Oxysarcodexia peruviana (Lopes, 1975)

Souza, Carina Mara De, Pape, Thomas & Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline, 2020, Oxysarcodexia Townsend, 1917 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) - a centennial conspectus, Zootaxa 4841 (1), pp. 1-126 : 90

Oxysarcodexia peruviana (Lopes, 1975)

( Figs 225–227 )

Xarcophaga titubata ssp. peruviana Lopes, 1975f: 575 ; Peru, Lambayeque, La Beatita. Holotype male in UNPRG (not examined).

Diagnosis. [Based on the original description ( Lopes 1975f) and on photographs provided by Dr. Pablo R. Mulieri (MACN).] Male. Length 7.0–9.0 mm. Postocular plate with intense golden pollinosity. Ocellar bristles well developed. Thorax gray with golden pollinosity more intense on humeral region. Three well-differentiated postsutural dorsocentral bristles. Apical scutellar bristles present but small. Abdomen with golden pollinosity more intense laterally on T4 and T5. T4 without median marginal bristles. ST5 reddish. Cercus curved backwards (lateral view). Distiphallus with apical and lateral plates, rounded apex and ventroapical projection. Distal lobes of the vesica well developed, sclerotized, rounded, with serrated margins and microscopic spines on the dorsal surface.

Remarks. See under O. ariozanoi sp. n., O. augusta and O. fraterna . Female unknown.

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL. Colombia, Peru.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. No specimens were examined directly, but the photographs of a male from Argentina were provided by courtesy of Dr. Pablo R. Mulieri ( MACN).

Figures

FIGURES 219–227. Oxysarcodexia spp. 219–221. Oxysarcodexia peltata (Aldrich) (Cuba, NHMD). 219. Habitus, lateral view. 220. Terminalia, lateral view. 221. Terminalia, posterior view. 222–224. Oxysarcodexia perneta (Walker) (Mexico, Morelos, Cuernavaca, MNRJ). 222. Habitus, lateral view. 223. Terminalia, lateral view. 224. Terminalia, posterior view. 225– 227. Oxysarcodexia peruviana (Lopes) (Argentina, MACN). 225. Habitus, lateral view. 226. Terminalia, lateral view. 227. Terminalia, posterior view. Figs 225–227 by P.R. Mulieri (MACN).