Neurotrixa felsina ( Walker, 1849 )

Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, Olea, Maria Sofia & Mariluis, Juan Carlos, 2013, Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species, Zootaxa 3702 (4), pp. 301-347 : 326

Neurotrixa felsina ( Walker, 1849)

( Figs. 5 , 51 )

Material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Adrogué, 12-X-1930, Shannon & Del Ponte leg. ( ANLIS); 1 female, Adrogué, 28-IX-1930, Shannon & Del Ponte leg. ( ANLIS); 5 females, Azul, Ruta 3, 36 °32'10.56"S- 59°37'26.34"W, 07-XII-2011, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 4 females, 3 males, Campana, RNEO, 26-XI- 2009, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 2 females, 2 males, General Conesa, P. del Monte, 5-XII-1938, Biraben-Scott leg. ( MLP); 1 male, General Madariaga, 5-XII-1938, Biraben-Scott leg. ( MLP); 1 female, José C. Paz, X-1938, ( MLP); 3 females, José C. Paz, X-1938, ( INTA); 1 male, La Plata ( MLP); 3 females, 3 males, Magdalena, Estancia San Isidro, VIII-1998, Medan & Basilio leg. ( FAUBA); 5 females, 1 male, Magdalena, Estancia Carretero, IX-1999, Basilio leg. ( FAUBA); 1 male, Magdalena, Estancia Carretero, 16-VIII-2000, Basilio leg. ( FAUBA); 2 females, Ministro Rivadavia, V-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 2 females, 1 male, San Miguel, XI-1940 ( MLP); 1 male, Tigre, 2-XI-1918, ( INTA); 5 females, San Isidro, 25-VIII-1926, Shannon & Del Ponte leg. ( ANLIS); 2 females, 6 males, Sierra de los Padres, Laguna “La Brava” XI-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 5 females, 4 males, Villa Elisa, La Plata, II-1982, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). ENTRE RÍOS: 1 female, Salto Grande, IX-1976, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). SANTA FE: 1 female, Coronda, 21-XI-1939, Biraben-Bezzi leg. ( MLP).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 51 ): Buenos Aires; Entre Ríos (new record); Santa Fe (new record).

References for Argentina . Albuquerque (1954); Hernandez (1988); Lopes (1985b); Macquart (1851); Malloch (1934); Patitucci et al. (2011b); Shannon & Del Ponte (1926).

Remarks. Neurotrixa felsina , recently redescribed by Costacurta & Carvalho (2005), is the only species of the genus present in Argentina . Hernandez (1988) made the description of the immature stages studying flies that breed in cow dung.

Biology. Several specimens studied in this work were collected in envirountments close to farming areas.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 5. Fronto-lateral view. 4. Morellia (Trichomorellia) trichops. 5. Neurotrixa felsina. Detail of postpedicel, on the left, and detail of M vein, on the right.

FIGURES 48 – 51. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 48. Synthesiomyia nudiseta. 49. Arthurella choelensis. 50. Neomuscina zosteris. 51. Neurotrixa felsina. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; black stars: province new record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.