Eucelatoria ferox (Townsend, 1912)

Burington, Zelia L., 2022, A taxonomic revision of the Eucelatoria ferox species group (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 5143 (1), pp. 1-104 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5143.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6958374
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scientific name	Eucelatoria ferox
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E. ferox View in CoL View at ENA subgroup

Recognition. Species with affinity to E. ferox have two broad longitudinal thoracic vittae stretching from the fore to the hind margin of the mesonotum ( Figs 1D–E View FIGURE 1 , 2–4 View FIGURES 2–5 ) and the ventral areas of T1+2 and other abdominal tergites covered in dense tomentum ( Figs 47–49 View FIGURES 46–47 View FIGURES 48–49 ). Females possess a long, broadly curved piercer that is nearly abdomenlength or more ( Fig. 94 View FIGURES 94–108 ). The female end tergite is partially fused at base and forked at apex ( Fig. 109 View FIGURES 109–123 ). Males of the species in this subgroup are unknown.

Relationships and ecology. The forked end tergite of E. ferox subgroup species suggests an affinity to E. fordlandia sp. nov. and E. charapensis of the E. gladiatrix subgroup, as females of these species also have forked end tergites. Genetic evidence from the E. inclani sp. nov. holotype ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) suggests that the E. ferox subgroup is sister to the E. gladiatrix subgroup. All species are tropical in distribution. Hosts are unknown.