Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850

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 : 13-15

Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850

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Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850 : xcvii. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Pará (BMNH). Osten Sacken, 1887: 160; Painter, 1925: 119, 126; Paramonov, 1949: 631 –632, 637, 643; D’Andretta and Carrera, 1950: 352 –353; Hull, 1973: 238; Painter and Painter, 1974: 89 –90; Painter et al., 1978: 38.21; Evenhuis and Greathead, 1999: 208; Lamas and Lopes, 2004: 1 –4.

Type material examined. Holotype: BRAZIL: Pará: 1 female ( BMNH) [50–2].

Other material examined. BRAZIL: Pará: São João de Pirabas [-0.77, -47.17], Boa Esperança, 18– 24.v.1990 (A.L. Henriques coll.), 1 female ( MPEG) [Trap Malaise]; Benevides [-1.37, -48.25], 408 km 0 6, 25.vi.1981 (E.L. Oliveira coll.), 1 female ( MPEG); Amazonas: Manaus, vii.1935 (G.V. Vredenburg coll.), 1 female ( BMNH) [B.M. 1935–615]; idem, BR 174, ZF 3, Km 23 [-2.4, -59.87], 59º52'W 2º23'S, 10.ix.1987 (M.V.B. Garcia coll.), 1 male ( USNM) [Proj. DBFF. WWF Res: 3402-388-15]; idem, idem, 28.ii.1987 (M.V.B. Garcia coll.), 1 male ( USNM) [Proj. DBFF. WWF Res: 1207–nº 13014]; idem, idem, 13.x.1987 (M.V.B. Garcia coll.), 1 male ( USNM) [Proj. DBFF. WWF Res: 3402-390-1]; idem, 59º52'W 2º24'S, 02.xii.1987 (M.V.B. Garcia coll.), 2 females ( USNM) [Conv. INPA - WWF Res: 3402-496-13 and 14]; idem, ZF 3 km, 20.ii.1987 (M.V. Garcia), 1 male ( USNM) [2]; Rio Solimões [-3.25, -58.97], 3º15'S 58º58'W, 16.x.1991 (M.V.B. Garcia coll.), 4 females and 3 males ( USNM) [731-2, 769-2, 734-2, 736-1, 732-1, 732-1, 732-2]; Iranduba, Rio Solimões, Ilha da Manchataria [-3.25, -60.10], 16.x.1991 (M.V. Garcia coll.), 1 female ( INPA) [774-2]; Pará: Belém, Mocambo [-6.72, -69.97], 6.vii.1981 (Edimar Lima coll.), 1 male ( MPEG); Primavera [-7.27, -62.33], 19.xi.1987 (P. Tadeu coll.), 1 female ( MPEG); Minas Gerais: Marlieria [-19.72, -42.75], 17.viii.2003 (Y. Antonini coll.), 1 male ( MZUSP) [182]; idem, 23.ix.2005, 1 male ( MZUSP) [collected in the nest–emerged 26.x.2005]; idem, 9.i.2003 (Y. Antonini coll.), 1 male ( MZUSP) [ Lepidophora -81]; idem, 23.xii.1997 (C.D.P. Coelho coll.), 1 female ( MNRJ) [ MNRJ 7759]; idem, 25.xii.1997 (C.D.P. Coelho coll.), 1 male ( MNRJ) [ MNRJ 7758]; São Paulo: São José do Rio Preto, Est. Ecol. Paulo de Faria [-20.03, -49.38], 21.xi.1998 (Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.), 1 female ( MZUSP); idem, 14.iv.1998 (Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.), 1 male ( MZUSP); idem, 30.ix.1998 (Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.), 1 male ( MZUSP); idem, 14.v.1999 (Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.), 1 female ( MZUSP); idem, 21.xi.1998 (Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.), 1 female ( MZUSP); Matão [-21.63, 48.54], 21º37'40"S 48º32'15"W, Mata Semidecídua, 02.xi.2007 (V.C. Silva & D.S. Amorim colls.), 1 female ( MZUSP) [Biota Fapesp, Varredura]; idem, Faz. Cambuhy, 1997 (Serrano, Jesus leg.), 1 female ( MZUSP).

Diagnosis. Lepidophora culiciformis is similar to L. trypoxylona in having femur I with two colors of long scales on posterior surface, long scales on ventral surface and long hairs on anterior and dorsal surfaces. Lepidophora culiciformis differs from L. trypoxylona in having scutum with short golden and dark brown scales; coxa III with long strong bristles on anterodorsal surface; tibia III with white scales on posterior surface and apical bristles on ventral, posterior, posteroventral and anteroventral surfaces; and abdominal segment I with long yellow hairs on anterior margin.

Figures

FIGURE 1 A – D. Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850: (A) Male head, dorsal view; (B) Female head, dorsal view; (C) Female head, lateral view; (D) Wing.

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 8 A – E. L. culiciformis Walker, 1850: A – C male terminalia: (A) lateral view; (B) dorsal view; (C) ventral view; D – E female genitalia: (D) spermathecae; (E) furca.