Pattonella (Pattonella) intermutans, (Walker, 1861)

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 : 16

Peckia (Pattonella) intermutans ( Walker, 1861)

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Material examined. BRAZIL. Amapá: Curiaú , 17.XI.1981, entomological net, leg. I.S. Gorayeb (1 ♂, MPEG) ; Serra do Navio , 17.V.1989, leg. A.L. Henriques (1 ♂, MPEG) . Pará: Belém , 5.V.2013, leg. A.A. Silva (3 ♀♀, MPEG) ; Belém, Utinga, 4.X.2012, leg. S.L.L.X. Camargo (2 ♀♀, MPEG); Belém, Utinga, 8.V.1977, leg. W.L. Overal (1 ♂, MPEG); Jari, Área 95 [= Site 95], 1.V.2005, on rotting beef lung, leg. T. Gardner (1 ♂, MPEG) ; Melgaço, Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, Estação Científica Ferreira Penna (ECFp) [= Scientific Station Ferreira Penna], on rotting beef lung, leg. M.C. Esposito (1 ♂, MPEG) ; Mojú, Jambuaçú, VII.1967, leg. E.P.D.Z & M.G. (1 ♂, MPEG).

Distribution in Brazil. Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo.

Remarks. The female of P. (P.) intermutans was recently described by Vairo et al. (2015). Its terminalia are similar to those of P. (P.) smarti (see Remarks under that species). This is one of the most common species collected using animal carcasses in forested environments, even in impacted forests close to urban centers, and it is sporadically collected in urban areas of the Brazilian Amazon. Its association with forested environments has been reported also by others authors (d’Almeida 1984; Dias et al. 1984). However, specimens have also been collected in open and sunny environments in Brazil ( Barros et al. 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Male terminalia of Peckia spp. 1–2. Peckia (Squamatodes) ingens (Walker), specimen from Pará, Serra Norte (MPEG). 1. Epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view; arrow points to dorsal notch. 2. Cerci in dorsal view; arrow points to dorsal notch. 3–4. Peckia (Squamatodes) trivittata (Curran), specimen from Amazonas, Coari (MPEG). 3. Epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view. 4. Cerci in dorsal view. 5. Peckia (Euboettcheria) anguilla (Curran & Walley), specimen from Pará, Jari (MPEG); epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view. 6–7. Peckia (Pattonella) intermutans (Walker), specimen from Pará, Melgaço (MPEG). 6. Epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view. 7. Distiphallus in left lateral view; arrow points to acute distal projection on phallic tube. 8. Peckia (Pattonella) pallidipilosa (Curran & Walley), specimen from Pará, Melgaço (MPEG); epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view. 9. Peckia (Euboettcheria) subducta (Lopes), specimen from Pará, Monte Dourado (MPEG); epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view. 10. Peckia (Euboettcheria) florencioi (Prado & Fonseca), specimen from Acre, Rio Branco (MPEG); epandrium, surstylus and cercus in left lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.