series of S. (R.) huangshanensis and found that the male terminalia are a close match with the description and illustrations provided for P. simultaneousa (Figs
We sincerely thank Prof. Zongmao Ye of the Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, for help with checking of specimens and for advice. This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (no. 2020YFC1200101), National Science Foundation of China (no. 31872964, 31572305), and the Beijing Forestry University Outstanding Young Talent Cultivation Project (no. 2019JQ03018).