Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) giganta Pape, 1996

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

Sarcophaga giganta Pape, 1996: 328 . 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); it is known, so far, only from Croatia.