Eudexia orientalis ( Townsend, 1927 ) Santis, 2021

Santis, Marcelo Domingos De, 2021, The Neotropical genus Eudexia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 (Tachinidae: Dexiinae: Dexiini): lectotype fixation for the type species, synonymy and a new species from Brazil, Zootaxa 5004 (4), pp. 538-550 : 545

Eudexia orientalis ( Townsend, 1927) , comb. nov.

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Cordillerodexia orientalis Townsend, 1927: 300 . References: Guimarães (1971: 29; catalog); O’Hara et al. (2020: 37; checklist of World Tachinidae ).

Material examined. Holotype male ( USNM; examined from photographs) from: “Escalera H/nov, 3./near top”; “ Cordillerodexia /orientalis/Det CHTT ♂ ”; “Type”; “USNMENT/01518147” . Holotype in good condition, but ab- domen damaged.

Diagnosis. Head light-silvery pruinose. Prementum short, 0.5x length of head, postpedicel light brown, but proximal 1/5 dark yellow. Parafacialia with just some scattered setulae. Upper calypter dark brown. Abdominal tergites 3 and 4 with a very thin and inconspicuous brownish-black median vitta.

Distribution. Peru ( Saint Martin).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Eudexia orientalis (Townsend, 1927), holotype male (USNM). A. Dorsal habitus. B. Head, frontal view. C. Lateral habitus. D. Labels.