Polietina orbitalis (Stein, 1904)

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 : 315-316

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6164732
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scientific name	Polietina orbitalis (Stein, 1904)
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Polietina orbitalis (Stein, 1904) View in CoL

( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 3 , 35 View FIGURES 33 – 37 )

Type material examined. Neotype male, pinned, damaged, without abdomen, “Grajahú / Rio 1.XII.40 / Lopes & Oliveira” printed on white paper, black frame; “Smythomyia / orbitalis (Stein) [handwritten] / D. Albuquerque det. [printed]” on white paper, black frame; “♂” handwritten on white paper; “ MNRJ [printed] 5864 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame; “Neótipo (a lamina / de ♂ é deste)” handwritten on folded paper, with blue ink ( MNRJ).

Other material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Campana, Reserva Natural Estricta Otamendi ( RNEO), 26-XI-2009, Patitucci leg. ( MACN). MISIONES: 2 females, Iguazú, X-1988, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). TUCUMAN: 1 female, 1 male, Yerba Buena, P.Sa. San Javier, 1103 m.a.s.l, 26° 47' 10.80"S, 65° 23' 23.40"W, XI-2010, Mulieri & Patitucci leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 33 – 37 ): Buenos Aires; Misiones; Tucumán (new record).

References for Argentina View in CoL . Albuquerque (1956a); Patitucci et al. (2011b).

Remarks. Couri & Carvalho (1997) presented a detailed redescription of the species with illustrations of male and female terminalia. Recently, a review of the Neotropical species of this genus was made by Nihei & Carvalho (2007).

Biology. Couri & Carvalho (1997) found a female specimen with the presence of hatched eggs and considered the species as larviparous. Later, Nihei & Carvalho (2002) presented a gynandromorphism report for this species.