Ommatiinae

Bock, Konstantin & Mengual, Ximo, 2023, New records of Japanese robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) deposited at the ZFMK collections, Bonn zoological Bulletin 72 (1), pp. 67-83 : 80-81

Ommatiinae

Cophinopoda Hull, 1958

Cophinopoda chinensis (Fabricius, 1794)

Fig. 11C–D

Asilus chinensis Fabricius, 1794 . Entomol. syst. Tome IV: 383 – Type locality: “ China ” – Type collection: ZMUC [SD].

Dasypogon flavescens Fabricius, 1805 . Syst. Antl.: 169 – Type locality: Indonesia: Sumatra – Type collection: ZMUC [SD].

Ommatius fulvidus Wiedemann, 1821 . Dipt. exot. [Ed.2] Pars I: 214 – Type-locality: Indonesia: Java – Type col- lection: ZMUC [SD].

Ommatius coryphe Walker, 1849 . List Dipt. Brit. Mus., part 2: 469 – Type locality: not given – Type collection: BMNH [SD].

Ommatius chinensis : Matsumura (1931): Illustr. ins. Japan: 325.

References for identification. Tsacas & Artigas (1994).

New records. Fukuoka Pref., Fukuoka, Chayama: 20 Jun. 1999 (1); Fukuoka Pref., Fukuoka, Chayama: 16 Jul. 1999 (1).

Distribution. Japan: Honshu; India; Sri Lanka; China; Vietnam; Java; Sumatra.

Remarks. According to Tsacas & Artigas (1994), C. chinensis and C. oldroydi have very similar female genitalia. Their key mentions the structure of sternite VIII to distinguish both. Our specimens clearly key to C. chinensis and lack the patch of black bristles on sternite III mentioned in the description of C. oldroydi and not mentioned in the redescription of the female holotype of C. chinensis . Tsacas & Artigas (1994) described C. oldroydi from Japan and recorded C. chinensis from the Asian mainland. However, according to Tagawa (2020) the separation of both species is doubtful.

Figures

Fig. 11. A–D. Leptogaster humeralis (Hsia, 1949), male habitus. A. Lateral view. B. Dorsal view. C–D. Cophinopoda chinensis (Fabricius, 1794), female habitus. C. Lateral view. D. Dorsal view. Scale bars = 2 mm.