Neomuscina vitoriae Lopes & Khouri, 1995

Pereira-Colavite, Alessandre & De, Claudio J. B., 2012, Taxonomy of Neomuscina Townsend (Diptera, Muscidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 3504, pp. 1-55 : 49

Neomuscina vitoriae Lopes & Khouri, 1995

( Figs. 123–128 )

Neomuscina vitoriae Lopes & Khouri 1995: 51 (description), 52 figs. 11–15 (respectively: fifth sternite; cercal plate, frontal view; cercal plate, lateral view; aedeagus, frontal view; aedeagus, lateral view); Couri & de Carvalho 2002: 154 (key, spelled as vittoriae); Couri & de Carvalho 2005: 9 (listed); de Carvalho et al. 2005: 99 (catalogue).

Diagnosis: acrostichal 1:1; dorsocentral 2:4; mid femur with three preapical setae; hind tibia with one submedian anterodorsal seta.

Color: general body coloration brown; frons yellow, apex brown; facialia, parafacialia, gena and antenna brownish yellow; palpus yellow; scutum with four dark stripes of grey pruinosity; apex of scutellum yellow; calypters white; halter brownish yellow; wing hyaline.

Male. Length. Body: 6.0– 7.1 mm; wing: 6.5–7.3 mm.

Head: eyes separated from each other by 0.08–0.12 mm, at level of ocellar tubercle; 10–12 pairs of convergent frontal setae; ocellar seta large and parallel; postocellar seta large and divergent; inner vertical seta large and divergent; outer vertical seta small and convergent.

Thorax: acrostichal 1:1; dorsocentral 2:4; intra-alar 1; some exemplars with dark setulae at least on posteroventral portion of posterior thoracic spiracle in addition to the flap-like hair cover; fore tibia with distinct submedian anterodorsal seta; apex of fore tibia with setae on dorsal, posterodorsal and posteroventral surfaces; mid femur with row of setae on ventral surface from base to middle, reappearing near apex; mid femur with three preapical setae, on dorsal, posterodorsal and posterior surfaces; apex of mid tibia with setae on anterior, anterodorsal, dorsal, posterodorsal, posterior, ventral and anteroventral surfaces; hind femur with complete row of dorsal and anteroventral setae, and row of anterodorsal and ventral setae from base to middle; hind tibia with one submedian anterodorsal seta and two submedian anteroventral setae; hind tibia with anterior, anterodorsal, dorsal, posterodorsal, ventral and anteroventral setae at apex; wing with one dorsal and one ventral seta at apex of stem vein.

Abdomen: fifth sternit, in profile e projected; cercus, in posterior view, wide.

Female (differing as follows): Length. Body: 6.0–7.0 mm; wing: 6.5–7.2 mm; eyes separated each other by 0.26–0.32 mm, at level of ocellar tubercle; 10–11 pairs of frontal convergent setae, except for upper two pairs, parallel; ocellar and postocellar setae large and divergent; inner vertical seta large and convergent, and outer vertical seta large and divergent; sternite VIII with spike-like setae; epiproct with four setae, setae in a squareshaped arrangement (2:2).

Comments: Unlike the original description by Lopes & Khouri (1995), N. vitoriae has acrostichals 1:1, as evidenced by the examination of the holotype. Lopes & Khouri (1995) placed this species as being close to N. instabilis and N. schadei .

Type material examined: Holotype: male; with setae missing; fore left, median left and right and hind left legs missing; abdomen dissected and stored in a microvial with glycerin; label: white, printed “ BRASIL, Minas Gerais, Paraopeba / 10-XI-1969 / H. Ebert col.”; label: red, printed HOLOTYPE ( MNRJ). Type-locality: Paraopeba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Paratypes: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais. 6 males and 6 females “Paraopeba, Minas, BRASIL, H. Ebert, 10-XI-69 ” ( MNRJ) \ 1 female “Santa Vitória, Minas, BRASIL / F.M. Oliveira, II-70 ” ( MNRJ) \ 8 males and 7 females “Paraopeba, Minas, BRASIL / VII-72 ” ( MNRJ) \ 1 female “Paraopeba, Minas, BRASIL, H. Ebert [two equal labels]” ( MNRJ) \ Rio de Janeiro. 1 female “Seropédica, UFRRJ, RJ / mês I-II-82, d’Almeida col. | fígado” ( MNRJ).

Geographical distribution: Brasil (Minas Gerais [type-locality], Rio de Janeiro).

Figures

FIGURES 121 – 126. Neomuscina vitoriae. Male terminalia: 121. Fifth sternite, dorsal view; 122. Epandrium, surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view; 123. Epandrium, surstylus and cercal plate, posterior view; 124. Aedeagus, lateral view. Female terminalia: 125. Dorsal view; 126. Ventral view. (Scale 0.5 mm)

FIGURES 127 – 132. Neomuscina zosteris. Male terminalia: 127. Fifth sternite, dorsal view; 128. Epandrium, surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view; 129. Epandrium, surstylus and cercal plate, posterior view; 130. Aedeagus, lateral view. Female terminalia: 131. Dorsal view; 132. Ventral view. (Scale 0.5 mm)