Efferia Coquillett, 1893

Vieira, Rodrigo, Camargo, Alexssandro, Pollet, Marc & Dikow, Torsten, 2019, Updated checklist of French Guianan Asilidae (Diptera) with a focus on the Mitaraka expedition, Zoosystema 41 (23), pp. 443-464 : 448

Genus Efferia Coquillett, 1893

REMARK

The genus is new to French Guiana.

Tomasovic (2002a) mentioned Efferia demifasciata ( Macquart, 1850) and Efferia fuscanipennis ( Macquart, 1850) as occurring in French Guiana. However, currently these species are allocated in Triorla Parks, 1968 and Nerax Hull, 1962 , respectively (Papavero 2009). Thus, the two Efferia morphospecies collected at Mitaraka represent the first record of the genus from French Guiana (material examined: Efferia sp. 1 [ Fig. 4K ]: 1 ♂, 1♀, Mitaraka/008, MNHN; 1 ♂, Mitaraka/100, INPA; 1 ♂, Mitaraka/115, INPA; Efferia sp. 2 [ Fig. 4L ]: 1 ♂, Mitaraka/007, MNHN).

Figures

FIG. 4. — Selected Mitaraka Asilidae, part I: A, Andrenosoma pyrrhacra (Wiedemann, 1828) ♂; B, Andrenosoma sarcophaga (Hermann, 1912) ♂; C, Andrenosoma sp. ♂; D, Aphractia vivax (Hermann, 1912) ♂; E, Atomosia sp. 1 ♂; F, Atomosia sp. 2 ♂; G, Cerotainia sp. ♂; H, Dissmeryngodes amapa Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991 ♂; I, Dissmeryngodes nigripes (Macquart, 1838) ♂; J, Diplosynapsis sp. ♀; K, Efferia sp. 1 ♂; L, Efferia sp. 2 ♂; M, Eurhabdus longissimus Tomasovic, 2002 ♀; N, Holcocephala oculata (Fabricius, 1805) ♂; O, Hybozelodes dispar (Hermann, 1912) ♂. Scale bars: 5 mm (photos: Alexssandro Camargo).