Toxomerus teliger (Fluke)

Borges, Zuleica M. & Couri, Marcia S., 2009, Revision of Toxomerus Macquart, 1855 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Brazil with synonymic notes, identification key to the species and description of three new species 2179, Zootaxa 2179, pp. 1-72 : 56

Toxomerus teliger (Fluke)

( Figs. 155–157)

Mesograpta teligera Fluke, 1953: 125 (descr.); Wirth et al., 1965: 571 (cat.).

Toxomerus teliger Metz & Thompson, 2001: 228 , 246 (key & redescr.).

Diagnosis. Face 1/3 as long as eye width, yellow; frontal triangle yellow. Proepimeron yellow; scutum black except broadly yellow laterally; scutellum brown with yellow margins, black pilose; anepimeron black. Pro and mesofemora yellow, metafemur yellow on basal 1/2 and brown on apical 1/2; pro and meso tibiae yellow, metatibia brownish. Wing extensively bare; alula broader than cell BM appically, not microtrichose. Abdomen 3 th tergum black with sub-lateral arcuate yellow vitta continuous to basal border and shiny apical fascia. Surstylus very broad; postanal process little distinct; aedeagus slender; superior lobe somewhat trapezoid with curved anterior extension, with setae apically, scattered hairs and erect setae along anteroventral margin. Female genitalia: 9 th tergum with a semicircle black macula with two concavities anteriorly; epiproct slender; cercus slender; hypoproct somewhat triangular; 9 th sternum as in Fig. 156; three rounded spermatecae similar in size ( Figs. 155–157).

Length. Body 9.5–11.8 mm, wing 7.1–8.0 mm.

Type material examined. Paratype. UNITED STATES. Arizona: Baboquivari , Mesograpta teligera , ♂, VII 19–50, H. O. Wright ( USNM) .

Other material examined. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: N. Rio Yuruani, ♂ & ♀, 29/VI-10/VII/1987, Gran Sabana ( FMNH) . BRAZIL. Rondônia: Porto Velho , ♂, 2♀, XI-1954 ,, XI-1954, F. Pereira, W. Dante, & M. Alvarenga ( MZSP) ; Vilhena , 12 ♂ & 12 ♀, X/1986, P. Magno & J. Becker ( MZSP) . Mato Grosso: Pouso Grande , 2♂ & ♀, X/1949, X/1949, W. Bokermann ( MZSP) ; Sinop , 10 ♂ & 6 ♀, III/1976, Alvarenga & Roppa ( MZSP) ; Vera , 12 ♂ & 9 ♀, X/1973, Alvarenga & Roppa ( MZSP) . Goiás: Lagoa Formosa , ♀, 26–28/X/1964, Exp. Depto. Zool ( MZSP) . Rio de Janeiro: Jacarepaguá , ♂, XII/1969, M. Alvarenga ( MNRJ) . São Paulo: Santo Amaro , ♂, X/1962, J. Lane ( MZSP) .

Geographical record. Widespread from the southern United States to southeastern Brazil.