Uruleskia aurescens Townsend, 1934

Nunez, Enio & Couri, Márcia S., 2012, Uruleskia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae): Redescription Of The Type- Species, Description Of New Species And Key To Identification, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52 (7), pp. 93-102 : 93-102

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scientific name	Uruleskia aurescens Townsend, 1934
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Uruleskia aurescens Townsend, 1934 View in CoL

( Figures 1-5 View FIGURES 1‑11 )

Uruleskia aurescens Townsend, 1934:397 View in CoL (description of male and female); Guimarães 1971:120 (catalogue).

Diagnosis: parafacial white and fronto-orbital plate entirely or partially golden; 10-16 pairs of frontal setae in males, 7-10 pairs in females, 2-4 pairs below level of antennal insertion; inner and outer verticals present; proboscis length 1.0-1.2 times the head height; scutum with golden pruinosity; wing vein R 1 bare on dorsal surface; R 4+5 setulose from base to crossvein r-m on dorsal surface; scutellum with one pair of basal setae, one pair of subapicals and one pair of short discals; abdomen yellow with brown spots laterally on T 4 and T 5, rarely on T 3; small median apical brown spots dorsally on T 3 and T 4 in few specimens examined.

Redescription: Male. Body length: 6.0-9.0 mm; wing: 5.0- 7.5 mm.

Head: white with parafrontal entirely or partially golden; eyes almost reaching the level of the vibrissa; 2-4 pairs of frontals below the level of antennal insertion; ocellar setae short and similar in length with the shorter frontals; frons 0.15 of head width at the level of anterior ocellus; inner vertical seta present and outer almost indistint from the postoculars; flagellomere slightly brown, yellow on base; proboscis length 1.0-1.2 times the head height ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1‑11 ); vibrissa long; 5-8 pairs of subvibrissal setulae, shorter near vibrissa.

Thorax: scutum with golden pruinosity; acrostichals 1+1 or 2+1; dorsocentrals 2+3 or 3+3; intra-alars 1+3; post-pronotals 2; scutellum yellowish with golden pruinosity; one pair of basal setae; one of subapicals and one of short discals. Wing and calypter hyaline, vein R 1 bare on dorsal surface and vein R 4+5 setulose from base to crossvein r-m on dorsal surface ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1‑11 ). Legs with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia yellow; hind tibia usually with some apical brownish areas; tarsus brownish; fore tibia with one anterodorsal row of short setae; 1 dorsal subapical seta and 1 posteroventral apical seta; mid femur with 1 anterior seta on middle third; 2-3 long posteroventral setae on basal half; 2 posterodorsal subapical setae; mid tibia with 1 anterodorsal and 1 ventral seta on middle third; 2 posterior setae on middle third; 1 anterodorsal subapical and 1 dorsal subapical seta; 1 anteroventral, 1 ventral and 1 posteroventral apical setae; hind femur with one anteroventral row of setae on basal half and 1 seta on apical third; 4-5 sparse posteroventral setae on basal half; hind tibia with one anterodorsal row of setae, the median one the largest; 2-3 ventral setae on middle third, the apicad the largest; 1 anterodorsal and 1 dorsal subapical seta and 1 anteroventral apical seta.

Abdomen: T 1+2 not excavate to its hind margin; T 3 and T 4 usually with small median apical brown spots dorsally; T 4, T 5 and rarely T 3, with brownish spots laterally.

Male terminalia: sternite 5 as described for the genus; surstyli little longer than cerci and with ventral short spines on apical third ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1‑11 ); cerci well curved inward at middle ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1‑11 ); pregonite triangular in lateral view with 2 or 3 microtrichiae; postgonite narrow in lateral view, curved downwards apically ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1‑11 ).

Female: Differs from male as follows: frons 0.25 of head width at the level of anterior ocellus; 2 pairs of proclinate orbital setae and 2 pairs of reclinate orbital setae; outer verticals more developed; palpus slightly swollen at tip.

Type material (all seen): Holotype ♂. BRAZIL. Pará: Urucurituba, Rio Tapajós , 03-13.iv.1937, Townsend det. ( USNM) . Paratypes. 3 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( USNM) .

Other examined material: BRAZIL. Amazonas: 26 km NE de Manaus, Reserva Ducke, armadilha suspensa 10 m, 1 ♂, 03.xi.1988, Rafael, J.A. col. (MNRJ); armadilha suspensa 20 m, 1 ♂, 03.xi.1988, Rafael, J.A. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♂, 10.xi.1988, Rafael, J.A. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 28.ix.1981, Rafael, J.A. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 05.x.1981, Rafael, J.A. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 09.ix.1986, Aquino, L.S. & Barbosa, U. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 07-21.xi. 1994, Rafael, J.A. & Vidal, J. col. ( INPA ); Malaise, 5 ♀♀, 01-10.iii.1995, Barbosa, M. G.v. col . ( INPA ); Fazenda Porto Alegre, 02°23’00”S- 59°56’35”W, armadilha Pennsilvania, [KCN], luz negra, 1 ♂, 14-15.viii.1996, Hutchings, R.W.H. & Hutchings, R.S.G. col. (MNRJ); Parque Nacional do Jaú, 01°53’04”S- 61°35’11”W, armadilha suspensa 20 m, 1 ♀, 08-16.iv.2001, Henriques, A.L. & Vidal, J. col. ( INPA ); F. Esteio, R 1401, km 27, ZF3, 2 ♀♀, 15-30.vii.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 2 ♀♀, 16-31.viii.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 18-30.ix.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 2 ♀♀, 16-31.x.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 3 ♀♀, 10-25.xi.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 2 ♀♀, 04-18.xii.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); Malaise (4), 1 ♀, 04-18.xii.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); Malaise (5), 1 ♀, 04-18. xii.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 04-18. xii.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); armadilha suspensa (1), 1 ♀, 17-31.i.1996, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 17-31.i.1996, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 3 ♀♀, 17-31.i.1996, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. (MNRJ); Malaise (2), 1 ♀, 17-31.i.1996, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); Malaise (1), 2 ♀♀, 15-30. iii.1996, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. (MNRJ); 1 ♀, 15-30. iii.1996, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); F. Esteio, R 1501, km 41, ZF3, 1 ♀, 18-30.ix.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); armadilha suspensa (4), 1 ♀, 18-30.ix.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 16-31.x.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 04-18.xii.1995, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); Malaise (3), 1 ♀, 14-28.i.1996, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ); 1 ♀, 17-31.i.1996, Silva, L.E.F.R. col. ( INPA ). Pará: Oriximiná, Rio Trombetas, Alcoa Mineração, Monte Branco, Malaise, 1 ♂, 07.x.1982, Rafael, J.A. col. ( INPA ). Rondônia: Nova Mamoré, Parque Estadual de Guajará-Mirim, Rio Formoso, 10°19’26”S- 64°33’88”W, Malaise, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, 20-27.x.1995, Vidal, J. & Aquino, L.S. col. ( INPA ). Goiás: Campinas, 1 ♂, i.1936, Borgmeier & Lopes, H.S. col. ( INPA ).