Muscina stabulans (Fallén, 1817), Fallen, 1817

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 : 320

Muscina stabulans (Fallén, 1817)

( Figs. 22 , 42 )

Material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Baradero, V-1947 ( ANLIS); 1 female, 2 males, Buenos Aires. X-1997 ( ANLIS); 2 females, 1 male, Capital Federal. IX-2006, Torretta leg. ( MACN); 1 female, José C. Paz, Costa leg. Blanchard det. ( MLP); 7 females, 5 males, La Plata, III-1946, Barengo leg. ( MLP); 3 females, Villa Elisa, La Plata, II-1982, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). ENTRE RÍOS: 1 male, Paraná (in Eryngium sp.), 20-XII-2004, Torretta leg. ( FAUBA). MENDOZA: 1 female, 1 male, Mendoza Capital, 28-III-2008, Aballay leg. (IADIZA). NEUQUÉN: 1 female, Villa La Angostura, III-1947, Wappers leg. ( ANLIS); 1 female, Villa La Angostura, III-1994, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). RÍO NEGRO: 1 female, Choele-Choel, I-1977, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). SALTA: 1 female, Salta capital, VIII-2008, Mulieri leg. ( MACN). SAN JUAN: 1 female, Jáchal, La Legua, 31-III-2005, Aballay leg. (IADIZA). SANTA CRUZ: 3 females, 2 males, El Calafate, XI-XII-1994, Mariluis leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Puerto Santa Cruz, XII-1977. Mariluis leg. ( MACN); 2 males, Río Gallegos, I- 1998, Mariluis leg. ( MACN); 1 female, San Julián, 28-V-1924, Paggezo leg. ( MLP). TUCUMÁN: 1 female, Tucumán, 14-V-1926, Shannon leg. ( ANLIS).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 42 ): Buenos Aires; Córdoba; Entre Ríos (new record); Mendoza (new record); Neuquén (new record); Río Negro; Tucumán; Salta; San Juan; Santa Cruz (new record).

References for Argentina . Aballay et al. (2008); Battán-Horenstein et al. (2005); Blanchard (1933); James (1947); Labud (2001); Lahille (1907); Malloch (1934); Perotti & Brasesco (1996); Séguy (1932); Shannon & Del Ponte (1926).

Remarks. A brief redescription was provided by Hennig (1962). The immature stages were studied by Skidmore (1985).

Biology. Muscina stabulans is a cosmopolitan species, associated with urbanized environments ( Patitucci et al. 2010b), recorded in latrines, domestic waste ( Perotti & Brasesco 1996), and biosolids compositing facility ( Laos et al. 2004). It is considered of forensic importance ( Centeno et al. 2002).

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 23. 21. Dolichophaonia trigona, lateral view, with detail of cross-vein dm-cu. 22. Muscina stabulans, lateral view, with detail of M vein. 23. Helina nivaloides, lateral view, with detail of M vein.

FIGURES 42 – 47. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 42. Muscina stabulans. 43. Philornis seguyi. 44. P. torquans. 45. Psilochaeta chalybea. 46. P. chlorogaster. 47. P. pa m p i an a. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; gray stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.