Volucella nigricans Coquillett. A 1898
Creators: name: Choi, Deuk-Soo
name: Ôhara, Kenji
name: Han, Ho-Yeon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Volucella
Volucella nigricans

description: <i>Volucella nigricans</i> Coquillett (Figs. 3A–I, 5I–L) <i>Volucella nigricans</i> Coquillett, 1898: 324 (Type­locality: Japan; Holotype Male, USNM); Matsumura, 1916: 209 (redescription); Shiraki, 1930: 216 (redescription); Matsumura, 1931: 357 (redescription); Sack, 1931: 246 (redescription); Zimina, 1961: 145 (in Palaearctic key); Shiraki, 1968: 215 (redescription); Okuno, 1970: 269 (biology); Kim, 1971: 863 (redescription); Knutson et al., 1975: 336 (in Oriental catalog); Ôhara, 1985a: 210 (in Japanese larval key); Ôhara, 1985b: 379 (biology); Peck, 1988: 130 (in Palaearctic catalog); Ôhara, 1989: 789 (in Japanese checklist); Huang et al., 1996: 202 (in Chinese key); Han et Choi, 2001: 125 (in Korean checklist). <i>Diagnosis</i> This species closely resembles <i>V. pellucens</i>, but can be readily distinguished by having much smaller pale areas on tergite 2 (Figs. 5I, K vs. 5M, O). <i>Material examined</i> Holotype, Male, JAPAN: with the following labels: Japan Mitsukuri; [red] Type No. 3994, U.S.N.M.; Volucella nigricans Coq. (USNM). CHINA: TienMuShan, VI.1937, E. Suenson, ALMelander Collection, 1961, 1&amp;female; (USNM ENT 00033033). KOREA: Chungcheongbuk­do: 20&amp;male;, 9&amp;female;; Gyeongsangbuk­do: 8&amp;male;, 1&amp;female;; Gyeonggi­do: 3&amp;male;, 1&amp;female;; Gyeongsangnam­do: 1&amp;female;; Gangwon­do: 61&amp;male;, 19&amp;female; (YSUW). JAPAN: Unzen 2200 Feet Shimabara Peninsula, 3.VII.1934, 1&amp;male; (ZMH); ditto, 7.VIII.1935, 1&amp;female; (ZMH); Yunokikawachi, Matsuura City, Nagasaki Pref. 9.VI.1971, Y. Ikezaki, 1&amp;male; (USNM ENT 00033032). <i>Distribution</i> China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. <i>Biology</i> This species is associated with <i>Vespula flaviceps lewisii</i> (Cameron) in immature stages (Okuno, 1970; Ôhara, 1985a, b).
description: Published as part of <i>Choi, Deuk-Soo, Ôhara, Kenji &amp; Han, Ho-Yeon, 2006, Taxonomic notes on the Volucella pellucens species group (Diptera: Syrphidae) with a description of one new species from the Eastern Palaearctic, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 1185</i> on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1185.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4920432
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