Neottiophilum praeustum ( Meigen, 1826 )

Misiachna, A. V. & Korneyev, V. A., 2015, The First Records Of The Skipper Flies (Diptera, Piophilidae) From Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (2), pp. 113-118 : 117

Neottiophilum praeustum ( Meigen, 1826) ( fig. 3 , 5)

Meigen, 1826: 169 ( Dryomyza ); Czerny, 1930: 10; Stackelberg, 1970 b: 219; McAlpine, 1977: 21; Soós, 1984: 241; Merz, 1996: 349 ( Neottiophilum ).

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine, 17 km NW Cherkasy, 2.05.198 8, 1 ♂ (head missing) (Zrazhevsky) ( SIZK) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe: Austria, Great Britain, France, NW Russia, Germany, Switzerland (Ozerov, 2013). First record from Ukraine.

D i a g n o s i s. This species can be easily recognized from having patterned wing ( fig. 3 , 5) with vein R 1 setulose apically, and presence of three or four katepisternal setae.

R e m a r k s. Ectoparasite on nestlings in the nests of passerine birds ( Czerny, 1930).

Figures

Fig. 3. Prochyliza nigrimana (1), Protopiophila latipes (2), Stearibia nigriceps (3–4), and Neottiophilum praeustum (5): 1, 3 — habitus, left; 2, 4 — head and mesonotum, dorsal, 5 — wing. Рис. 3. Prochyliza nigrimana (1), Protopiophila latipes (2), Stearibia nigriceps (3–4) и Neottiophilum praeustum (5): 1, 3 — общий вид, слева; 2, 4 — голова и среднеспинка, сверху; 5 — крыло.