Kelloggina edwardsi Lane & d’Andretta, 1956

Gil-Azevedo, Leonardo Henrique & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2021, An illustrated catalogue of the types of Blephariceridae (Diptera) in the collection of Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-19 : 9-10

Kelloggina edwardsi Lane & d’Andretta, 1956 ( Fig. 3 )

Lane & d’Andretta (1956: 184, fig. 4). Hogue (1971: 4).

Types in MZSP: HOLOTYPE ( Fig. 3 ): 1 ♂ (# MZ 001866), from Brazil RJ, Itatiaia , Rio Campo Bello, 750 m a.s.l., II/1941, H. Laemmert coll.

Diagnosis: Male ( Fig. 3 ): General coloration brown. Head: Front and clypeus dark brown. Eyes broadly contiguous and united above; upper portion quite larger than the lower one. Antenna with 14 segments, scape brown, pedicel and flagellum black. Proboscis slightly longer than head. Palpus with four segments,three basal segments brown, the last one black. Thorax: Pronotum dark brown. Scutum light brown, with 1+1 thin antero-lateral yellow stripes. Scutellum yellow. Pleura dark brown with large yellow marks. Legs: Coxae and trochanters yellow,femora yellow at base and darker apically, tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Hind tibia with two spurs. Hind last tarsal segment with a bristly basal enlargement. Wing hyaline, with costal cell yellowish. Vein m-m present and complete.

Distribution: BRAZIL: RJ (Itatiaia).

Remarks: Female unknown.

Figures

Figure 3. Holotype male of Kelloggina edwardsi Lane & d’Andretta,1956:(A) Habitus,lateral view; (B) Habitus,dorsal view;(C) Head,frontal view;(D) Male terminalia;(E) Labels.Scale bars:A = 2 mm;B = 1 mm; C-D = 0.2 mm.