Opalimosina mirabilis
Creators: name: Cao, Wenqiang
name: Yang, Ding
name: Dong, Hui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Opalimosina
Opalimosina mirabilis

description: 5. O. mirabilis (Collin, 1902)
(Fig. 6)
Limosina mirabilis Collin, 1902: 59 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: England, Suffolk, S.L. Newmarket.
Opalimosina (Opalimosina) mirabilis.— Roháček, 1983: 148–149 [generic combination, redescription, phylogenetic notes]; Roháček, 1985: 165–168, 172 [illustr.].
Opalimosina (Opalimosina) mirabilis.— Su, 2011: 80–82, 188 [redescription, illustr.].
Diagnosis: Hind tibia with 1 very long ventral preapical spur; S5 with an arc-shaped membranous stripe separating posteromedial part from anterior part, posteromedial part with densely long setose patches laterally and with a pair of cuticular structures on posterior margin (Roháček, 1985, Fig. 1034); surstylus with 2 robust long setae and 1 smaller one at posterior corner (Roháček, 1985, Fig. 1031).
Material examined: CHINA: Shanxi: Lvliang, Pangquangou: 1♀, Bashuigou, 1885 m, 17.vii.2023, Meilin Li; 1♂, Dacaoping, 1792 m, 18.vii.2023, Leyou Zhang; 1♀, Heiquling, 1933 m, 19.vii.2023, Leyou Zhang; 1♀, Dungou, 1691 m, 20.vii.2023, Meilin Li. Hubei: Yichang, Shennongjia, Longmenhecun: 2♂, 2♀ 1261 m, 9.vi.2023, Jiuzhou Liu; 1♂, 3♀, 1378 m, 9.vi.2023, Xingnong Xu. Enshi, Shennongjia, Xiaoshennongjiacun: 2♀, 457 m, 12.vi.2023, Xingnong Xu; 1♀, 437 m, 13.vi.2023, Jiuzhou Liu. Shennongjia, Xiaguping: 2♀, 686 m, 15.vi.2023, Jiuzhou Liu; 1♂, 5♀, 708 m, 15.vi.2023, Xingnong Xu. Shennongjia, Dajiuhu: 1♀, 1750 m, 18.vi.2023, Jiuzhou Liu; 1♂, 3♀, 1756 m, 20.vi.2023, Xingnong Xu. Shiyan, Shennongjia: 1♂, Shuangping, 1217 m, 23.vi.2023, Jiuzhou Liu; 1♀, Shibalichangxia, 1262 m, 23.vi.2023, Xingnong Xu; 1♂, Liulinxiang, 1089 m, 26.vi.2023, Xingnong Xu. Jilin: Hunchun, Yangpaolinchang: 1♂, 1♀, 150 m, 30.vii.2023, Yishen Xiao. Baishan, Shisandaogoulinchang: 1♂, 1239 m, 15.vii.2023, Yishen Xiao; 1♂, 1300 m, 15.vii.2023, Yuetian Gao. Yunnan: Lushui: Pianmazhen, 1♂, 2162 m, 12.viii.2023, Qicheng Yang; 1♂, 4♀, Pianmadaolu, 2284 m, 13.viii.2023, Qicheng Yang; 1♂, 2♀, Pianmazhenwancaoping, 2162 m, 13.viii.2023, Yameng Wang. Chongqing: 1♂, Beibei, Jinyunshang, 772 m, 10.vi.2021, Bing Zhang; 1♂, 1♀, Liangping, Dahebashuiku, 10–11.viii.2012, Zhifei Li. Beijing: 1♂, Mentougou, Xiaolongmen, 13.vi.2023, Yuetian Gao. Guizhou: 1♂, Tongren, Fanjingshan, 15–30. Ⅴ.2020, Xiao Min & Tao Li, (M) (all EMCAU).
Comments: This species is widely recorded all over the world except Afrotropical region (Marshall et al., 2011). Chinese records of this species were only from China Sichuan previously (Su, 2011). We newly record this species from China Shanxi, Hubei, Jilin, Yunnan, Chongqing, Beijing and Guizhou in this study. It is a very common species occurring on various excrement and especially on manure, but developed also in decayed vegetation (Roháček, 1983).
description: Published as part of Cao, Wenqiang, Yang, Ding & Dong, Hui, 2024, A review of Opalimosina Roháček, 1983 (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from China with new records and two new species, pp. 353-368 in Zootaxa 5551 (2) on pages 359-361, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/14421367