Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 70. (Budapest 1978)

Rohdendorf, B. B. ; Verves, Yu. G.: Sarcophaginae (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from Mongolia

bulag, zwischen Somon Chuld und Somon Delgerchangaj, 38 km ONO von Delgerchangaj, 1480 m, 10. VI.—

12. VII. 1967 (Nr. 782), 1 çf, 7 9 ; Delgerchangaj ul, 6 km S von Somon Delgerchangaj, 1650 m, 11. VII. 1967 (Nr. 908), le?- — Südgobi aimak: Gurban Sajchan ul, 30 km S von Somon Bulgan, 1700 m, 19-20. VI. 1964 (Nr. 153,156,157), 4 cf. Distribution: South and Central Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Mongolia. — Bionomics: The larvae are living in cadavers and known as parasites of Acridoidea, Tenebrionidae and other beetles, some butterflies and snails. Asiosareophila gen. n. Type-species: Asiosareophila kaszabi sp. n. — The single species of the genus was found only in Mongolia. Flies of middle or small size. Bases of antennae are near or somewhat higher than middle of eye; 3rd antennái segment 1.6-2.2 times longer than 2nd; basal part of arista with long hairs; frons and face near 2/5-1/2 width of head; male's frons without or, female's frons with 2 pairs of strong orbital bristles; parafrontals with hairs; parafacials bare; — ac 1-2 + 1, dc 2-3 + 3, these bristles are long and strong; r

x bare, r

4+5 with a row of bristles; costal spine large. 3rd abdominal tergite of male with a pair of strong erect, posterior medial bristles. Male genitalia similar to those in the genus Sarcophila. The new genus is related to Sarcophila; the differences are given in the key below: 1 (2) rf: parafrontals without or 3rd abdominal tergite with a pair of long, erect posterior medial bristles, rf 9 '• parafacials bare, 5.5-10 mm Asiosareophila gen. n. 2 (1) rf : parafrontals with 2 pairs of strong or 3rd abdominal tergite without medial bristles. rf $ : parafacials with numerous filiform bristles. 3.5-8 mm Sarcophila RONDANI Asiosareophila kaszabi sp. n. cf 9 (Figs. 1-9) cf. Head: Frons about 0.35-0.40, face 0.35-0.46 width of head; frontal vitta 1.3-2.3 times broader than parafrontals; ratio of its anterior and posterior parts as 1 : 1.5-1.8; parafacial width 0.19-0.36, cheek-height 0.23-0.28 height of eye,/r 5-9 pairs; parafrontals with numerous black hairs, parafacials bare; 1st row of postocular black setae regular, but other rows irregular; metacephalon with numerous black hairs (Figs. 1-2). — Thorax: ac 1-2 + 1, dc 2-3 + 3; propleuron bare; scutellum with long ap, subap, bas and one pair d. Ctenidium absent ;/» in apical part with a row of tenger bristles. Costal spine long; ratio of 5th to 3rd sections of costa as 0.90-1.12; r

x bare; r

i+5 with 4-10 bristles. — Abdomen: 3rd tergite with a pair of medial posterior long and erect bristles; 4th and 5th tergites with rows of posterior bristles. — Postabdomen: Genital segment with 2 cross-rows of outstanding, long, strong bristles; anal segment with numerous irregular bristles. Cerci in profile short, triangular, apically sharpening; surstyli without cavity of posterior edges, with parallel apical processes, from above longer than cerci (Figs. 3-4). Posterior parameres (Fig. 5) long, thin, hook-like; anterior parameres faintly sclerotized, lanceolate, with one dorsal bristle. Phallosoma with long thin very strongly sclerotized ventral processes and with long tube-like hypophallus. — Coloration: Body dark, with dense dust; frontal vitta dark and mat; parafrontals, parafacials and face silver-white dusted; antennae and palpi black. Mesonotum with 3 black longitudinal stripes; other surface of thorax dense leaden-white dusted; scutellum with medial longitudinal black stripe, leaden-white dusted. Abdomen silver-white dusted, with medial longitudinal flecks and a pair of rounded, lateral flecks on each of 2th to 4th tergites; 5th tergite with a short medial fleck and badly developed very small, lateral flecks. Postabdominal segments black, dorsally yellowish grey dusted. 9. Different from male by having 2 pairs of orbital bristles and very badly developed, often imperceptible, medial posterior bristles on 3rd abdominal tergite. — Postabdomen: 6th sternite (Figs. 6-7) well sclerotized, with long, strong bristles over entire surface; 7th sternite badly sclerotized, anterior-middle part without bristles, another well sclerotized part has numerous filiform bristles; 8th sternite piriform with a membranous narrow anterior part, posterior part sclerotized and with numerous hairs; anal platecrescentiform with numerous hairs. 6th tergite (Figs. 8-9) with marginal and discal rows of bristles; 7th and 8th tergites consisting of a pair of sclerotized side parts with bristles and hairs, and medial membranous parts; genital plate and cerci sclerotized with numerous hairs. Length 5.5-10 0 mm.