Holcocephala oculata ( Fabricius, 1805 )

Vieira, Rodrigo, Camargo, Alexssandro, Pollet, Marc & Dikow, Torsten, 2019, Updated checklist of French Guianan Asilidae (Diptera) with a focus on the Mitaraka expedition, Zoosystema 41 (23), pp. 443-464 : 458

Holcocephala oculata ( Fabricius, 1805) ( Fig. 4N )

Dioctria oculata Fabricius, 1805: 151 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — French Guiana. 1 ♀, Mitaraka /029, INPA; 2 ♂, Mitaraka/186, INPA; 1 ♂, Mitaraka/188 INPA; 1 ♀, MNHN); 1 ♀, Mitaraka/229, MNHN; 1 ♀, Mitaraka/230, INPA; 1 ♂, MNHN .

DISTRIBUTION. — Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina.

REMARK

The genus was recorded in French Guiana by Tomasovic (2002a). However, no information on species name or collecting site was provided (specimens not examined). Thus, Holcocephala oculata is reported here as the first species of this genus from French Guiana.

Figures

FIG. 4. — Selected Mitaraka Asilidae, part I: A, Andrenosoma pyrrhacra (Wiedemann, 1828) ♂; B, Andrenosoma sarcophaga (Hermann, 1912) ♂; C, Andrenosoma sp. ♂; D, Aphractia vivax (Hermann, 1912) ♂; E, Atomosia sp. 1 ♂; F, Atomosia sp. 2 ♂; G, Cerotainia sp. ♂; H, Dissmeryngodes amapa Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991 ♂; I, Dissmeryngodes nigripes (Macquart, 1838) ♂; J, Diplosynapsis sp. ♀; K, Efferia sp. 1 ♂; L, Efferia sp. 2 ♂; M, Eurhabdus longissimus Tomasovic, 2002 ♀; N, Holcocephala oculata (Fabricius, 1805) ♂; O, Hybozelodes dispar (Hermann, 1912) ♂. Scale bars: 5 mm (photos: Alexssandro Camargo).