Zaphne occidentalis (Malloch 1920)

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 : 454

Zaphne occidentalis (Malloch 1920)

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Specimens examined. CHINA: 3♂, Inner Mongolia, Genhe City, Mangui Town, Northern Primitive Forest Region of Greater Khingan Mountains, Changliangbeishan, Houdu , burned area in 2002, Pinus pumila, Malaise trap 3, 120º54ʹ40.10ʺE, 52º25ʹ31.24ʺN, 1009 m, 14.vii.2022, L. SHI, Z.W. WANG, R. MA.

Distribution. Palaearctic: China #, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia; Nearctic: Canada, USA, Greenland ( Soós & Papp, 1986c; Xue et al., 2009; https://www.gbif.org).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Zaphne occidentalis (Malloch, 1920). Male. A. habitus, lateral view; B, C, D. head, lateral, anterior and dorsal view; E, F. thorax, lateral and dorsal view; G. wing, dorsal view; H, I. abdomen, lateral and dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 2. Zaphne occidentalis (Malloch, 1920). 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.