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 Another Sphyracephala in Europe
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| Darwyn Sumner |
Posted on 18-07-2024 07:10
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Does anyone have a reference to Sphyracephala babadjanidesi occurring in Armenia There's an iNaturalist thread at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229960704 making that claim. Our well known and documented one is Sphyracephala europaea from a region to the west There's a blog for that at https://micropezids.myspecies.info/node/237 The list of references is Papp L., Földvári M. & Paulovics P. 1997. Sphyracephala europaea sp. n. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Hungary represents a family new to Europe. Folia Entomol. Hungarica. 58: 137–146. Simova–Tosic D. & Stojanovic A. 1999. Second finding of Sphyracephala europea Papp et Földvári in Europe (Diptera: Diopsidae). Acta Entomol. Serbica. 4: 149–157. Sumner D.P. 2018. Vernacular names: European Micropezids & Tanypezids (Diptera, Nerioidea & Diopsoidea). Preprint. A 3: 1–14. Sumner D.P. 2018. European Atlas: Micropezids & Tanypezids (Diptera, Nerioidea & Diopsoidea). Preprint. A 1: 1–94. Edited by Darwyn Sumner on 18-07-2024 07:49 |
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| Hansfeijen |
Posted on 18-07-2024 08:37
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The type of Sphyracephala babadjanidesi is from Azerbaijan. I'm not aware of any record from Armenia. The new record from Georgia is not surprising and the fly can also be expected to occur in Armenia. A revision of Sphyracephala is in preparation and will be published before the end of 2024. |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 18-07-2024 13:28
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Dear Hans, I am curious if anybody tried recently to obtain DNA from the Caucasian and European populations (babajanidesi / europea)? I had a case of poor synonymization in tephritids, Urophora syriaca Hendel 1927 and U. dzieduszyckii Frfld. 1864. Despite the absence of morphological differences, they showed mor than 6% differences in COI gene, which is more than enough for very good and early isolaed, perhaps in Pliocene, species. Now I have to resurrect it again, after 30 years of synonymy. This may be the case of babajanodesi and europea, too, unless the European population was introduced to Hungary and Serbia in XX century. Val |
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| Darwyn Sumner |
Posted on 19-07-2024 09:27
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Member Location: UK Posts: 147 Joined: 19.02.05 |
The paper we're looking for is Zaitzev, F. A. (1919): A new element of the tropical fauna in the Transcaucasia (Dipt. Diopsidae). Bulletin Museum Caucase 12: 1-6. If anyone can obtain a copy of this there are several of us who would be grateful. Jere Kahanpaa reckons the journal is "a bit obscure" |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-07-2024 11:00
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Searching in Russian might yield something, too: Зайцев, Ф.А., 1919. Новый представитель тропической фауны в Закавказье (Diptera, Diopsidae). Известия Кавказскаго Музея 12: 1-6.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 19-07-2024 15:46
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10393 Joined: 22.10.10 |
It may be necessary to search under the modern spelling Кавказского as well as the pre-1917 spelling Кавказскаго. |
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| Hansfeijen |
Posted on 11-06-2025 09:37
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Member Location: Posts: 12 Joined: 11.10.09 |
The Sphyracephala revision has been published. Sphyracephala babadjanidesi, described from Azerbaijan, is now considered the senior synonym of S. europaea, described from Hungary. S. babadjanidesi can be named the Eurasian Stalk-eyed Fly. It occurs in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. Revision details are: Feijen, H.R., Feijen, F.A.A. & Feijen, C. 2025. A revision of the four Afrotropical and Palaearctic Sphyracephala Say (Diptera, Diopsidae) with an illustrated overview of the other five Sphyracephala. Zookeys 1241: 1–81. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/151490 |
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