Ins celeris ( Wiedemann, 1828 ) Evenhuis, 2020

Evenhuis, Neal L., 2020, A new genus for Painter & Painter’s Villa “ celer ” - group in the New World (Diptera: Bombyliidae), Zootaxa 4748 (2), pp. 296-314 : 300-302

Ins celeris ( Wiedemann, 1828) , new combination

( Figs. 3 , 4 , 11 , 23 , 30 )

Anthrax celeris Wiedemann 1828: 310 .

Anthrax floridana Macquart 1850: 112 . Coquillett (1887: 173)

Anthrax celer . Incorrect subsequent spelling of celeris ( Macquart 1840: 347; Schiner 1868: 125; Coquillett 1887: 173). Anthrax sagata Loew 1869: 21 .

Anthrax orbitalis Williston 1901: 281 .

Villa (Hemipenthes) celer (Wiedemann) . Incorrect subsequent spelling of celeris ( Painter & Painter 1962: 90) .

Villa (Hemipenthes) pima Painter in Painter & Painter 1962: 92 .

Villa (Hemipenthes) floridana (Macquart) . Painter & Painter 1962: 90.

Villa (Hemipenthes) sagata (Loew) . Painter & Painter 1962: 123.

Villa (Hemipenthes) orbitalis (Williston) . Painter & Painter 1962: 120.

Villa celeris (Wiedemann) . Sabrosky 1971: 85.

Hemipenthes celeris (Wiedemann) . Hull 1973: 385.

Hemipenthes floridana (Macquart) . Hull 1973: 385.

Hemipenthes pima (Painter) . Hull 1973: 386.

Hemipenthes sagata (Loew) . Hull 1973: 386.

Hemipenthes orbitalis (Williston) . Hull 1973: 386.

Types. Two ♀ syntypes of Anthrax celeris Wiedemann , one (with labels) from UNITED STATES: Kentucky (as “ Kentucki ”) [no further data] and “ celer Coll. Winthem ”; the other with just “ Coll. Winthem ” and “ celer det. Winthem ” in NMW (neither seen in this study). Painter & Painter (1962: 90–91) examined the syntypes but did not designate a lectotype.

Holotype ♀ of Anthrax floridana Bigot from UNITED STATES: Florida [no further data] in the BMNH. Type examined. Synonymy by Ávalos-Hernández (2009).

Lectotype ♂ of Anthrax sagata Loew from MEXICO: Tamaulipas, Matamoros [no further data] in MCZ. Type examined; lectotype designated by Evenhuis (1983a: 16). Synonymy by Ávalos-Hernández (2009).

Lectotype ♀ of Anthrax orbitalis Williston from MEXICO: Guerrero, Rincon, 280 ft., Oct., H.H. Smith in BMNH. Type examined; lectotype designated, and synonymy under sagata by Painter & Painter (1962: 120).

Holotype ♂ of Villa (Hemipenthes) pima Painter in Painter & Painter (1962) from UNITED STATES: Arizona: Tubac, 5 August, 1932, R.H. Painter in USNM (USNMENT 1353446). Type examined in this study. Synonymy by Ávalos-Hernández (2009).

Diagnosis. Most similar to I. minas (Macquart) by virtue of the complete infuscation of the anal cell ( Fig. 11 ) and other similar wing infuscation, but can be easily separated from it by the all black scutellum (scutellum with brown dorsolaterally in I. minas ); and the more broad apex to the parameral sheath in dorsal view (narrowed in I. minas ).

Female genitalia ( Fig. 30 ). Furca U-shaped with rounded sublateral projections directed mesally; spermathecal reservoir obtuse with acute apex (not smoothly rounded), sclerotized, basal portion membranous with basal bulb approximately the same length as sclerotized portion; apical spermathecal duct relatively short, slightly shorter than spermathecal reservoir complex; ejection apparatus long, thin, length slightly longer thin spermathecal reservoir complex, with small flared, sclerotized apical valve and narrow subconical non-sclerotized basal valve; basal spermathecal duct thin, subequal in length to spermathecal reservoir complex.

Other material examined. MEXICO: Guerrero: 1♂, 3 mi. N. Chilpancingo, 4200 ft., 28 Aug 1959, R . H. & E.M. Painter ( USNM) ; 1♂, 2 mi N. Chilpancingo , 5300 ft., 31 Aug 1959, R . H. & E.M. Painter ( USNM) ; 1♂, 32 mi. N. Chilpancingo , 1600 ft., 31 Aug 1959, R . H. & E.M. Painter ( USNM) ; 5♀, Acapulco , 11 Jun 1935, R . Pritchard ( USNM) ; 1♀, 8 mi N. Taxco , 5500 ft., 16 Sep 1932, H.E. Evans ( USNM) . UNITED STATES: Arizona: 1♂, Tubac , 5 Aug 1932, R . H. Painter ( USNM) ; 1♂, Tucson , 9 Sep 1930, R . H. Painter ( USNM) ; North Carolina: 1♀, Carteret County: Pine Knoll Shores , 13–14 Sep 1987, G.F. & J.F. Hevel ( USNM) ; Texas: 1♀, Davis County, Limpia Canyon, Davis Mountains , 5000 ft., 26 Jul 1946, H.E. Evan ( USNM) .

Distribution. Mexico (Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); USA (Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina (new record), Texas).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Ins celeris, thoracic pleura showing patch of scales on meron. Arrow points to patch of scales anterior to posterior spiracle. Abbreviations: cx1 = fore coxa; cx2 = mid coxa; cx3 = hind coxa.

FIGURES 4–9. Habitus views of Ins, n. gen. 4, I. celeris, lateral view; 5, I. curta, lateral view; 6, I. constituta, dorsal view; 7, I. ignea, dorsal view; 8, I. martinorum, dorsal view; 9, I. pectorcolumbo, n. sp., lateral view.

FIGURES 10–19. Hemipenthes wing. 10, H. sinuosa. 11–17, Ins wings. 11, I. celeris; 12, I. curta; 13, I. constituta; 14, I. ignea; 15, I. martinorum; 16, I. minas; 17, I. pectorcolumbo, n. sp.; 18, I. pleuralis; 19, I. zanouts, n. sp.

FIGURES 22–23. Male genitalia. 22, Hemipenthes jaennickeana, A, distiphallus and parameral sheath, lateral view, B. parameral sheath dorsal view. 23, Ins celeris, A, distiphallus and parameral sheath, lateral view, B. parameral sheath dorsal view. Abbreviations: dis = distiphallus; par = parameral sheath.

FIGURES 29–33. Female genitalia. 29, Hemipenthes jaennickeana, spermathecal complex; 30–33. Ins female spermathecal complexes. 30, I. celeris;31, I. curta; 32, I. galathea; 33. I. ignea. Abbreviations: ad = apical spermathecal duct; av = apical valve; bv = basal valve; fur= furca; ej = ejection apparatus; sp = spermathecal reservoir