Portschinskia bombiformis, (PORTSCHINSKY, 1901)

Li, Xin-Yu, Pape, Thomas & Zhang, Dong, 2020, Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of the bumblebee bot flies (Oestridae: Hypodermatinae: Portschinskia), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 (3), pp. 942-973 : 949

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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz176

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scientific name

Portschinskia bombiformis
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PORTSCHINSKIA BOMBIFORMIS ( PORTSCHINSKY, 1901) View in CoL

Microcephalus bombiformis Portschinsky, 1901: 420 . Type locality: China: Sichuan, Aba Autonomous Prefecture , Songpan County.

Portschinskia bombiformis View in CoL : Grunin (1965: 53); Zumpt (1965: 192); Pont (1973: 700); Soós & Minář (1986: 245); Colwell et al. (2006: 262).

Diagnosis: Hair-like setae on frons yellow. Abdomen with black setae anteriorly and pale yellow setae on last two segments. Wing hyaline.

Redescription: Male unknown. Female: Body length 20.2 mm; wing length and width 17.2 mm × 6.1 mm (N = 1). Large compound eye, height relative to head ≥ 1/2. Antennal pedicel longer than broad, with a distinct concavity in the middle of distal margin ( Fig. 5A View Figure 5 ). Width of frons ~1/2 width of head in dorsal view. Hair-like setae on frons yellow ( Fig. 5A View Figure 5 ), on facial ridge and postpronotal lobe black or dark brown, on presutural area of scutum and scutellum yellow ( Figs 1A View Figure 1 , 3A View Figure 3 ), on meron black and on anepisternum and postalar callus pale yellow. Abdomen with black setae anteriorly and pale yellow setae on last two segments ( Figs 1A View Figure 1 , 3A View Figure 3 ). Wing hyaline; vein M strongly curved after dm-cu; cell r

4 + 5

closed with a short petiole ( Fig. 9A View Figure 9 ).

Type material examined: Holotype of Microcephalus bombiformis : ♀, CHINA: Sichuan Province, Aba Autonomous Prefecture , Songpan County, 2900 m, summer 1894 (no further information), Beresowsky leg. ( ZIN).

ZIN

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Oestridae

Genus

Portschinskia

Loc

Portschinskia bombiformis

Li, Xin-Yu, Pape, Thomas & Zhang, Dong 2020
2020
Loc

Portschinskia bombiformis

Colwell DD & Hall MJR & Scholl PJ 2006: 262
Soos AA & Minar J 1986: 245
Pont AC 1973: 700
Grunin KJ 1965: 53
Zumpt F 1965: 192
1965
Loc

Microcephalus bombiformis

Portschinsky JA 1901: 420
1901
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