Hyperalonia morio morio Fabricius, 1775

Cunha, André Mallemont & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2004, Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini), Zootaxa 658, pp. 1-5 : 2-4

Hyperalonia morio morio Fabricius, 1775

( Figs. 1–4 )

Hyperalonia morio morio Fabricius, 1775: 797 ; Kertész, 1909: 3; Edwards, 1930: 179; Paramonov, 1931: 64–65; Copello, 1932: 117­120; Stuardo Ortiz, 1946: 96; Hull, 1973: 431; Painter & Painter, 1968: 112; Painter & Painter, 1974: 3; Hall, 1976: 173; Painter et al., 1978: 58; Couri & Lamas, 1994: 120 –121; Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 399 –400.

Female: Length: 20.6–24.9 mm. Head width: 3.2–4.2 mm. Thorax width: 5.3–5.7 mm. Abdominal width: 5.1–6.0 tapering to 1.2–1.9 mm on anal segment. Coloration: light brown; cephalic and anal tubercles and abdominal chitinous rods dark brown, darker apically; setae yellowish.

Head. Cephalic tubercles armed with three pairs of spines not fused in an arch; first pair same length as second pair, directed downwards; third pair 1/2 length of first pair, placed laterally on base of second pair ( Fig. 1 ). Central pair of spines with two pairs of setae, first pair on dorsal surface, near its base, second placed laterally ( Fig. 1 ). In ventral view, anterior facial tubercle same length as central pair, with a pair of setae placed laterally ( Fig. 4 ), additional pair posteroventrally ( Fig. 1 ).

Thorax. With four pairs of setae, two pairs on dorsal surface closely placed, two pairs on lateral surface ( Fig. 1 ); prothoracic spiracle spiral shaped, heavily sclerotized, with concavity directed posteriorly, dark brown, raised above surface and located immediately behind head ( Fig. 1 ).

Abdomen. Segment I with row of strong setae, darker on apex and base, interrupted in center; segments II–IV with row of chitinous rods intercalated with long, thin setae, row of setae interrupted in center; segment V with row of chitinous rods, without anterior projection, intercalated with long, thin setae, row of setae interrupted in center; segments VI– VII with reduced chitinous rods, resembling spines, intercalated with thin setae; segment VIII with row of thin setae, with two reduced chitinous rods in center of row; pleura with row of strong and long setae, sternites with row of strong setae located in center of the segments ( Fig. 1 ); anal tubercle with one pair of spines ( Fig. 3 ), directed upwards, with two pairs of ventral projections, first pair located on proximal third, second on medial third ( Fig. 2 ). Abdominal spiracles spiral shaped, with concavity directed anteriorly, slightly darker and more sclerotized than surrounding area, raised above surface and placed laterally on segments I–VII ( Fig. 1 ).

Male: unknown.

Hosts: Hymenoptera — Sphecidae : Rubrica nasuta (Christ, 1791) Distribution: Neotropical: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Salta, Rio Negro, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán); Bolivia (Cochabamba); Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Chile (Coquimbo, Chubut); Paraguay (Areguá, Assunción, Concepción, Villarica, Yegros); Uruguay (Maldonado, Montevideo, Santa Rita).

Examined material: BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, 7­ IV­1994, 2 female, H.R. Pimenta leg. (C. Pref. /UFMG); BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, 23­ IV­ 1994, 1 female, H.R. Pimenta leg. (C. Pref. /UFMG); BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, 4­ IV­1994, 1 female, H.R. Pimenta leg. (C. Pref./UFMG).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio Fabricius, 1775. 1. General lateral view; 2. Anal tubercle, ventral view; 3. Anal tubercle, dorsal view; 4. Head capsule, ventral view.