Copestylum sica, (CURRAN, 1953)

Rotheray, Graham E., Marcos-García, Maria-Angeles, Hancock, Geoff, Pérez-Bañón, Celeste & Maier, Chris T., 2009, Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae) breeding in Agavaceae and Cactaceae including seven new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (4), pp. 697-749 : 720

COPESTYLUM SICA ( CURRAN, 1953)

Larva and puparium ( Fig 27 ): Posterior breathing tube shiny below TR. Above TR shiny and punctured. AP just over half as long, about 0.65¥ as TR is wide. Pupal spiracles curved from the base and about 1.4¥ as far apart as pupal spiracle is long.

Taxonomic notes: This species may be distinguished from others in the group by the punctured AP and the AP just over half as long as the TR is wide.

Material examined: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, two puparia, one larva ECUADOR Pinchincha, Guayllamaba 29.viii.2000 Elicio Tapir, E. G. H., G. E. R., ex decaying leaves of a flowered and recently dead unidentified agave ( Agavaceae ) ( NMS) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀, five puparia COSTA RICA Guanacaste, Rincón de la Vieja 19.i.2005 C. P. B. and M. Zumbado .

Figures

Figures 25–27. Third stage larval Copestylum, whole larva, head to the right; scale bar = 7 mm. 25. Copestylum apiciferum; 26, Copestylum isabellina; 27, Copestylum sica.