Plagiocephalus latifrons (Hendel, 1909)

Kameneva, E. P., Korneyev, V. A. & Ramos-Pastrana, Y., 2017, A New Genus, New Species And New Records Of Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) From Colombia, Vestnik Zoologii (Vestn. Zool.) 51 (2), pp. 125-136 : 127-128

Plagiocephalus latifrons (Hendel, 1909) ( figs 1–11 )

Terpnomyia latifrons Hendel, 1909 a: 18 ; 1909 b: 31. — Ophryoterpnomyia latifrons: Hendel, 1936: 76 . Plagiocephalus latifrons: Steyskal, 1968 : 54.21 (catalogue, synonymy); Kameneva, 2004 b: 18 (key, redescription, synonymy, distribution).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Colombia: Caquetá: Malaise trap in canopy: Florencia, Vda. La Viciosa , C. I. Macagual, 01°30ʹ30˝ N 75°40ʹ12˝ W, 259 m a. s. l., 23.11.2016, Florencia, Vda. San Francisco, Finc. El Recreo, 01°42ʹ24˝ N 75°36ʹ36˝ W, 643 m a. s. l., 07.12.2016, idem, 01.03.2017 idem, 29.03.2017 , Albania, Vda. Florida I, Finca San Isidro , 01°14ʹ50˝ N 75°52ʹ34˝ W, 295 m a. s. l., 21.12.2016, idem, 1.03.2017, Pto. Milán, Vda. San Rafael, Finca Bellavista, 01°09ʹ57˝ N 75°26ʹ04˝ W, 231 m a. s. l., 21.12.2016, 7 Ơ (Y. Ramos) ( CEUAM) .

Distribution. Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay ( Kameneva, 2004 b). Colombia (new record).

Remarks. Examined specimens from Colombia: Milán have extremely long stalked eyes on male, as long as in most examined specimens from Central America ( figs 1–7 ), whereas the specimens collected in Florencia ( fig. 8 ) have conspicuously shorter eyestalks, as described for P. intermedia Kameneva, 2004 ; these specimens have wing pattern typical for P. latifrons , and we consider this to be individual variation.

Figures

Figs 1–11. Plagiocephalus latifrons (1–8 — Ơ: 1–6 —from Panama, 7 — from Colombia: Milán, 8 — from Colombia: Florencia, 9–11 — ♀ from Peru): 1, 5, 7–9, — habitus (1, 7, 8 — dorsal, 5 — left, 9 — anterior view); 2 — head, frontal view, 3 — head and thorax, dorsal view; 4, 10 — face, anterior view; 6 — abdomen; 11 — abdomen and wing.