Lygistorrhina (Probolaeus) edwardsi Lane, 1947

Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira, Falaschi, Rafaela Lopes & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2018, Catalogue of Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) types housed in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 4413 (1), pp. 187-192 : 188-191

Lygistorrhina (Probolaeus) edwardsi Lane, 1947

Figures 7–8

Lane, 1947: 347 (original description).

Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Ferraz de Vasconcelos.

Holotype ♀ with labels: (1) printed on pink paper: “HOLOTIPO”; (2) handwritten on white paper: “ VIII.46 [viii.1946] | S Paulo [São Paulo] | F.Vasconcelos [Ferraz de Vasconcelos] | J.Lane col. [collector]”; (3) printed with handwritten inscriptions on white paper: “ Lygistorrhina | edwardsi | det. John Lane 194 6 [determiner]”; (5) printed on white paper: “MZ004333”.

Condition of type (figures 7–8). Pinned. Missing parts: antennae.

Comments. Lane (1947: 347) described this species based on two specimens, the female holotype above, and a male paratype from Brazil, São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão Municipality. Unfortunately, the paratype was not located and is considered lost. Taxonomic information and photos are available at the FGO website (http:// sciaroidea.info/taxonomy/41578).

Figures

FIGURES7–12.Habitus of Lygistorrhina (Probolaeus). Scale bars 0.5 mm.7. L.(P.) edwardsi, Holotype (MZ004333),lateral view. 8. L. (P.) edwardsi, Holotype (MZ004333), dorsal view. 9. L. (P.) sanctaecatharinae, Paratype female (MZ004338), lateral view. 10. L. (P.) sanctaecatharinae, Paratype female (MZ004338), dorsal view. 11. L. (P.) sanctaecatharinae, Paratype male (MZ004338), lateral view.12. L.(P.) sanctaecatharinae, Paratypemale (MZ004338), dorsal view.