Saltella sphondylii (Schrank, 1803)
(Originally described as Trupanea)
Male
Saltella sphondylii. Male alcohol-vouchered specimen.
Deposited at: Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis
Diagnostic illustrations for adults
Adapted from:
Pont AC & Meier R (2002). The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Brill: 1-188.
Source:
Morphoglossary
Taxonomy Information
Classification
Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Saltella
Synonyms
SALTELLA SPHONDYLII Schrank 1803 (as Trupanea). Germany: not stated [from title: GERMANY, Bavaria]. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, destroyed.
sphondylii Schrank 1837 (as Musca). Germany: in umbellis Heraclei sphondylii [probably GERMANY, Bavaria. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, destroyed.
scutellaris Fallen 1820 (as Piophila). Sweden: in vicinitate Lundae [Skåne, near Lund]. Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.
anocephala Drapiez 1820 (as Ochtera). Italy: Piedmont. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.
analis Meigen 1826 (as Cordylura). Austria: Exact locality not stated.
varia Meigen 1826 (as Cordylura). Austria: Exact locality not stated. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.
hemorrhoidalis Meigen 1826 (as Brachygaster). Unavailable name; proposed in synonymy with Cordylura varia Meigen.
longipes Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 (as Piophila). France: Saint-Sauveur. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.
nana Robineau-Desvoidy 1830. France: Saint-Sauveur. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.
basalis Haliday 1833 (as Pandora). Ireland: not stated [from title: IRELAND, Holywood]. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.
scutellata Macquart 1835 (as Nemopoda). France: Bordeaux. Holotype ♂ or Syntypes ♂♂, presumed destroyed.
ruficoxa Macquart 1835 (as Nemopoda). France: du nord de la France [presumably Lille district ]. Holotype ♂ or Syntypes ♂♂, presumed destroyed.
albipennis Macquart 1835 (as Anisophysa). France: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♀, in Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandL.
sellata Curtis 1837. Ireland: Holywood. Holotype ♀, presumed destroyed.
sellata Haliday 1838. Nomen nudum.
distincta Meigen 1838 (as Piophila). Belgium: Lüttich [Liège]. Holotype ♀, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
analis Roser 1840 (as Piophila). Germany: not stated [presumably GERMANY, Württemberg]. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed. Junior secondary homonym, preoccupied in Saltella by Cordylura analis Meigen, 1826.
humeralis Roser 1840 (as Piophila). Germany: not stated [probably GERMANY, Württemberg]. Holotype ♂, in Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany.
parmensis Rondani 1874. Italy: Parma and Piedmont. Syntypes ♂♂ and ♀♀, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, U.K. (1 ♂) and probably in Museo Zoologica "La Specola", Florence, Italy.
nigerrima Rondani 1874. Italy: Parma. Holotype ♀ or Syntypes ♀♀, probably in Museo Zoologica "La Specola", Florence, Italy.
nigripes Duda 1926 (as Pandora). Italy: Unavailable name; citation of a Meigen MS name, in synonymy with Pandora scutellaris Fallén.
fumipennis Duda 1926 (as Pandora). Unavailable name; citation of a Meigen MS name, in synonymy with Pandora scutellaris Fallén.
floreus Duda 1926 (as Pandora). Unavailable name; citation of a Bouché MS name, in synonymy with Pandora scutellaris Fallén.
chaerophyllii. Incorrect subsequent spelling of sphondylii Shrank [Grzegorzek, 1873: 33; Kowarz, 1873: 463].
spondylii. Incorrect subsequent spelling of sphondylii Shrank [Coe, 1968: 125].
Source:
Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.
Distribution
Palaearctic (Asia): Iran, Japan (Hokkaido Is.), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia (Altay, Amurskaya Oblast’, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Novosibirskaya Oblast’, Primorskiy Kray, Sakhalinskaya Oblast’), Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan.
Palaearctic (Europe): Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica Is.), Germany, UK, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Alania, Dagestan, Ivanovskaya Oblast’, Leningradskaya Oblast’, Lipetskaya Oblast’, Moskovskaya Oblast’, Murmanskaya Oblast’, Penzenskaya Oblast’, Pskovskaya Oblast’, Ryazanskaya Oblast’, Smolenskaya Oblast’), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia.
Nearctic: Canada (British Columbia, Ontario), Mexico (Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin).
Source:
Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.