Johowia pilipleura Borgmeier, 1960

Duarte, Juliano L. P., Vaz, Dayana B. & Krüger, Rodrigo F., 2018, New records of phorid flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Rio Grande do Sul, with five new records to Brazil, Check List (Online) 14 (1), pp. 125-139 : 131

Johowia pilipleura Borgmeier, 1960

Johowia pilipleura Borgmeier 1960: 299 , fig. 54.

Material examined. Point 1(1♀ 4♂, COLEPAV); point 2 (2♀ 2♂, DZUP 459549); point 3 (1♀ 2♂, DZUP 459544); point 4 (1♀ 3♂, COLEPAV); point 6 (4♂, COLEPAV); point 9 (1♂, DZUP 459547); point 34 (4♀ 3♂, COLEPAV).

Diagnostic characters. Apart from J. hexachaeta Borgmeier, 1960 , this is the only other species of the genus with setulae on the anepisternum. It can be distinguished from J. hexachaeta by the presence of only 2 setae at the scutelum.

Distribution. South and southeastern Brazil.

Updated distribution for Brazil. Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul.

Megaselia (A.) castaneipleura Borgmeier, 1969 : Figures 11, 12

Megaselia (A.) castaneipleura Borgmeier, 1969: 84–85 , figs 67–69.

Material examined. Point 6 (2♂, DZUP 459556); point 19 (4♂, DZUP 459559); point 29 (1♂, COLEPAV).

Diagnostic characters. This species can be distinguished from all other neotropical Megaselia by the thorax reddish brown and pleura contrastingly dark castaneous Abdominal tergites 1–4 black, 5–6 orange or bright yellow. Hypopygium same color of tergites 5–6.

Distribution. South and southeastern Brazil.

Updated distribution for Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo.

* Megaselia (A.) latimanus (Malloch, 1914) :

Figures 13, 14

Aphiochaeta latimanus Malloch 1914: 31 .

Megaselia (A.) latimanus — Borgmeier 1962: 304–346, figs 42, 45.

Material examined. Point 6 (2♂, DZUP 459575);

Diagnostic characters. Foretarsomeres 2 and 3 reduced. Foretarsomere 1 is longer than 2 and 3 combined.

Updated Distribution. Southern Brazil and Costa Rica.

Updated distribution for Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul.