Sarcophaga (Heteronychia)
Creators: name: Whitmore, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sarcophagidae
Sarcophaga

description: Key to Sardinian and Corsican species of Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (species in square brackets are not recorded from Sardinia):   
1. Males............................................................................................................................................................................ 2  
- Females....................................................................................................................................................................... 12  
2. Mid femur with a subapical posteroventral comb of thick, short, tightly-spaced setae; abdominal tergite 3 without mediomarginal setae..................................................................................................................................................... 3  
- Mid femur without such a posteroventral comb, at most with a few slightly thicker setae apically; abdominal tergite 3 with or without mediomarginal setae......................................................................................................................... 6  
3. Cercus distinctly saddle-shaped in profile (Figs 18, 19)............................................................................................. 4  
- Cercus of a different shape.......................................................................................................................................... 5  
 4. Wing-vein R 1 setose dorsally; juxta extremely long, in the shape of a shepherd’s staff in lateral view, forming an angle with main axis of distiphallus ......................................................................................... thirionae (Lehrer, 1976)   
 - Wing-vein R 1 bare dorsally; juxta short, more or less in line with main axis of distiphallus....................................................................................................................................................................................... uncicurva Pandellé, 1896   
 5. Cercus with a dorsal excavation and straight in profile; juxta with ear-like membranous expansions at base; vesica not visible in profile ................................................................................................................... minima Rondani, 1862   
 - Cercus without a dorsal excavation and m-shaped in profile; juxta without membranous expansions at base; vesica partly visible in profile, spine-like.................................................................................. pandellei (Rohdendorf, 1937)   
 6. Wing-vein R 1 setose dorsally; epandrium red; abdominal tergite 3 usually with a pair of mediomarginal setae (sometimes short, appressed)................................................................................................................................................. 7   
 - Wing-vein R 1 bare dorsally; epandrium red or black; abdominal tergite 3 with or without a pair of mediomarginal setae.............................................................................................................................................................................. 9   
 7. Vertex in dorsal view about 0.70–0.90 x the width of an eye; parafacial at its narrowest point 0.32–0.62 x as wide as eye width in strict lateral view; gena in profile 0.40–0.65 x height of eye; cercus with a deep dorsal excavation; vesica markedly elongated, clearly visible in profile ....................................................................... ferox Villeneuve, 1908   
- Vertex in dorsal view about 0.35–0.50 x the width of an eye; parafacial at its narrowest point 0.13–0.26 x as wide as eye width in strict lateral view; gena in profile 0.30–0.40 x height of eye; cercus without a dorsal excavation; vesica small, not visible in profile; juxta with basal spoon-like appendages.......................................................................... 8  
 8. Phallus with a very long median part of juxta, reaching far beyond tip of juxtal appendages; cercus, in lateral view, abruptly narrowing in distal third and with a long, parallel-sided tip............................... [haemorrhoa Meigen, 1826]   
 - Median part of juxta not elongate, shorter than juxtal appendages or about level with the latter; cercus, in lateral view, gradually narrowing towards tip .............................................................................. bulgarica (Enderlein, 1936)   
 9. Mid tibia without an anteroventral seta (if present, then protandrial segment without marginal setae); abdominal tergite 3 without mediomarginal setae; epandrium red ...................................................................... gabrielei sp. nov.   
- One or two anteroventral setae present on mid tibia; abdominal tergite 3 with or without a pair of strong mediomarginal setae; epandrium red or dark brown.................................................................................................................... 9  
 10. Epandrium dark brown, rarely with a slight reddish tinge; abdominal tergite 3 with a pair of strong mediomarginal setae ................................................................................................................................................. filia Rondani, 1860   
- Epandrium bright red; abdominal tergite 3 usually without mediomarginal setae..................................................... 11  
 11. Pregonite with a pointed tip, hook-shaped; base of distiphallus distinctly elongate; protandrial segment shiny black with just a very narrow line of grey microtrichosity posteriorly............................................. [vicina Macquart, 1835]   
 - Pregonite widening apically, with a rounded tip; base of distiphallus not particularly elongate; protandrial segment partly reddish, with a large spot of grey microtrichosity...............................................[consanguinea Rondani, 1860]   
 12. Wing-vein R 1 setose dorsally..................................................................................................................................... 13   
 - Wing-vein R 1 bare dorsally........................................................................................................................................ 15   
 13. Abdominal tergite 6 divided into two hemitergites, red; midfemoral organ present ................. ferox Villeneuve, 1908   
- Abdominal tergite 6 undivided, either red or black; midfemoral organ present or absent........................................ 14  
 14. Midfemoral organ absent; abdominal tergite 3 with a pair of strong, upright mediomarginal setae; abdominal tergite 6 almost entirely red ....................................................... bulgarica (Enderlein, 1936) or [haemorrhoa Meigen, 1826]   
 - Midfemoral organ present; abdominal tergite 3 without mediomarginal setae (at most with a pair of short appressed setae); abdominal tergite 6 dark brown or black ...................................................................... thirionae (Lehrer, 1976)   
15. Abdominal tergite 6 divided into two hemitergites, red............................................................................................ 16  
- Abdominal tergite 6 undivided, either entirely red, mostly black with a slight reddish tinge, or entirely black....... 18  
 16. Mid femur with a conspicuous, often red, midfemoral organ near apex........................ pandellei (Rohdendorf, 1937)   
- Mid femur without a midfemoral organ.................................................................................................................... 17  
 17. Ventral margin of abdominal tergite 5 entirely black; vaginal plate [dissection necessary] semicircular............................................................................................................................................................[consanguinea Rondani, 1860]   
 - Ventral margin of abdominal tergite 5 at least partly red (Fig. 11); vaginal plate subtriangular (Fig. 15).................... ............................................................................................................................................................ gabrielei sp. nov.   
18. Abdominal tergite 3 with a pair of strong, upright mediomarginal setae; midfemoral organ absent........................ 19  
- Abdominal tergite 3 without mediomarginal setae, at most with a pair of very short, appressed setae; midfemoral organ distinct near apex or absent.............................................................................................................................. 20  
 19. Abdominal tergite 6 black, at most slightly brownish-red .............................................................. filia Rondani, 1860   
 - Abdominal tergite 6 mostly red, darker ventrally................................................................... [vicina Macquart, 1835]   
 20. Abdominal tergite 6 black, sometimes with a slight red tinge .................................................. minima Rondani, 1862   
- Abdominal tergite 6 mostly or entirely red, sometimes slightly darker on ventral sides........................................... 21  
 21. Abdominal tergite 6 strongly narrowing towards middle; microtrichosity of abdomen thick light grey, with black markings reduced to a median line and small lateral spots on tergites 3–5 in posterior view (Fig. 20)......................... ............................................................................................................................................... uncicurva Pandellé, 1896   
 - Abdominal tergite 6 not strongly narrowing in middle; microtrichosity of abdomen less thick, black markings remaining conspicuous also in posterior view (Fig. 21).......................................................... [vicina Macquart, 1835]
description: Published as part of Whitmore, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Sardinia *, pp. 566-588 in Zootaxa 2318 on pages 571-573