Bicellaria spuria Fallen
Creators: name: Barták, Miroslav
name: Kubík, Štěpán
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Hybotidae
Bicellaria
Bicellaria spuria

description: Bicellaria spuria (Fallén)
(Figs 33–34, 45)
Empis spuria Fallén, 1816: 33.
Bicellaria nigra Macquart, 1823: 156. Cyrtoma atra Meigen 1824: 2.
Cyrtoma melaena Haliday, 1833: 158.
Material examined (573, 12Ƥ). Czech Republic: 123, 5Ƥ, Vráž nr. Písek, damp meadow, 49°23'N, 14°08'E, 410 m, 1.vi.1994; 33, same locality, 31.v.1993; 113, 1Ƥ, same locality, 1.vi.1992; 43, Kunice envir., 49°56'N, 14°40'E, 430 m, 5.vii.1984; 43, Šumava Mts, Spálenec, damp meadow, 48°56'N, 13°57'E, 800 m, 28.vi.1992; 13, Šumava Mts, Starý Brunst, along brook, 49°10'N, 13°16'E, 960 m, 21.viii.1989 —all M. Barták; 33, 4Ƥ, Šumava Mts, Rokytecká slať, peat-bog, 49°00'59''N, 13°25'05''E, 1100 m, 17.vi.1999; 13, Šumava Mts, Nová Hůrka, peatbog, 49°09'N, 13°20'E, 870 m; 13, Šumava Mts, Zhůřské slatĕ, peat-bog, 49°04'N, 13°34'E, 1130 m, 21.vii.1999 – all M. Barták & Š. Kubík; 13, Ralsko, 20 km W Liberec, 27.v.1992, B. Mocek; 13, 1Ƥ, Jince, meadow nr. wood, 49°48'N, 14°00'E, 420 m, 1.ix.1987; 13, 1Ƥ, Nová Rabynĕ, 49°49'N, 14°26'E, 300 m, 11.vi.1987; 13, Dobříš, edge of wood, 49°47'N, 14°08'E, 400 m, 19.vi.1988; 13, Velké Popovice, forest edge, 49°54’N, 14°39’E, 10.vii.1988; 13, same locality, 15.vii.1990 —all M. Barták—(CULSP). Finland: 13, Al Foglo, Bano [= Alandy, Föglö], 26.vi.1939, A. Nordman; 13, Joutseno, 24.vi.1947, E. Thuneberg (“ B. bisetosa ” det.?); 13, Geta, Al., 5.vii.1949, E. Thuneberg (“ B. bisetosa ” det.?)–(NHMH). France: 23, 7.2 km SW of Gelles, meadow, 45°43'41''N, 2°41'42''E, 1000 m, 20.v.2008, M. Barták (CULSP). Germany: 13, Dachau, moos, 22.v.1916, Engel collection (NHMH). Great Britain: 13, Hunts, Wood Walton, 9–11.vii.1939, R.L. Coe (BMNH). Italy: 13, S. Martino, spruce wood, 46°11'N, 11°41'E, 1300 m, 8.viii.1988, M. Barták (CULSP). Russia: 13, Salla (probably collected on Russian part of the county), R. Tuomikoski; 13, Kuusamo, W. Hellén; 13, Neminga, Onezh. u. Arch. g. (= Archangel'skaya Prov.), 3.vii.1929, Vorobjeva–(NHMH).
Diagnosis. Bicellaria spuria may be identified according to the key; however, there are several other very similar (still undescribed), species and some will be described elsewhere (see also “Unidentified specimens” section). The main differential characters are as follows: prescutellar part of mesoscutum equally dark as the rest of mesoscutum, usually at most 9 setae in posthumeral and intrahumeral area, body entirely black setose, fore tibia with elongated posteroventral setae, face medium wide (about as 2–3 facets), only left phallic hook long and simply bowed, right one reduced, and hypandrium with narrow and apically straight processes. Because of uncertainty of identification of females, records based solely on females are omitted here.
Distribution. West Palaearctic species. Melander (1965) recorded this species from North America, but this record remains doubtful as well as a record from the Oriental Region [B. spuria?: Bezzi (1912)].
Remarks. Tuomikoski (1955) provided a short redescription, and illustration of the hypandrium. Collin (1961) also provided a short redescription, with notes on synonymy. Chvála (1983) again redescribed this species, provided a habitus figure, and illustrations of the mouthparts, face, antenna, fore tibia, hind leg, and genitalia, and examined the synonymy.
description: Published as part of Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2013, Species of Bicellaria Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) of Europe, with descriptions of four new species, pp. 251-278 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on pages 267-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/224159