Sarcophaga (Neobellieria) polistensis Hall, 1933

Sarcophaga polistensis Hall, 1933: 110 .

Sarcophaga polistensis spp. offecta Lopes, 1938: 342. Neobellieria brethesi Blanchard, 1939: 823 .

Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical – Argentina (Buenos Aires), Brazil (Mato Grosso, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chiapas).

Lectotype designation. Neobellieria brethesi Blanchard (1939: 823) was described from three males and one female from Buenos Aires. The male syntypes have their terminalia dissected. One of them is hereby designated as lectotype of Neobellieria brethesi Blanchard, 1939 in the interests of nomenclatural stability. Lectotype male (MACN): the specimen has the terminalia extracted, otherwise in good condition. Labels: “Cotipo [red label, handwritten] // J. Brèthes / Buenos Aires / 14.III.1907 [white label, black square, handwritten] // Parásito de Polistes / versicolor Linné [white label, handwritten] // Neobellieria / brethesi / Blchd. [handwritten] / det. E. E. Blanchard [printed] / Cotipos [white label, black square, handwritten] // Col. E. E. / Blanchard [white label, black square, printed]”. Paralectotypes 2 ɗ, 1 Ψ(MACN): the males have their terminalia dissected and non-expanded wings, the female has the abdomen dissected and glued on a card pinned below the specimen. Labels: “Cotipo [red label, handwritten] // J. Brèthes / Buenos Aires / 14.III.1907 [white label, black square, handwritten] // Parásito de Polistes / versicolor Linné [white label, handwritten] // Neobellieria / brethesi / Blchd. / det. E. E. Blanchard / Cotipos [white label, black square, handwritten]”.

Other material studied: Buenos Aires: 1 ɗ Moreno, Moreno, I.1973, Fritz leg (ANLIS).

Remarks: Male terminalia were illustrated by Lopes (1938) and Blanchard (1939). The female was described by Blanchard (1939) but not illustrated, and redescribed by Giroux & Wheeler (2009) including figures of terminalia.

Biology: Larvae of Sarcophaga (N.) polistensis inhabit nests of wasps. Host. Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Polistes versicolor (Olivier) (Blanchard 1939) .