Neomuscina inflexa ( Stein, 1918 )

Pereira-Colavite, Alessandre & De, Claudio J. B., 2012, Taxonomy of Neomuscina Townsend (Diptera, Muscidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 3504, pp. 1-55 : 17-19

Neomuscina inflexa ( Stein, 1918)

( Figs. 35–40 )

Cyrtoneurina inflexa Stein 1918: 224 (description, original designation); Stein 1919: 127 (catalogue); Séguy 1937: 351 (catalogue).

Neomuscina inflexa Snyder 1949: 5 (key), 18 (new combination, redescription); Snyder 1954: 460 (key); Pont 1972: 50 (catalogue); d’Almeida 1993: 7 –16 (synanthropy); de Carvalho et al., 1993: 58 (catalogue); Couri & de Carvalho 2002: 152 (key); Costacurta et al. 2003: 393 (collected); Couri & de Carvalho 2005: 9 (listed); de Carvalho et al. 2005: 94 (catalogue); Rodríguez-Fernández et al. 2006: 98 (listed); Nihei et al. 2009: 7 (listed); Schühli et al. 2011: 134 (listed).

Diagnosis: acrostichal 0:1; dorsocentral 2:3; mid femur with three preapical setae; male: intra-alar 1; female: epiproct with five setulae, setae in a x-shaped arrangement (2:1:2).

Color: general body coloration yellowish brown; frons dark yellow, apex darkened; facialia and parafacialia white; gena brown; antenna and palpus yellow; scutum with four dark stripes of grey pruinosity; apex of median and hind femora brown; calypters and halter yellow; wing hyaline.

Male. Length. Body: 6.0– 6.2 mm; wing: 6.2–6.5 mm.

Head: eyes separated from each other by 0.07–0.11 mm, at level of ocellar tubercle; 14–15 pairs of frontal setae; ocellar seta large and parallel; postocellar seta large and divergent; inner vertical seta small and convergent; outer vertical seta small and divergent.

Thorax: acrostichal 0:1; dorsocentral 2:3; intra-alar 1; many dark setulae adjacent to the lateral sclerites; apex of fore tibia with setae on dorsal, posterodorsal and posteroventral surfaces; mid femur with a row of setae on posteroventral surface from base to middle, and a row of weak anterior and anteroventral setae from base to middle; mid femur with three preapical setae, on dorsal, posterodorsal and posterior surfaces; apex of mid tibia with setae on anterior, dorsal, posterodorsal, posterior, posteroventral, ventral and anteroventral surfaces; hind femur with a complete row of dorsal, posteroventral and anteroventral setae; hind femur with many distinct anterodorsal setae, not ordered in a row, extending from base to middle; hind tibia with one median anterodorsal setae and four median anteroventral setae; hind tibia with anterior, anterodorsal, dorsal, posterodorsal, ventral and anteroventral setae at the apex; wing with one dorsal and two ventral setae at apex of stem vein.

Abdomen: epandrium with basal projection in profile; cercus excavated apically.

Female (differing as follows): Length. Body: 6.0– 6.2 mm; wing: 6.2–6.5 mm; eyes separated from each other by 0.28–0.3 mm, at level of ocellar tubercle; 9–10 pairs of frontal convergent setae, except for top two pairs, which are parallel; ocellar and postocellar setae large and divergent; inner vertical seta large and convergent, and outer vertical seta large and divergent; intra-alars 2; sternite VIII with strong spike-like setae; epiproct with five setae, setae in a x-shaped arrangement (2:1:2).

Comments: N. inflexa is characterized by the color pattern and dorsocentrals 2:3. Males have a square sternite V, r e s e m b l i n g N. maculata sp. nov. and females have sternite VIII with strong spike-like setae and an epiproct with a 2:1:2 setae arrangement.

Holotype (not examined): MSNM. Type-locality: São Paulo.

