Sarcophaga ( Heteronychia ) giganta Pape, 1996

Sarcophaga ( Heteronychia) giganta Pape, 1996 View in CoL

( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 54 – 65. 54 – 56 )

Discachaeta gigas Povolný, 1987: 230 View in CoL (in Heteronychia ( Eupierretia) View in CoL p. 236). [Junior secondary homonym of Sarcophaga gigas Thomas, 1949 View in CoL .]

Sarcophaga giganta Pape, 1996: 328 View in CoL . New replacement name for Discachaeta gigas Povolný, 1987 .

Type material examined. Discachaeta gigas : seven type specimens: 2 3: [ Croatia, Biokovo Mts.] Čerešnik, 19.6.85 ( MMBC, as “ Discachaeta gigas Pov. ”) [carrying an additional red label with “ TYPUS ” typewritten on it]; 1 3: Čerešnik, 19.6.58 [sic!] ( MMBC, as “ Discachaeta gigas Pov. ”) [carrying an additional red label with “ TYPUS ” typewritten on it]; 4 3, preserved in what appears to be a mixture of (somewhat aromatic) ethanol and glycerin in a large glass vial with a plastic, screw-on lid containing the following labels: “ Jugoslávie ” and “ Discachaeta gigas ” ( MMBC) [terminalia of one male placed in a microvial in the same vial, containing the small label “ gigas ”; the vial was topped up with 70% ethanol after examination].

Remarks. Povolný (1987: 232) wrote: “ Holotypus 3, 19. Juni 1985, Čerešnik im Biokovo Gebirge über Makarska, Dalmatien, [...] Paratypen 8 3, dieseeben Angaben”. Seven specimens of the type series of D. gigas were found in MMBC, but the holotype cannot be unequivocally identified and could be any of the above; no other type specimens were found in MMBC (I. Malenovský, pers. comm. 2007).

Additional material examined. Croatia: Biokovo, 27.VI.1990, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 ( NHRS); same label information, 1 3 ( YVC); Biokovo Mts., nr. Podgora, 29–30.VI.1990, D. Povolný leg., 39 3 ( MMBC).

Remarks. Sarcophaga giganta is a very characteristic species of Heteronychia , mainly because of its greatly elongated distiphallus and dome-shaped juxta ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 54 – 65. 54 – 56 ); it is known, so far, only from Croatia.