Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) bulgarica (Enderlein, 1936)

Helicobia bulgarica Enderlein, 1936: 100 .

Pierretia (Pierretia) boettcheriana Rohdendorf, 1937: 345 . Spatulapica nostalgica Lehrer, 2000: 36 .

Type material examined. Pierretia (Pierretia) boettcheriana: Lectotype 3, herewith designated to fix unambiguously the identity of the nominal species and thus promote nomenclatural stability: [transliterated from Cyrillic] Supoevka [Ukraine] / Polt. [= Poltava region] g. Ju. Bar- / ner’. 10–12.VI.01 // 17 / 96 // Sarcophaga / offuscata Sch. / B. Rohdendorf det. // Boettcheri / ana m. // Heteronychia (Spat) / boettcheriana (Rohd.) / Rohdendorf 1937 [sic!] det. // [red label] LECTOTYPE 3 / Pierretia (s. str.) / boettcheriana / Rohdendorf, 1937 / des. D. Whitmore 2007 // Sarcophaga / bulgarica / (Enderlein, 1928) [sic!] / det. D. Whitmore 2007 (ZIN). Paralectotypes (all three conspecific with the lectotype): 1 3: Supoevka, Barner’ (ZIN); 2 3: Jaroshevski leg. (ZIN).

Remarks. Rohdendorf (1937: 346) based his description of Pierretia boettcheriana upon an unspecified number of specimens from “Central and Southern Europe” and Ukraine (Poltava and Kharkiv regions). Differently than in most of his other descriptions, he did not explicitly select a holotype for P. boettcheriana . The above specimens are certainly part of the original type series, and the lectotype was selected for its overall better condition.

Spatulapica nostalgica: Holotype 3: 6.V.1977 / leg. Kugler / GERMANY / Keiserstuhl // Spatlapica [sic!] 3 / nostalgica sp. n. / HOLOTYPUS / Det. Dr. A.Z. Lehrer // Spatulapica 3 / nostalgica sp. n. / HOLOTYPUS / Det. Dr. A.Z. Lehrer / 1998 (TAU) and corresponding slides: [first slide] Spatulapica 3 / nostalgica n. sp. / Det. Dr. A.Z. LEHRER // 3 HOLOTYPUS / Sternite V; [second slide] Spatulapica 3 / nostalgica n. sp. / Det. Dr. A.Z. LEHRER // 3 HOLOTYPUS / Cerci & paralobi; [third slide] Spatulapica 3 / nostalgica n. sp. / Det. Dr. A.Z. LEHRER // 3 HOLOTYPUS / Phallosome (TAU).

Additional material examined. Armenia: Ankavana, 9–15.VII.1965, V. Richter leg., 4 3 (ZIN). Austria: Eichkogel, 11.V.2000, D. Povolný leg., 2 3 (MMBC); Mödling, 8.V.2003, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 (MMBC). Czech Republic: Borotin, 5.V.1943, 1 3 (MMBC); Dĕvicky, 29.VII.1995, D. Povolný leg., 2 3 (MMBC); Pálava, 25.VIII.1990, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 (MMBC); same locality, 22.VIII.1992, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 (MMBC); same locality, 19.VII.1993, 2 3 (MMBC); same locality, 27.VI.1999, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 (MMBC); same locality, 22.VI.2000, 2 3 (MMBC); Říčky, 16.VI.1993, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 (MMBC); Sázava, 350m, 26.VII.1992, Barták leg., 1 3 (ZMUC). France: Calvados, Bénouville, 8.VIII, 1 3 (IRSNB); Col du Lautaret, J. Villeneuve leg., 1 3 (ZMUC), same locality, 3 3 (IRSNB); Gard, Valliguières, 19.V.1999, C. Lange & J. Ziegler leg., 1 3 (NHRS); Gèdre, 28.VIII, 1 3 (IRSNB); Hautes-Alpes, Galibier, 28.VII, 1 3 (IRSNB); Marseille, 10.VI.1906, 1 3 (IRSNB); Montpellier, Garrigues de la Madeleine, 13.VI, 1 3 (IRSNB); Var, Cavalière, VI. 1906, 2 3 (IRSNB). Italy: 87 3 and 25 ƤƤ from Abruzzi, Emilia-Romagna, Latium, Liguria, Lombardy, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany and Venetia (see Whitmore 2009b); Sicily, Palermo prov., Valle del Corvo, 22–30.V.2003, D. Povolný leg., 4 3 (MMBC). Russia: Perm region, Kungur, 28.VIII.1958, Borisova leg., 1 3 (ZIN); same locality 5–14.VII.1960, Borisova leg., 3 3 (ZIN). Slovakia: Burda, 30.V.1976, Čepelák leg., 1 3 (MMBC). Spain: Valencia, Sagunto, 17.VI.1997, J. Tormos leg., 1 3 (NHRS). Ukraine: Kiev, Dniepry, 12.VIII.1959, 1 3 (MMBC); Kiev, nr. Irpin’ river, 8.IX.2003, Yu.G. Verves leg., 1 3 (YVC).

Remarks. The identity of S. (H.) bulgarica is well established since Pape (1995) designated a lectotype for this species, recognizing it as a senior synonym of Pierretia boettcheriana . The examination of the holotype of Spatulapica nostalgica allowed me to confirm the synonymy with Heteronychia bulgarica proposed by Povolný (2002a) and accepted by Pape (2004a).