Lepidophora acroleuca Painter, 1930

Rodrigues, Paula Fernanda Motta & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2013, A Revision of the New World genus Lepidophora Westwood, 1835 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Ecliminae) with a key to the species, Zootaxa 3682 (1), pp. 1-44 : 9

Lepidophora acroleuca Painter, 1930

( Figs. 2A , 3A , 5A–B , 7 )

Lepidophora acroleuca Painter, 1930: 804 . Holotype male, HONDURAS, Puerto Castilla (USNM). Paramonov, 1949: 633; Hull, 1973: 238; Evenhuis and Greathead, 1999: 208.

Type material examined. Holotype: HONDURAS: Colon: Puerto Castilla [16.02, -85.97], 20.iv.26 (R.H. Painter col.), 1 male ( USNM).

Other material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas: Tefé [-3.37, -64.70], xii.24, 1 male ( AMNH) [F6160–H. Bassler Collection Acc. 33591].

Diagnosis. Lepidophora acroleuca is similar to L. cuneata and L. vetusta in having a tuft composed of two colors of hairs near the posterior spiracle; slightly clavate abdomen; and abdominal segment I with long white and brown hairs. Lepidophora acroleuca differs from L. cuneata and L. vetusta in having the wing apex milky white with yellow veins ( Fig. 3A ); coxa II with long and strong bristles on anterodorsal and posterodorsal surfaces; femur II with short and spatulate brown and white scales on ventral surface; and abdominal segment V with short dark brown covering scales laterally.

Figures

FIGURE 2 A – I. Antenna of Lepidophora Westwood species: (A) L. acroleuca Painter, 1930; (B) L. culiciformis Walker, 1850; (C) L. cuneata Painter, 1939; (D) postpedicel of L. lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828); (E) L. lepidocera; (F) L. lutea Painter, 1962; (G) L. secutor Walker, 1857; (H) L. trypoxylona Hall, 1981; (I) L. vetusta Walker, 1857. (Bars = 1 mm)

FIGURE 3 A – H. Wings of Lepidophora Westwood species: (A) L. acroleuca Painter, 1930; (B) L. culiciformis Walker, 1850; (C) L. cuneata Painter, 1939; (D) L. lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828); (E) L. lutea Painter, 1962; (F) L. secutor Walker, 1857; (G) L. trypoxylona Hall, 1981; (H) L. vetusta Walker, 1857.

FIGURE 5 A – F. Lepidophora Westwood species: A – B: L. acroleuca Painter, 1930, holotype male: (A) dorsal habitus; (B) lateral habitus; (C) L. culiciformis Walker, 1850, holotype female, dorsal habitus; D – E: L. cuneata Painter, 1939, lateral habitus; (D) holotype male; (E) paratype female; (F) L. lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828), syntype female, dorsal habitus.

FIGURE 7 A – C. L. acroleuca Painter, 1930, male terminalia: (A) lateral view; (B) dorsal view; (C) ventral view.