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Research Article

Calliphora rohdendorfi (Grunin, 1966) (Diptera: Calliphoridae): a new blow fly in the Italian fauna detected in Calabrian Apennines

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Pages 395-405 | Received 21 Sep 2023, Accepted 01 Apr 2024, Published online: 10 May 2024

Figures & data

Figure 1. Areas in the Calabrian Apennines sampled for Diptera Brachycera. Sites where individuals of Calliphora rohdendorfi were captured are indicated by white dots. Abbreviations: As, Parco Nazionale dell’Aspromonte (Aspromonte National Park); Re, municipality of Rende; Se, Parco Naturale Regionale delle Serre (Natural Regional Park of Serre); Si, Parco Nazionale della Sila (Sila National Park).

Figure 1. Areas in the Calabrian Apennines sampled for Diptera Brachycera. Sites where individuals of Calliphora rohdendorfi were captured are indicated by white dots. Abbreviations: As, Parco Nazionale dell’Aspromonte (Aspromonte National Park); Re, municipality of Rende; Se, Parco Naturale Regionale delle Serre (Natural Regional Park of Serre); Si, Parco Nazionale della Sila (Sila National Park).

Table I. Areas, code sites, sampling sites, coordinates and their ecological characteristics. Abbreviations: As, Aspromonte National Park; Re, municipality of Rende; Se, Natural Regional Park of Serre; Si, Sila National Park.

Figure 2. General morphology of Calliphora rohdendorfi. (a) Habitus in lateral view of the adult female (scale bar: 2.5 mm). (b) Lateral view of the head of a female, showing the yellow-reddish setae in its lower part, extending until the genae (arrow) (scale bar: 500 µm) (c) Ventral view of the head of a female, with the proboscis removed to show the yellow-reddish setae (arrows) (scale bar: 500 µm). (d) Ventral view of the head of a female, with the proboscis removed to show the yellow-brownish palpi (scale bar: 500 µm). (e) Black left basicosta of a female (arrow) (scale bar: 1 mm). (f) Upper calypter of a male, with dark border (arrow) (scale bar: 1 mm). Abbreviations: lc, lower calypter; pa, palps; uc, upper calypter.

Figure 2. General morphology of Calliphora rohdendorfi. (a) Habitus in lateral view of the adult female (scale bar: 2.5 mm). (b) Lateral view of the head of a female, showing the yellow-reddish setae in its lower part, extending until the genae (arrow) (scale bar: 500 µm) (c) Ventral view of the head of a female, with the proboscis removed to show the yellow-reddish setae (arrows) (scale bar: 500 µm). (d) Ventral view of the head of a female, with the proboscis removed to show the yellow-brownish palpi (scale bar: 500 µm). (e) Black left basicosta of a female (arrow) (scale bar: 1 mm). (f) Upper calypter of a male, with dark border (arrow) (scale bar: 1 mm). Abbreviations: lc, lower calypter; pa, palps; uc, upper calypter.

Figure 3. Calliphora rohdendorfi, male terminalia. (a) Dorsal side of the fifth sternite (scale bar: 500 µm). (b) Cerci and surstyli in lateral view (scale bar: 250 µm). (c) Cerci and surstyli in dorsal view (scale bar: 250 µm). (d) Aedeagus in lateral view (scale bar: 250 µm). (e) Pregonite and postgonite in lateral view (scale bar: 250 µm). Abbreviations: cs, cercus; prg, pregonite; psg, postgonite; su, surstylus.

Figure 3. Calliphora rohdendorfi, male terminalia. (a) Dorsal side of the fifth sternite (scale bar: 500 µm). (b) Cerci and surstyli in lateral view (scale bar: 250 µm). (c) Cerci and surstyli in dorsal view (scale bar: 250 µm). (d) Aedeagus in lateral view (scale bar: 250 µm). (e) Pregonite and postgonite in lateral view (scale bar: 250 µm). Abbreviations: cs, cercus; prg, pregonite; psg, postgonite; su, surstylus.

Figure 4. Calliphora rohdendorfi, ovipositor. (a) Ovipositor in dorsal view (scale bar: 500 µm). (b) Ovipositor in ventral view (scale bar: 500 µm). (c) Sixth tergite (scale bar: 500 µm). (d) Seventh tergite (scale bar: 500 µm). (e) Eighth tergite (scale bar: 250 µm). (f) Right sclerotized area of the eighth tergite (scale bar: 250 µm). (g) Clavate cerci and triangular epiproct (scale bar: 125 µm). (h) Sixth sternite (scale bar: 250 µm). (i) Seventh sternite (scale bar: 250 µm). (j) Eighth sternite with two terminal lobes (arrows) (scale bar: 250 µm). (k) Ovoidal hypoproct with long and short setae (scale bar: 125 µm). Abbreviations: ce, cerci; ep, epiproct; hy, hypoproct; sc-8, sclerotized area of the eighth tergite; st-6, sixth sternite, st-7, seventh sternite; st-8, eighth sternite; te-6, sixth tergite; te-7, seventh tergite. Other abbreviations as in .

Figure 4. Calliphora rohdendorfi, ovipositor. (a) Ovipositor in dorsal view (scale bar: 500 µm). (b) Ovipositor in ventral view (scale bar: 500 µm). (c) Sixth tergite (scale bar: 500 µm). (d) Seventh tergite (scale bar: 500 µm). (e) Eighth tergite (scale bar: 250 µm). (f) Right sclerotized area of the eighth tergite (scale bar: 250 µm). (g) Clavate cerci and triangular epiproct (scale bar: 125 µm). (h) Sixth sternite (scale bar: 250 µm). (i) Seventh sternite (scale bar: 250 µm). (j) Eighth sternite with two terminal lobes (arrows) (scale bar: 250 µm). (k) Ovoidal hypoproct with long and short setae (scale bar: 125 µm). Abbreviations: ce, cerci; ep, epiproct; hy, hypoproct; sc-8, sclerotized area of the eighth tergite; st-6, sixth sternite, st-7, seventh sternite; st-8, eighth sternite; te-6, sixth tergite; te-7, seventh tergite. Other abbreviations as in Figure 3.

Table II. Number of C. rohdendorfi individuals captured in the Aspromonte National Park between 2018 and 2019. Jul, July; Aug, August; Sep, September; Oct, October; Nov, November.

Table III. Number of C. rohdendorfi individuals captured in Sila National Park and in Natural Regional Park of Serre between 2020 and 2021. Jun, June; Dec, December. Other abbreviations as in .