Efferia haloesa (Walker)

Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2008, Review of the West Indian species of Efferia Coquillett (Diptera: Asilidae): Part 1. Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Jamaica, Insecta Mundi 2008 (49), pp. 1-29 : 18-19

Efferia haloesa (Walker)

Fig. 1 , 27-29

Asilus haloesus Walker, 1849: 405 .

Erax haloesus, Johnson 1894: 279 ; 1919: 274; Aldrich 1905: 276; Kertész 1909: 237; Hine 1919:130.

Erax halaeosus, Gowdey 1926: 77 . Spelling error.

Nerax haloesus, Hull 1962: 478 . Combination.

Efferia haloesus, Farr 1965: 478 . Combination, male terminalia illustrated; Martin and Papavero 1970:

65. Catalogue.

Specimens examined. JAMAICA: (holotype m, BMNH); W.I. / St. Thomas / Morant Bay Rd / 14 ½ mi E. of Kingston 22.v.1960 / T.H. Farr ~ Efferia / haloesus (Walker) / det. 1965 T.H. Farr (1 m, terminalia absent USNM; 2 m, 2 f, IJSM). Distribution. Jamaica; May.

Remark. Efferia haloesa is distinguished by

the characters in the key and the combined char-

acters of the terminalia (Fig. 27-29, reillustrated

from Farr 1965), especially the somewhat pointed

apex of the epandrium, long relatively dense setae

of the gonocoxite, and wide abruptly angular

aedeagus.

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of Efferia in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Jamaica.