Pattonella (Peckia) lutzi, (Lopes, 1958)

Camargo, Sofia Lins Leal Xavier De, Carvalho-Filho, Fernando Da Silva & Esposito, Maria Cristina, 2018, The genus Peckia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in the Brazilian Amazon: a new species, new records, descriptions of female terminalia and key to species, Zootaxa 4483 (1), pp. 1-35 : 23

Peckia (Peckia) lutzi ( Lopes, 1958)

( Figs 17 , 87–92 , 117 )

Description of female terminalia. Posterior margin of T5 triangular, brown, with golden microtrichosity dorsally and silver spots laterally ( Figs 90–92 ). T6 divided into two halves, yellow, with golden microtrichosity restricted to anterior half and a row of setae near posterior margin. Spiracles 6 and 7 located on T6. T8 absent ( Figs 87, 90 ). Epiproct not sclerotized, represented by a row of long and fine setae. Cercus covered with long and fine setae. Hypoproct not sclerotized, represented by a row of long and fine setae ( Fig. 88 ). ST6 wider than long, with posterior margin wider than anterior margin, covered with few setulae and with thicker setae near posterior margin. ST7 and ST8 fused, almost square ( Fig. 87 ). Spermathecae globular, with a small rounded chamber where they receive the spermathecal duct ( Fig. 89 ).

Type material examined. Paratypes: 2 ♂♂ ( MPEG), labeled as follows: Urumajó mun. [=município] de Bragança / Pará 18/ 21-IX-56 [=1956] / E. Lobato [collector] // Paraprissopoda / lutzi / Det. H.S. Lopes // PARATYPUS.

Additional material examined. BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz de la Siera, XII.1956, H. M. Alvarenga (1 ♀, MNRJ) . BRAZIL. Pará: Bragança , 21.IX.1956, leg. E. Lobato (2 ♀♀, MNRJ) ; Bragança, Ilha Canelas , 0°47'06"S 46°43'41"W, 2–6.XI.1997, oceanic side of island, leg. I.S. Gorayeb, J.M.F. Ribeiro, P. Torres & N. Bittencourt (1 ♂, MPEG) ; same data but continental side of island, in mangrove (1 ♂, MPEG) ; same data but 8–13.XI.1997, oceanic side of island, in mangrove, suspended trap at a height of 1.6 m, leg. N. Bittencourt (2 ♂♂, MPEG) ; Primavera, Quatipuru, Fazenda [= farm] Feitoria , 28–30.XI.1992, suspended trap at a height of 1.6 m, leg. J. Dias (1 ♂, MPEG) .

Distribution in Brazil. Pará, Rio de Janeiro.

Remarks. See remarks under P. (P.) hillifera . This species is apparently associated with coastal environments such as beaches and mangrove forests. One male (not listed above) was found visiting the flower of a mangrove tree ( Avicennia sp.: Acanthaceae ) by FSCF.

Figures

FIGURES 11–20. Male terminalia of Peckia spp. 11–12. Peckia (Euboettcheria) collusor (Curran & Walley), specimen from Pará, Jari (MPEG). 11. Epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view; arrow points to preapical projection with tuft of setulae. 12. Cerci in dorsal view; arrow points to preapical projection with tuft of setulae. 13–14. Peckia (Euboettcheria) epimelia (Lopes), specimen from Pará, Jari (MPEG). 13. Epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view; arrow points to flat apical projection. 14. Cerci in dorsal view; arrow points to elongated basal projection with spines and setulae. 15. Peckia (Euboettcheria) tridentata (Hall), specimen from Pará, Jari (MPEG); epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view; arrow points to apical spines. 16. Peckia (Peckia) hillifera (Aldrich), specimen from Pará, Bragança (MPEG); distiphallus in left lateral view. 17. Peckia (Peckia) lutzi (Lopes), specimen from Pará, Bragança (MPEG); distiphallus in left lateral view. 18. Peckia (Peckia) uncinata (Hall), specimen from Pará, Serra Norte (MPEG); genital segments, cercus and surstylus in left lateral view. 19. Peckia (Peckia) pexata (Wulp), specimen from Pará, Jari (MPEG); cercus in left lateral view; arrow points to rounded projection. 20. Peckia (Peckia) chrysostoma (Wiedemann), specimen from Pará, Belém (MPEG); epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view. Scales bars = 0.5 mm. Abbreviation: jp = juxtal lateral plate.

FIGURES 87–92. Peckia (Peckia) lutzi (Lopes), female from Pará, Bragança (MPEG). 87. Abdominal sternites and tergite 6 in ventral view. 88. Epiproct, cercus and hypoproct in apical view. 89. Spermatheca in apical view. 90. Abdomen in posterior view. 91. Abdomen in dorsal view. 92. Abdomen in ventral view. Scale bars: 85, 88–90 = 2 mm; 86–87 = 0.5 mm. Abbreviations: CE = cercus; EP = epiproct; HP = hypoproct; ST = sternite; T = tergite.

FIGURES 117–120. Heads of Peckia spp. in lateral view. 117. Peckia (Peckia) lutzi (Lopes), male from Pará, Bragança (MPEG). 118. Peckia (Peckia) pexata (Wulp), male from Pará, Jari (MPEG). 119. Peckia (Euboettcheria) collusor (Curran & Walley), male from Pará, Jari (MPEG). 120. Peckia (Pattonella) intermutans (Walker), male from Pará, Melgaço (MPEG). Scale bars = 2 mm.