Copestylum dispar, (MACQUART, 1846)

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 DISPAR (MACQUART, 1846)

Puparium: Posterior breathing tube, shiny and faintly nodulate below TR. Above TR shiny to coriaceous. AP 0.75¥ as long as TR is wide, faintly punctate. Pupal spiracles sharply bent over at halfway point and separated by 1.2¥ the length of a pupal spiracle.

Taxonomic notes: This species may be distinguished from others in the group by the sharply curved pupal spiracles and the faintly punctured AP which is about 0.75¥ as long as TR is wide.

Material examined (CIBIO, NMS except where stated): 2 ♂, 3 ♀, five puparia MEXICO Oaxaca, Valerio Trujano 14.vii.1999 E. G. H., M. A. M., G. E. R. ex P. hollianus ; 1 ♀, one puparium MEXICO Oaxaca, Valerio Trujano 15.vii.1999 E. G. H., M. A. M., G. E. R. ex F. latispinus ; 2 ♀, two puparia COSTA RICA Puntarenas, Buenos Aires, Sabanas Esperanza, 3–9.ix.2000 BHB ex decaying leaves of Furcraea cabuya Trel. (Agavaceae) (INBio); 1 ♂, 4 ♀, five puparia MEXICO Chiapas, Mazapa de Maderos, 850 m, 22–25.vi.2004 ex columnar cactus M. A. M. and C. P. B..