Physoconops (Pachyconops) rufipennis (Macquart)

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Skevington, Jeffrey H., 2007, The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae – Conopini & Tropidomyiini), Zootaxa 1528, pp. 1-40 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273851
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6251580
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scientific name	Physoconops (Pachyconops) rufipennis (Macquart)
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Physoconops (Pachyconops) rufipennis (Macquart) View in CoL [comb. nov.]

Conops rufipennis Macquart 1844: 167 View in CoL .

Literature: Camras (1955, record from Costa Rica marked with a "?"); Kröber (1937).

The type of Conops rufipennis Macquart, 1844 was examined. The specimen does not fit in the concept of the subgenus Kroeberoconops Camras, 1955 because the flagellum is longer than the pedicel. The specimen belongs in the subgenus Pachyconops (comb. nov.).

We haven’t seen Costa Rican specimens of this species so the occurrence of Physoconops rufipennis in Costa Rica remains doubtful.

The subgenus Kroeberoconops now only includes two species – Physoconops (Kroeberoconops) hermanni (Kröber, 1915) and Physoconops (Kroeberoconops) argentinus Camras, 2004 . The distribution of this subgenus is restricted to Argentina and it is unlikely that Kroeberoconops occurs in Costa Rica.