Neodiogmites atriapex ( Carrera & Papavero, 1962 )

Alvim, Edgar, Ale-Rocha, Rosaly & Bravo, Freddy, 2014, Taxonomic revision of Neodiogmites Carrera, 1949 (Diptera, Asilidae) and description of two new species, Zootaxa 3861 (2), pp. 101-126 : 115-116

Neodiogmites atriapex ( Carrera & Papavero, 1962)

Lastauroides atriapex Carrera & Papavero, 1962:52 ; Martin & Papavero, 1970:29 (catalog). Neodiogmites atriapex ; Artigas & Papavero, 1988:213 (key); Papavero, 2009:74 (catalog); Geller-Grimm et al., 2011 (catalog online).

Diagnosis. face black with white pruinescence; frons black; palpus black, black setose; antennae black; pronotum black with patches of brown pruinescence; scutum black with brown pruinescence in front of postpronotal lobe; legs black, coxae with white pruinescence and white setae, femora covered with short black setae, tibiae covered with short yellowish setae; wing yellow with apical and posterior margins darkened; abdomen black, tergite 1 with long black setae laterally, tergites 2 and 3 with patches of black pruinescence, and white thin setae laterally.

Redescription. Holotype male. Measurements: body 18 mm; wing 16 mm. Head: face black with white pruinescence; mystacal setae black; frons black, a tuft of black setae above insertion of each antenna; orbital setae black; ocellar tubercle black, black setose; postocular setae black; occiput black with white pruinescence between occipital setae and postocular margin; upper occipital setae black and lower occipital setae white; palpus black, black setose; proboscis black with black setae ventrally; antennae black, scape and pedicel black setose, postpedicel with sparse yellow pruinescence and black setae on basal half of dorsum. Thorax: second cervical sclerite black, black setose; pronotum black with patches of brown pruinescence; antepronotum with black setae on anterior margin; postpronotum with thin black setae laterally; proepisternum with thin black setae; postpronotal lobe with black setae; three notopleural, three supra-alar and two postalar setae; scutum black with brown pruinescence in front of postpronotal lobe; medial stripe not contrasting with back ground color of scutum; dorsocentral setae just before transverse suture; scutellum black, with pair of long black marginal setae; pleura black with patches of brown pruinescence on anepisternum and patches of white pruinescence on katepisternum. Legs: coxae black with white pruinescence and white setae, fore pair with brown pruinescence laterally; femora black covered with short black setae; tibiae black covered with short yellow setae and long black setae; hind tibia ventrally with yellow pruinescence on apical third, extending onto tarsomeres; tarsomeres black with black setae; pulvillus yellowish; claws black. Wing: yellow with apical and posterior margins darkened, alula hyaline; halter yellow. Abdomen: black, tergite 1 with long black setae laterally, tergites 2 and 3 with patches of white pruinescence and thin white setae laterally, other setae of tergites 2 and 3 yellowish, remaining tergites covered with black short setae; sternites 1–3 with brown pruinescence and white setae long and thin, other sternites black with black setae; terminalia black with bright yellow setae. Terminalia: not dissected.

Female: Unknown.

Comments: N. atriapex can be distinguished from other species of Neodiogmites by the yellow and black wing, which is not found in other species of the genus.

Geographic record: Brazil: São Paulo.

Type material examined. Holotype ♂. BRAZIL. São Paulo: Araçatuba, Rio Jacaretinga, x.1961, J. Lane & E. X. Rabello ( MZUSP).