Parydra (Paranapaea) pubera Loew, 1860

Parydra (Paranapaea) pubera Loew, 1860 View in CoL

( Figs. 17 View FIGURE 17 , 97–100 View FIGURES 97–100 )

Parydra pubera Loew 1860: 32 View in CoL ; type-locality: „ Sicilien “ [ Italy]; syntype ♂ ♀ [SDEI, ZMB, Mathis & Zatwarnicki 1995].

Primary type material examined:

1 ♀ syntype of P. pubera in coll. ZMB with these labels: (1) “Calabr / Enber”; (2) “Coll. / H. Loew ”; (3) “14462”; (4) “ Parydra / pubera /m.”; (5) “Typus”

7♂♂ 8♀♀ syntypes of P. pubera in coll. ZMB with these labels: (1) “[illegible signs]”; (2) “Coll. / H. Loew ”; (3) “Typus” .

2♂♂ 2 ♀♀ syntypes of P. pubera , ditto but with (4) “ Parydra ♂ / pubera Lw / M. Krivosheina det., 1985”

Additional material examined: 71 specimens from France, Italy , Morocco , Netherlands and Portugal.

Diagnosis: Recognised based on the obvious long setulae all over the body ( Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17 ). The male terminalia differs from all other Parydra in having dense setulae and setae at tip of the epandrium, a ring shaped, flat phallus ( Figs. 97, 99 View FIGURES 97–100 ) and enlarged postgonites ( Fig. 97 View FIGURES 97–100 ).

Distribution in Europe: Widely distributed but seldom recorded in Western Europe along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coast from Sicily to the Netherlands. Additionally, there are isolated records from an inland saline habitat in Germany ( Zatwarnicki & Hollmann-Schirrmacher 1997).

Biology: A halophilous species, living in vegetated saline or brackish wetlands. Polyvoltine, with a long flight period from March until September. The larval biology is currently unknown.