Apodicrania termitophila (Borgmeier, 1923)

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 : 128-131

Apodicrania termitophila (Borgmeier, 1923)

Syneura termitophila Borgmeier 1923: 57 , fig. 6.

Apodicrania termitophila —Borgmeier 1933: 384.

Material examined. Point 14 (2♂, COLEPAV); point 15 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 19 (2♀ 43♂, DZUP 459503); point 20 (2♂, COLEPAV); point 21 (3♂, COLEPAV); point 27 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 28 (1♂, DZUP 459504); point 29 (2♂, COLEPAV)

Diagnostic characters. Dark, shinning body and head color and distinctly divergent fourth and fifth vein.

Distribution. Antilles, Brazil, and Central America.

Updated distribution for Brazil. Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.

Beckerina luteihalterata Borgmeier, 1925 : Figures 6, 7 Beckerina luteihalterata Borgmeier 1925: 132 , pl. III, fig. 3.

Material examined. Point 19 (1♂, DZUP 459512); point 25 (1♂, COLEPAV).

Diagnostic characters. Scutelum with four equal setae; 2 laterally directed supra-antennal setae; anepisternum bare, and yellow colored halters.

Distribution. South and southeastern Brazil.

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

* Eibesfeldtphora cumsaltensis Disney, 2009 : Figures 8, 9 Eibesfeldtphora cumsaltensis Disney 2009: 605–607 , fig. 2.

Material examined. Point 42 (1♀, DZUP 459542); point 43 (1♀, DZUP); point 46 (1♀, DZUP 459543).

Diagnostic characters. According to Disney (2009), this species is closely related to E. bragançai and can be distinguished from the later by the less tapered upper lateral lobes of abdominal segment 7.

Updated Distribution. Argentina and southern Brazil.

Updated distribution for Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul.

Gymnophora (Cerocratia) aemula Borgmeier 1960 : Figure 10

Gymnophora (Cerocratia) aemula Borgmeier 1960: 292 , fig. 50. Gymnophora adumbrata Borgmeier, 1960: 291 : Brown, 1987.

Material examined. Point 20 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 21 (1♂, COLEPAV)

Diagnostic characters. Species of this genus can only be reliably determined by the male terminalia. This species

is distinguished from others by the apex of right surstylus being narrower or of equal width to base and the left surstylus merging with ventral margin of epandrium.

Distribution. Southern Brazil.

Updated distribution for Brazil. Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.

Gymnophora (Gymnophora) brasiliensis Borgmeier 1960 Gymnophora (Gymnophora) brasiliensis Borgmeier 1960: 289 , figs

45–46, 56.

Material examined. Point 4 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 6 (3♀ 8♂, DZUP 459520); point 7 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 14 (1♀ 3♂, COLEPAV); point 15 (2♀ 3♂, COLEPAV); point 19 (2♀ 2♂, COLEPAV); point 21 (1♀ 1♂, DZUP 459521); point 24 (1♀, COLEPAV).

Diagnostic characters. Costal vein thickened, with small constriction in basal third. R2+3 nearly perpendicular to costa.

Distribution. Southeast and southern Brazil.

Updated distribution for Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo.