SANITARY ZOOLOGY G + aH eee aan Vol. jo. 4 im Eis Notes on Flies of Medical Importance in Japan Part XXVI. Description of a new species belonging to the genus Pollenia in Japan (Diptera, Calliphoridae) Rokuro Kano* and Satoshi Shinonaga* In the present paper the authors describe a new species belonging to the genus Pollenia collected in Japan. ‘The specimens were ob- tained mainly in mountainous areas of northern Honshu, but one specimen was found in the fly collection of Mr. M. Ueda in Kyushu, The authors express their sincere appreciation to Dr. S. Fukushi, Hirosaki University, and Mr. M, Ueda, Kita-kyushu City, who loaned the materi- als to them ; to Dr. K. Kaneko, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and T. Watanabe, Sen- dai City, who assisted in the collecting of ma- terials ; to Col. Joseph F. Meteger and Col Hugh L. Keegan for their helps to. make this study ; and to Miss, M, Misaki, 406th Medical Laboratory, U.S. Army, for her beautiful and accurate drawings. This study was partly per- formed with the funds of the U.S. Army Me- dical Research and Development Command. Description Pollenia japonica sp. n. Japanese name: Kinpatsu-himekurobae MALE, Body length: 6-8 mm, Head; Eyes holoptic, but slightly sepa- rated ; ocellar triangle black ; frontal vitta black and broadening below ; frontal bristles 10-11 ; * WAAL, MA GE: Department of Medical Zo- ology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University. parafrontals and parafacials dark brown with golden pruinescence and numerous short bris- tles ; anterior part of gena reddish brown with- out hairs and pollen ; antennae blackish brown, third antennal segment with golden pollen and its length about twice that of the second ; arista feathered ; face black with silvery pollen ; facial carina undeveloped ; metacephalon and posterior part of gena black with silvery or golden pru- inescence and numerous black hairs ; postocular setae black, first row regular ; palpi black, Thorax: Black and equally covered with golden tomenta on the dorsal surface ; anterior part of mesonotum silvery pollinose; _meso- pleura, hypopleura and sternopleura with fine golden hairs, propleura bare ; acrostichal bris- tles 243 (rarely middle bristle absent) ; dorso- central bristles 2-+3; intra-alar bristles 1-+2 5 presutural bristle 1; humeral bristles 2 (rarely 3); posthumeral bristle 1; notopleural bristles 2; supra-alar bristles 3; postalar bristles 2; apicoscutellar and discoscutellar bristles 1 pair each ; lateroscutellar bristles 2 pairs; sterno- pleural bristles 1:1; mesothoracie and meta- thoracic spiracles with dense dark brown pile. Wings: Hyaline, slightly infuscated toward anterior margin ; costa extending near the tip ; Rs cell closed and sometimes slightly petiolate, Ri and Ras bare ; ventral surface of basal node of Res without hairs; length of section IIL of(224) ‘ti % ® costa about five-eighths that of section V; sec- tion V of costa with short spines along basal one-seventh of anterior margin; epaulet and basicostal scale black ; halter brown ; upper and lower squamae yellowish brown without hairs, Legs: Black. Fore femur with a pair of rows of long bristles on the posterodorsal sur. face, a row of long bristles on the posteroventral with several short bristles on surface ; fore tib the anterodorsal surface, 2 or 3 bristles on the posterolateral surface ; mid femur with 1 bristle (rarely 2 bristles) on the middle part of the anteroventral surface, sparce row of long bris. tles on the posteroventral surface, a pair of rows of bristles each on the distal halves of anterior and posterior margins of the ventral surface ; mid tibia with 1 bristle on the middle of the anterolateral surface, 3 bristles on the posterolateral surface, 1 bristle on the distal one-third of the posteroventral surface ; hind femur with a row of long strong bristles each 1966 4 Vol. 17 No. 4 on the anterodorsal and anteroventral surfaces, 1 or 2 short bristles on the distal part of the posterodorsal surface, 1 short bristle on the distal part of the posterolateral surface, a row of bris tles on the basal half of the posteroventral sur- face ; hind tibia with 2 or 3 bristles on the anterolateral surface, several bristles on the pos- terodorsal surface, 1 to 4 short bristles on the middle portion of the anteroventral surface. Abdomen: Metallic black, with golden to silvery pollinosity under certain incidence of light ; 2nd and 3rd abdominal tergites without remarkable median marginal bristles, but with several marginal bristles; 4th and Sth abdomi- nal tergites with strong marginal bristles respee- tively ; Ist to 4th sternites with numerous long bristles ; Ist and 2nd genital tergites black with numerous hairs and silvery pollen, Ist genital tergite with marginal bristles; forceps dark brown; Sth sternite, forceps and genitalia as shown in Fig. 1 (C, D, E and F), J on .~ Fig. 1. Pollenia japonica sp. n. A: Dorsal view of male. B: Lateral view of male head. C : Fifth sternite of male. D: Male terminalia, Forceps. Ejaculatory apodeme, G: First to fifth sternites of female. H ovipositor. I: Tergites of ovipositor. J : Spermathecae and signum.fh AR) % 1966 F Vol 17 No. 4 (225) FEMALE Body length; 7.5-9 mm. Head: Frons as wide as width of one eye ; outer vertical bristles well developed ; 2 or 3 proclinate fronto-orbital bristles present. Wings: Slightly darker than those of the male, Thorax, Legs and Abdomen: Characters similar to those of the male except for sternites and genitalia, Sternites, ovipositor and_sper- ‘mathecae as shown in Fig. 1. (G, H, I and J). Holotype: A male, Mt. Zao, Miyagi Pref., 2 Sep. 1963, R. Kano leg, Paratypes: A female, Asama pasture, Gunma Pref, 9 Aug. 1965, R. Kano leg. 1 male, Takaoka, Aomori Pref., 30 Oct. 1964, S. Fukushi leg. 1 male, Mt. Sarakura, Kita-kyushu City, Fukuoka Pref., 22 Nov. 1964, M. Ueda leg. 2 females, Doroyu Onsen, Akita Pref., 25- 27 Aug. 1965, K. Kaneko and R. Kano leg. Localities: Mt. Iwaki (Aomori), Takata (Aomori), Mt. Zao (Miyagi), Asama pasture (Gunma), Doroya Onsen (Akita), Mt. Hakusan (Ishikawa), and Mt. Sarakura (Fukuoka). Remarks: This species is collected on flowers or blossoms along mountain paths. According to Keilin (1915) the larva of Pol- lenia rudis is a parasite in the earthworm, Allobophora chlorotica Savigny, therefore, it ‘This species is closely related to P. intermedia, ‘but it differs from the latter by the features described below : Species PS | P. japonica | P. intermedia Features] : a dere ee Ventalia of | Tounded pointed apically 1 part cof paraphallus_|_ ‘aight bent dorsally Outer forceps | slender breed is supposed that the larvae of this species may be also parasitic to some kinds of invertebrates such as the earthworm, Kurahashi (1963) reported Pollenia intermedia Macquart as a new record from Japan, but it was identified as identical species with P. japonica by the authors, REFERENCES 1) Senior-White, R., Aubertin, D. and J. Smart ‘The Fauna of British India, Diptera VI, Calli phoridae. pp. 115-132 (1940). —2) Séguy, E.: Ei eyclopédie Entomologique, XX. 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