Curtonotum taeniatum

Klymko, John & Marshall, Stephen A., 2011, Systematics of New World Curtonotum Macquart (Diptera: Curtonotidae) 3079, Zootaxa 3079 (1), pp. 1-110 : 71

The Curtonotum taeniatum species complex

This species complex is defined by the presence of a roughened frontal vitta extending from the anterior ocellus to the ventral margin of the frons, and by a patch of rough texture proximal to the surstyli. A roughened frontal vitta is otherwise only found in C. vulpinum species complex sp. G, a small black species. Besides C. bathmedum and C. bivittatum , the three species in the complex, C. flavisetum , C. tumidum and C. taeniatum , are also the only yelloworange species outside of the C. vulpinum species complex. They can be easily distinguished from C. bathmedum and C. bivittatum by the absence of highly contrasting vittae on the frons and scutum and the very different wing patterning (compare Figures 215 and 206 ).

Figures

FIGURES 210–218. Wing. 210. Curtonotum trypetipenne Hendel. 211. Curtonotum impunctatum Hendel. 212. Curtonotum curtispinum Klymko & Marshall, sp. n. 213. Curtonotum brunneum Klymko & Marshall, sp. n. 214. Curtonotum pantherinum (Walker). 215. Curtonotum tumidum Enderlein. 216. Curtonotum hendelianum (Enderlein). 217. Curtonotum scambum Klymko & Marshall, sp. n. 218. Curtonotum papillatum Klymko & Marshall, sp. n.

FIGURES 203–209. Wing. 203. Curtonotum helvum (Loew). 204. Curtonotum floridense Klymko & Marshall, sp. n. 205. Curtonotum nigrum Klymko & Marshall, sp. n. 206. Curtonotum bivittatum Klymko & Marshall, sp. n. 207. Curtonotum bivittatum Klymko & Marshall, sp. n. (Costa Rica). 208. Curtonotum bathmedum Hendel. 209. Curtonotum apicale Hendel.