Neomuscina zosteris ( Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926 )

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

Neomuscina zosteris ( Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926)

( Fig. 50 )

Material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Burzaco, 20-03-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Capital Federal, RECS, 29-01-2008, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Ministro Rivadavia, 12-04-2007, Mulieri leg. ( MACN). TUCUMÁN: 2 females, Queb. La Toma, 21- XII-1950, Golbach. leg. ( FML); 1 female, Aconquija, 6-10.XII.1950, Golbach. leg. ( FML); 1 female, Lacavera, 23/ 28-XI-1951. Aczél-Golbach leg. ( FML).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 50 ): Buenos Aires (new record); Tucumán.

References for Argentina . Shannon & Del Ponte (1926); Snyder (1949, 1954).

Remarks. Neomuscina zosteris was described from two males collected in Tucumán province ( Shannon & Del Ponte 1926). Recently a redescription with good illustrations of male and female terminalia was provided by Pereira-Colative & Carvalho (2012).

Biology. Unknown.

Figures

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.