Phaonia trispila ( Bigot, 1885 )

Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, Olea, Maria Sofia & Mariluis, Juan Carlos, 2013, Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species, Zootaxa 3702 (4), pp. 301-347 : 330

Phaonia trispila ( Bigot, 1885)

( Figs. 29 , 63 )

Type material examined. Bigotomyia niger Albuquerque & Medeiros, 1980 . Synonymy with Phaonia trispila by Coelho 2000. Holotype male, pinned, abdomen in plastic vial, “Gramado / Rio Grande do Sul / Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 15.I.72 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Holotipo” print on red paper, black frame; “ B. niger sp. nov. [handwritten] / K. Medeiros det. [printed]” on white paper; “ Phaonia trispila / ( Bigot, 1885) / S.M.P: Coelho det. 1994” printed on white paper ( MNRJ).

Other material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Burzaco, I-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Capital Federal, RECS, V-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, 1 male, same data, VI-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, same data, X-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, same data, XI-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, same data, I-2008, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Carlos Casares, I-2010, Torretta leg. ( FAUBA); 1 female, same data, I-2008, Fernandéz & Cilla leg. ( FAUBA); 5 females, Ministro Rivadavia, XI-2005, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 2 males, same data, XII-2005, Mulieri leg. ( MACN). TUCUMÁN: 1 female, Tucumán. ( MLP); 1 female, Sierra San Javier, 6-IV-1929, Box leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 63 ): Buenos Aires; Tucumán (new record)

References for Argentina . Bigot (1885); Coelho (2000); Malloch (1921); Snyder (1957); Stein (1907).

Remarks. The identification of P. trispila was stablished with the redescription made by Coelho (2000). Information on the immature stages remains unknown.

Biology. There is little information about this species. The adults are considered saprophagous (Rodrígues- Fernández et al. 2006), however, some specimens studied in this work were colleted on flowers.

Figures

FIGURES 28 – 29. Fronto-lateral view. 28. Mydaea sexpunctata, with detail of postpedicel, on the left, and with details of legs on the right. 29. Phaonia trispila, with detail of postpedicel, on the left, and with detail of legs and cross-vein dm-cu, on the right.

FIGURES 61 – 65. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 61. Dolichophaonia trigona. 62. Helina nivaloides. 63. Phaonia trispila. 64. Graphomya auriceps. 65. G. maculata. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; grey stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.