Megaphthalma pallida (Fallén, 1819)

Shi, Li, Wang, Zhiwei, Ma, Rui, Wang, Yanwei & Yang, Yingang, 2025, A survey of the Calyptratae (Diptera) in the Northern Primitive Forest Region of Greater Khingan Mountains, Inner Mongolia with a checklist of fifty-five species, Zootaxa 5683 (4), pp. 451-491 : 480

Megaphthalma pallida (Fallén, 1819)

( Figs 26‒27 )

Specimens examined. CHINA: 3♂, Inner Mongolia, Genhe City, Mangui Town, Northern Primitive Forest Region of Greater Khingan Mountains, Yanling Road at 5km, unburned area, Pinus pumila, Malaise trap 24, 121°06'30.15"E, 52°53'18.40"N, 843 m, 13.vii.2022, L. SHI, Z.W. WANG, R. MA.

Distribution. Palaearctic: China #, Austria Czech Republic, Slovakia ( Šifner & Bernasconi, 2018), Finland, Norway, Sweden, The United Kingdom; Nearctic: Canada (https://www.gbif.org).

Figures

FIGURE 26. Megaphthalma pallida (Fallén, 1819). Male. A. habitus, lateral view; B. head and thorax, prolateral view; C, D. head, lateral and dorsal view; E. thorax, dorsal view; F. wing, dorsal view; G, H. abdomen, lateral and dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 27. Megaphthalma pallida (Fallén, 1819). Male terminalia. A. sternite 5 ventral view; B, D. abdominal segments 5, 6 and terminalia, lateral and posterior view; C. abdominal segments 6 and terminalia, lateral view; E. epandrium, surstyli and cerci, posterior view; F, G, H. phallus complex, left lateral, anterior and posterior view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.