Copestylum florida, (HULL, 1941)

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 : 703

COPESTYLUM FLORIDA (HULL, 1941)

Larva and puparium: Anterior fold without extra large spicules. Anterior spiracles with three openings. Abdominal vestiture of long, upright setae. Anal lobe with spicules. Posterior breathing tube orange, not tapering. AP lightly punctured basomedially, shiny and about 1.5¥ as long as TR is wide ( Fig. 44 ). Pupal spiracles orange, matt, shining apically, and with three encircling rings of openings in upper half. Pupal spiracles as wide apart as a pupal spiracle is long.

Taxonomic notes: Copestylum florida is distinguished by the nontapering breathing tube and the AP longer than TR. It is most similar to C. vittatum , and Copestylum pachecoi (Curran, 1939) but the AP in these species is shorter or about as short as long.

Material examined (all NMS except where stated): 1 ♂, 2 ♀, three puparia USA Florida, Marion Co. 8 kms south of Belleview 28.xi.1980 C. T. M. ex Opuntia joints; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, two puparia USA Florida, Marion Co. 9 kms south-east of Belleview 5–9.i.1977 C. T. M. ex Opuntia platyclades; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, seven puparia USA Florida, Monroe Co. Long Key State Park 27.xi.1980

C. T. M. ex decaying Opuntia ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, two puparia

USA Florida, Gainesville, Webster No. 13910B RN Wilson ex Opuntia (SI) .

Figures

Figures 44–47. Puparia of Copestylum, scanning electron photomicrographs. 44, Copestylum florida, posterior breathing tube (prp), dorsal view width at TR = 0.3 mm; 45–47, Copestylum vittatum, 45, prp, apical view width 0.2 mm; 46, prp, dorsal view width at TR = 0.5mm; 47, pupal spiracles, whole view from above scale as indicated on images.