Graphomya auriceps Malloch, 1934

(Figs. 8, 64)

Material examined. ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Balcarse, on Eryngium horridum, 09- I-2004, Medan, Devoto, Charmer & Torretta leg. (FAUBA); 1 male, Burzaco, VIII-2001, Mulieri leg. (MACN); 1 male, Burzaco, II-2002, Mulieri leg. (MACN); 1 male, Burzaco, II-2002, Mulieri leg. (MACN); 1 female, Capital Federal, Instituto Malbrán, XII-2002, Mulieri leg. (ANLIS); 1 male, Campana, RNEO, on Sapium haematospermun, 26-XI-2009, Patitucci leg. (MACN); 2 females, Capital Federal, RECS, 24-V-2007, Patitucci leg. (MACN); 1 female, Capital Federal, RECS, 29-VIII-2007, Patitucci leg. (MACN); 1 female, Carlos Casares, Ea. San Claudio, on Eryngium horridum, 12-II-2008, Fernández & Medan leg. (FAUBA); 1 female, Carlos Casares, Ea. San Claudio on Conium maculatum, 18-X-2007, Fernández & Montalto leg. (FAUBA); 1 female, Carlos Casares, Ea. San Claudio on Ammi majus, 09-I-2008, Fernández & Cilla leg. (FAUBA); 1 male, Carlos Casares, Ea. San Claudio on Hirschfeldia incana, 09-I-2008, Fernández & Cilla leg. (FAUBA); 1 female, 3 males, Carlos Casares, Ea. San Claudio on Conium maculatum, XII-2010, Marrero leg. (MACN); 4 female, 2 males, Carlos Casares, Ea. San Claudio on Eryngium che, III-2011, Marrero leg. (MACN); 1 male, Lincoln, Martinez de Hoz on Baccharis pingraea, 15-I-2008, Torretta leg. (FAUBA); 1 male, Lincoln, Martinez de Hoz on Conium maculatum, 15-I-2008, Torretta leg. (FAUBA); 1 male, Ministro Rivadavia, 21-IV-2006, Mulieri leg. (MACN); 2 males, San Antonio de Areco, on Baccharis pingraea, 31-I-2008, Torretta leg. (FAUBA); 1 female, San Isidro, 25- VIII-1926, Shannon & Del Ponte leg. [Det. Shannon as Graphomya maculata] (ANLIS); 1 female, 2 males, Villa Elisa, La Plata, II-1982, Mariluis leg. (MACN). MENDOZA: 1 female, Mendoza Capital, 29-I-2008, Aballay leg. (MACN); 1 female, same data, 23-I-2008, Aballay leg. (MACN); 1 female, same data, 30-III-2008, Aballay leg. (MACN). TUCUMÁN: 1 female, Huálinchay, 1700 mts., III-1979, Mariluis leg. (MACN).

Distribution in Argentina (Fig. 64): Buenos Aires; Mendoza; Tucumán (new record).

References for Argentina . Malloch (1934); Patitucci et al. (2011b).

Remarks. Malloch (1934) described this species with a female collected at the province of Mendoza, Argentina . More recently, Couri & Marques (2009) presented a review of Graphomya from Costa Rica, and described the male of G. auriceps .

Biology. There is little information about this species. Several specimens studied in this work were collected on Ammi majus L., Eryngium horridum Cav. & Dombey, Conium maculatum L., Sapium haematospermun Müll., Hirschfeldia incana L., and Baccharis pingraea DC.