Psilota anthracina Meigen 1822
Creators: name: Radenković, Snežana
name: Likov, Laura
name: Ståhls, Gunilla
name: Rojo, Santos
name: Pérez-Bañón, Celeste
name: Smit, John
name: Petanidou, Theodora
name: Steenis, Wouter Van
name: Vujić, Ante
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Psilota
Psilota anthracina

description: Psilota anthracina
Taxonomic notes. Speight (2020) recognized the problems associated with recognition of Psilota anthracina based on male genitalia features, because of the differences in the figures given by Smit & Zeegers (2005) and Smit & Vujić (2008). In order to resolve this confusion, we studied available European material, including specimens from the Balkan Peninsula, and particularly checked original specimens whose drawings were presented in the two above mentioned publications referred to. After detailed analysis, we concluded that all specimens belong to Psilota anthracina, and that the main reason for the differences in these drawings was a different angle of observation and additionally a slightly aberrant epandrium in the Montenegro specimen figured by Smit & Vujić (2008).
Examined material (published). Smit and Vujić (2008): Austria: 1♀, Carinthia, Eisenkappel, 24.iv.1955, (NBCN); Belgium: 1♀, Hautes Fagnes, 7.vi.2004, leg. B.Wakkie (coll. BW); 1♀, Malmedi, Mont Rigi, 29.v.2005, leg. W. Renema (coll. WR); 1♀, Ottenburg, Rodebos, 25.v.2005, leg. F. v. d. Meutter (coll. FvdM); Croatia: 1♀, Zagreb, Sljeme, 1000m, 27.v.1969; 2f, 30.v.1969, leg. Lambeck (NBCN); England: 1♂, Brockenhurst, 7.v.1945, leg. Wainwright (coll. TN); 1♀, Monach. (= Outer Hebrides?) (NBCN); France: 3♀, Col de Jeau, Mosset, 9–15.vi.2003, leg. M. Willemse (coll. MW); 1♂ + 4♀, Ile de France, Foret d Evry, 25.v.1997, leg. A. v. Eck (coll. AvE); Germany: 1♀, Sachsen-Anhalt, 3km NO Aken, 15.v.2002, leg. F. Dziock (coll. FD); Greece: 1♀, Ipiros, Peristeri Mts., 12–1700m, 24–8.v.1994, leg. S. Andersen (coll. CC); Italy: 1♀, Raibl (nowadays Cave del Predil), vii.1897, leg. Bergenstamm (NMW); Montenegro: 1♂ + 1♀, Boka Kotorska, Morinj, 5.v.1991; 4♂ + 1♀, 4.v.1994; 1m, 7.v.1994; 1m +1f, 1–3.v.1997; 1♀, 12.v.1997; 3m +1f, 7.v.1998; 1f, Durmitor, Sušičko jezero-Zlatica, 19.v.2000 (FSUNS); Netherlands: 1♀, Boxtel, 16.v.2005, leg. L. v. d. Leij (coll. LL); 1♂ + 1♀, Ede, Planken Wambuis, Nieuw Reemst, 12.v.2006, leg. J. T. Smit (coll. JTS); 1♀, idem, leg. John T. Smit (coll. JTS); Spain: 1♀, Pyrenees, Valle de Ordesa, 1500m, 23.v.2004, leg. F. Dziock (coll. FD).
Examined material (new). The United Kingdom: England: 1♂, Brockenhurst, 7.v.1945, leg. Wainwright (coll. TN); Croatia: 1♀, Zagreb, Sljeme, 1000m, 27.v.1969, leg. Lambeck (NBCN); Czech Republic: 1♀, Podyji NP, Nad Sobesem forest-steppe, MT, 340m, 3.v.–2.vi.2003, leg. Bartak, Kubik (coll. MB); 1♂, Podyji NP, Pod Ledovymi slujemi, wetland near river, 26.iii–13.v.2002, leg. Bartak, Kubik (coll. MB); Montenegro: 1♂, Boka Kotorska, Morinj, 4.v.1994; 1m +1f, 7.v.1994; 1f, 1.–3.v.1997; 1♀, Durmitor, Sušičko jezero-Zlatica, 19.v.2000 (FSUNS).
description: Published as part of Radenković, Snežana, Likov, Laura, Ståhls, Gunilla, Rojo, Santos, Pérez-Bañón, Celeste, Smit, John, Petanidou, Theodora, Steenis, Wouter Van & Vujić, Ante, 2020, Three new hoverfly species from Greece (Diptera: Syrphidae), pp. 103-124 in Zootaxa 4830 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4402960