Notiocoenia pollinosa Mathis

Mathis, Wayne N. & Marinoni, Luciane, 2016, Revision of Ephydrini Zetterstedt (Diptera: Ephydridae) from the Americas south of the United States, Zootaxa 4116 (1), pp. 1-110 : 21-23

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4116.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6074058

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scientific name

Notiocoenia pollinosa Mathis
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4. Notiocoenia pollinosa Mathis View in CoL

Figs. 21–26 View FIGURES 21 – 23 View FIGURES 24 – 26 , Map 4

Notiocoenia pollinosa Mathis 1980: 18 View in CoL .—Lizarralde de Grosso 1989: 59 –60 [list, Argentina].— Mathis and Zatwarnicki 1995: 250 [world catalog].

Diagnosis. Because this is the only known species of the pollinosa group, the diagnosis of the latter, as cited previously, will adequately serve to distinguish specimens of this species. Should additional species of this speciesgroup be discovered, character states of the male terminalia will undoubtedly distinguish them from the present species. Small to moderately small shore flies, body length 1.98–2.56 mm; generally shiny, dark brown dorsally.

Head ( Figs. 21–22 View FIGURES 21 – 23 ): Frons width-to-length ratio 0.36–0.38; coloration of frons mostly pale brown with some faintly olivaceous to greenish tinges. Antenna unicolorous, black. Coloration of face unicolorous, whitish gray to silvery gray; antennal groove shallowly impressed. Eye height-to-width ratio 0.86–0.88; gena-to-eye ratio 0.11– 0.13; gena pale brown; well-developed genal seta 1.

Thorax ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21 – 23 ): Mesonotum and scutellum concolorous, shiny, bronzish brown, except extreme anterior margin of mesonotum dull, grayish. Pleural areas gradually becoming paler brown ventrally, grayer, particularly forecoxa and katepisternum. Wing palely infuscate, pale brown, appearing dull; with 2 white spots on either side of crossvein dm-cu; costal vein ratio 0.14–0.16; M vein ratio 0.58–0.61. Legs unicolorous, black; fore- and hindfemora appearing swollen. Halter brownish yellow, unicolorous.

Abdomen: Subshiny anteriorly, becoming distinctly shiny posteriorly; coloration grayish black anteriorly, becoming very dark greenish black posteriorly; female tergites becoming progressively longer posteriorly, also narrowing with gradual taper toward posterior end; male tergite 4 subequal to combined length of tergites 2 and 3; male tergite 5 subtrapezoidal, bluntly rounded apically, length about equal to length of tergite 4; male tergite 4 produced ventrally to acutely pointed apex; male sternite 4 subquadrate, becoming densely setose medioposteriorly. Male terminalia ( Figs. 24–26 View FIGURES 24 – 26 ): Epandrium generally setulose, in posterior view ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 24 – 26 ) with dorsal 2/3 as an inverted U, more thinly developed dorsally, in lateral view ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 24 – 26 ) dorsal arch of inverted U more thinly developed, thereafter ventrally in lateral view gradually becoming wider to level of ventral margin of cercal cavity, ventral 1/ 3 in posterior view ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 24 – 26 ) flared laterally as bluntly rounded, lateral projections, posterior and anterior margins nearly parallel, posterior margin straight; ventral epandrial margin, which is probably the fused surstylus, obtusely angulate with a V-shaped medial notch and partial medial suture; cerci free in cercal cavity, not fused with epandrium, semihemispherical, short, subequal to ¼ length of epandrium and fused surstyli; aedeagus in lateral view ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 24 – 26 ) elongate, conspicuously wider on basal half, apical portion narrowed, slender, pointed apically; gonite produced anteroventrally as curved parallel-sided slender process.

Type material. The holotype male is labeled “ CHILE: Prov. Magallanes Rio Verde 12 Jan. 1966 Flint & Cekalovic/ HOLOTYPE Notiocoenia pollinosa Mathis [handwritten, red].” The holotype specimen is double mounted (glued to a paper point), is in good condition (although both basal flagellomeres are missing), and is deposited in the USNM (76069). The allotype female and four paratypes (2♂, 2♀; USNM) are labeled “ CHILE Chanillo Esperanza 25-II-1962 T. Cekalovic.” Other paratypes as follows: ARGENTINA: Rio Negro: Llao Llao (11.4 km E; 41°03'S, 71°32'W; 760 m), 16 Nov 1966, M. E. Irwin and E. I. Schlinger (2♂, 3♀; CAS); Puerto Moreno (3.7 km S; 41°07'S, 71°25'W; 800 m), 17 Nov 1966, M. E. Irwin, E. I. Schlinger (1♀; CAS); San Carlos de Bariloche (49°09'S, 71°18'W), Nov 1926, R. C. and E. Shannon (1♀; USNM). Santa Cruz: Lago Argentino (49°45'S, 72°W), 26 Feb 1953, A. Willink (1♂, 1♀; FML).

Type locality. Chile. Magallanes : Río Verde (43°23.8'S, 72°31.5'W).

Other specimens examined. CHILE. Aisen: Chile Chico (4.8 km W; 46°33'S, 71°44'W; 400 m; meadow), 22 Nov 1966, M. E. Irvin, E. I. Schlinger (1♂, 1♀; CAS). Magallanes : Río Verde (43°23.8'S, 72°31.5'W), 12 Jan 1966, O. S. Flint, Jr., T. Cekalovic (1♂, 2ex; USNM); Río Tres Brazos (53°16'S, 70°56'W), 9–13 Jan 1966, O. S. Flint, Jr., T. Cekalovic (4♀; USNM); Punta Arenas (53°09'S, 70°55'W), 9–15 Jan 1966, O. S. Flint, Jr., T. Cekalovic, 22 Feb 1962, T. Cekalovic (3♀; USNM); Laguna Amarga (4 km W; 5059'S, 72°45'W), 7 Dec 1966, M. E. Irwin, E. I. Schlinger (4♂, 4♀; CAS); Laguna Amarga (4 km W; 51°S, 72°48'W; 300 m), 7 Dec 1966, M. E. Irwin, E. I. Schlinger (3♂; CAS); Laguna Azul (50°52'S, 72°42'W), 1 Feb 1952, (2♂, 1♀; FML); Cerro Mina Rica (53°07'S, 71°07'W), 13 Jan 1952 (1♀; FML); Dos Lagunas (48°52'S, 72°52'W), 27 Jan 1957, T. Cekalovic (1♂; USNM).

Distribution (Map 4). Neotropical: Argentina (Rio Negro, Santa Cruz), Chile (Aisen, Magallanes ), between 41°–55°S.

MAP 4. Distribution map for Notiocoenia pollinosa Mathis.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

FML

Fundacion Miguel Lillo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

Genus

Notiocoenia

Loc

Notiocoenia pollinosa Mathis

Mathis, Wayne N. & Marinoni, Luciane 2016
2016
Loc

Notiocoenia pollinosa

Mathis 1995: 250
Grosso 1989: 59
Mathis 1980: 18
1980
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