Anthomyia punctipennis Wiedemann, 1830

Gomes, Roberto Pereira, Fogaça, João Manuel, Bortolanza, Mariza & Pereira, Adriana Couto, 2019, New records of the Brazilian Anthomyiidae (Diptera) and a checklist of species from Palmas Grasslands Wildlife Refuge, Check List 15 (1), pp. 93-103 : 97

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.1.93
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5477375
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0469CB41-1A30-C759-F0B0-FD76EB83F99C
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Anthomyia punctipennis Wiedemann, 1830
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Anthomyia punctipennis Wiedemann, 1830 View in CoL

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Anthomyia punctipennis Wiedemann 1830: 435 View in CoL . Type locality: Uruguay, Montevideo. Malloch 1934: 180 (key), Pont 1974: 3 (catalog), de Carvalho et al. 2002: 108 (key).

Hylemyia punctipennis Shannon and Del Ponte 1926: 24 View in CoL (preoccupied, Wiedemann, 1830). Type locality: Argentina, San Isidro. Synonymy by Shannon and Del Ponte 1928: 142.

Diagnosis. Ground-color light brown, with areas of gray pruinosity. Legs yellow, except tarsomeres brown. Dorsocentral setae 2+3. Prealar seta strong, similar to anterior notopleural seta. Katepisternal setae 2+2. Vein dm-cu straight. Vein A 1 +CuA 2 reaching the wing margin. Wing with spots on vein R 1 apex, vein r-m, 2 on vein dm-cu corners (the inferior one inconspicuous) and an inconspicuos spot between vein R 4+5 and vein M base.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Paraná: 1 ♀, Palmas, PGWR, A.C. Pereira col., Ar, 10.vii.2013 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Curitiba, 17.i.1984, M. L. Silva and A. C. Saad ( DZUP).

Distribution. United States of America ( Albuquerque 1959); Brazil (Amazonas, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul ( Albuquerque, 1959) Paraná ( de Carvalho et al. 2002)); Chile; Argentina; Uruguay ( Michelsen 1997)). This species was introduced in South Africa ( Ackland 2001), Australia, New Zealand and Lord Howe Island (Evenhuis, 2007).