Tricharaea (Tricharaea) brevicornis ( Wiedemann, 1830 )
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6211381 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB0044-0F7A-F302-FF51-C598FC29FE22 |
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Tricharaea (Tricharaea) brevicornis ( Wiedemann, 1830 ) |
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Tricharaea (Tricharaea) brevicornis ( Wiedemann, 1830) View in CoL
Tachina brevicornis Wiedemann, 1830: 299 . Dexia View in CoL ? albicans Walker, 1858: 204 .
Tricharaea scatophagina Thomson, 1869: 541 View in CoL . Sarcophaga caescens Thomson, 1869: 539 . Leucoravinia quadraticephala Townsend, 1928: 143 . Euleucomyia australis Townsend, 1934b: 202 . Xenagria mallogaster Blanchard, 1939: 800 . Tricharaea penai Dodge, 1965: 90 View in CoL .
Tricharaea bilineata Dodge, 1966: 700 View in CoL .
Tricharaea engeli Dodge, 1966: 699 View in CoL .
Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical – Argentina (Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos), Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Chile (Llanquihue), Peru, Uruguay – Australasian/ Oceanian.
Material studied: Buenos Aires: 2 ɗ, 1 Ψ Burzaco, Alte. Brown, I–VIII.2002, Mulieri leg. ( ANLIS); 1 ɗ Villa Elisa, La Plata, III.1980, Mariluis leg. ( ANLIS); 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ Villa Elisa, La Plata, II.1982, Mariluis leg.
( ANLIS); 1 ɗ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires, 13.I.2000 on Coriandrum sativum ( FAUBA); 4 ɗ, 1 Ψ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires, 13.XI.2003 on Coriandrum sativum ( FAUBA); 4 ɗ, 1 Ψ Mar del Tuyú, De la Costa, 25. II.2006 on faeces, Mulieri leg. ( ANLIS); 3 ɗ Santa Clara del Mar, Mar Chiquita, XII.2006, Mulieri leg. ( ANLIS).
Remarks: This species is highly variable in size, chaetotaxy, and body coloration ( Lopes 1973a). The specimens collected in Buenos Aires have yellowish-gray colour, like Brazilian specimens. Illustrations of male terminalia were provided by Blanchard (1939), Dodge (1966) and Lopes (1973a). The female terminalia were described and illustrated by Lopes (1973a).
Biology: This species is associated with sandy beaches ( Lopes 1973a), and presumably has saprophagous habits ( Pape 1996). Flower visitor of Apiaceae ( Coriandrum sativum ).
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Tricharaea (Tricharaea) brevicornis ( Wiedemann, 1830 )
| Mariluis, Pablo Ricardo Mulieri Juan Carlos & Patitucci, Luciano Damián 2010 |
Tricharaea bilineata
| Dodge 1966: 700 |
Tricharaea engeli
| Dodge 1966: 699 |
Tricharaea scatophagina
| Dodge 1965: 90 |
| Blanchard 1939: 800 |
| Townsend 1934: 202 |
| Townsend 1928: 143 |
| Thomson 1869: 541 |
| Thomson 1869: 539 |
Tachina brevicornis
| Walker 1858: 204 |
| Wiedemann 1830: 299 |