Myospila fluminensis Couri & Lopes, 1988

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 : 336-338

Myospila fluminensis Couri & Lopes, 1988

( Figs. 26 , 77 )

Type material examined. Holotype female, pinned, “Taquara / Petropolis / E. do Rio, Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 9.I.71 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Holotipo” print on red paper, black frame; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4276 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, “Taquara / Petropolis / E. do Rio, Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 10.I.71 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4277 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, “Petropolis-E. do Rio / Le Vallon Alt. Mosélia / 24-1-23-2 -58 / D’Albuquerque col.” Printed on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4279 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, without head, “Trapicheiro / Rio de Janeiro / Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 2.XI.70 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4274 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, without abdomen, “Novo Horizonte / Conceição da Barra / Esp. Santo, Brasil ” printed on white paper; “Alvarenga & Roppa [printed] / X.72 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4278 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, “Repr. Rio Grande / Rio de Janeiro / Brasil ” printed on white paper; “M. Oliveira [printed] / VII.72 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4275 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, damaged without abdomen, terminalia in plastic vial, “Angra dos Reis / E. do Rio, Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 25.V.72 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper ( MNRJ).

Other material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Campana, RNEO, 21-I-2010, Patitucci leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 77 ): Buenos Aires.

References for Argentina . Patitucci et al. (2011b).

Remarks. The identification of M. fluminensis was made with the original description ( Couri & Lopes 1988). This species is endemic of the Neotropical region, and was collected in Brazil ( Carvalho et al. 2005) and Argentina ( Patitucci et al. 2011b).

Biology. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 27. Fronto-lateral view, with detail of postpedicel, on the left. 26. Myospila fluminensis, 27. Mydaea plaumanni.

FIGURES 77 – 82. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 77. Myospila fluminensis. 78. M. obscura. 79. Limnophora aurifacies. 80. L. brevihirta, L. marginata, and Schoenomyza argyriceps. 81. L. narona. 82. Lispe setuligera. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; grey stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.