Material examined: BRAZIL. Paraná. 1 female “ BRASIL, PR. Antonina / Reserva Biol Sapitundava / 18.VII.1988 ” ( DZUP) \ 1 female “Morro Redondo - PR / 01.XI.2002 / RF Krüger col.” ( DZUP) \ 1 female “Curitiba - PR / C. Imbuia / 15.II.1985 / Malkowski, SR / FIG-AZU” ( DZUP) \ 1 male “Curitiba - PR / 17.V.1985 / CJB Carvalho” ( DZUP) \ 2 males “Colombo – PR / EMBRAPA BR 476 km 20 / BRASIL 04.VIII.1986 ” ( DZUP) \ 2 males and 1 female, same locality and collector, 11.VIII.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 25.VIII.1986 ( DZUP) \ 2 males, same locality and collector, 01.IX.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 08.IX.1986 ( DZUP) \ 2 males, same locality and collector, 22.IX.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 29.IX.1986 ( DZUP) \ 4 males, same locality and collector, 06.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 2 males, same locality and collector, 13.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 2 males, same locality and collector, 20.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 males, same locality and collector, 03.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male and 1 female, same locality and collector, 10.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 15.XII.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 12.I.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 males, same locality and collector, 02.II.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 males, same locality and collector, 09.II.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 males and 1 female, same locality and collector, 23.III.1987 ( DZUP) \ 3 males, same locality and collector, 13.VII.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 males, same locality and collector, 20.VII.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 27.VII.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 males “Guarapuava - Paraná / Est. Águas Sta. Clara / BRASIL 01.IX.1986 ” ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 20.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 10.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 25.V.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 13.VII.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 male “Fênix - Paraná / Reserva Est. - ITCF / BRASIL 08.IX.1986 ” ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 18.IV.1988 ( DZUP) \ 2 males “Jundiaí do Sul - PR / Fazenda Monte Verde / BRASIL 18.VIII.1986 ” ( DZUP) \ 1 male and 1 female, same locality and collector, 07.IX.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 26.X.1987 ( DZUP) \ 4 males and 1 female “P. Grossa (V. Velha) – PR / Reserva IAPAR BR376 / BRASIL 11.VIII.1986 ” ( DZUP) \ 2 males and 1 female, same locality and collector, 18.VIII.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 25.VIII.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 15.IX.1986 ( DZUP) \ 2 males and 2 females, same locality and collector, 06.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male and 1 female, same locality and collector, 20.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 27.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 03.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 17.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 29.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 01.XII.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 05.I.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 males and 2 females, same locality and collector, 12.I.1987 ( DZUP) \ 6 males, same locality and collector, 19.I.1987 ( DZUP) \ 3 males and 2 females, same locality and collector, 26.I.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 females, same locality and collector, 09.II.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 23.III.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 male and 2 females, same locality and collector, 13.IV.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 18.V.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 25.V.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 08.VI.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 06.VII.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 13.VII.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 females, same locality and collector, 20.VII.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female “P. Grossa, PR, BRASIL / (V. Velha – IAPAR) / Ganho & Marinoni / 04.X.1999 Malaise 4” ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 06.IX.1999 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 27.IX.1999 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 17.I.2000 ( DZUP) \ 1 male and 1 female “S. José Pinhais—PR / Ser. Mar BR 277 km 54 / BRASIL 27.X1986 ” ( DZUP) \ 1 male “Telêmaco Borba - PR / Res. Samuel Klabin / BRASIL 25.VIII.1986 ” ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 01.IX.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 20.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 10.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ Rio de Janeiro. 1 female “Retiro, Petrópolis / E. do Rio, Brasil / 17- I-77 ” ( MNRJ) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 18-I-77 ” ( MNRJ) \ 1 male “Alto da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / on rotten banana / H. Guimarães, 7-VII-84 ” ( MNRJ) \ Santa Catarina. 1 female “ Brasilien, Nova Teutonia / Fritz Plaumann / 27º 11’ B 52º 23’ L, V-70 ” ( MNRJ).

Geographical distribution: Argentina, Brazil (Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina [new-locality] and São Paulo [type-locality]).

Figures

FIGURES 35 – 40. Neomuscina inflexa. Male terminalia: 35. Fifth sternite, dorsal view; 36. Epandrium, surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view; 37. Epandrium, surstylus and cercal plate, posterior view; 38. Aedeagus, lateral view. Female terminalia: 39. Dorsal view; 40. Ventral view. (Scale 0.5 mm)