Pseudogaurax longilineatus Sabrosky, 1949

Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S., Cruz, Vanessa C., Monteiro, Nilton J. S. & Kloss, Thiago G., 2024, Description of new species of Pseudogaurax Malloch (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Brazil, with notes on natural history, Zootaxa 5433 (2), pp. 207-230 : 225-228

Pseudogaurax longilineatus Sabrosky, 1949

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Material examined. BRAZIL. Pará: Belém, Research Campus of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi , 1°27’06.5”S 48°26’38.8”W, 08.IX.2016, leg. F.S. Carvalho-Filho, reared from pupa of Cicinnus infected with an entomophagous fungus (1 male) .

Puparium ( Fig. 14 ). Reddish brown. Elongated, cylindrical, parallel-sided, slightly dorsoventrally flattened, apically and posteriorly truncate. Dorsal surface with some long transverse wrinkles, without spinules and setulae. Posterior spiracle well-developed, placed on an elongate tubular projection.

Distribution. Brazil (Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima).

Natural history. The analyzed specimen was obtained from pupae of Cicinnus Blanchard sp. ( Mimallonidae ), one of which was infected with an entomophagous fungus ( Fig. 16D ). This species has been previously reared from mantid oothecae ( Sabrosky 1949, Travassos & Carrera 1949), evidencing that it utilizes a variety of host species from different orders and developing stages, as previously documented for other species of Pseudogaurax (Banes et al. 1992) .

Figures

FIGURE 14. Pseudogaurax species. A. Pseudogaurax flaviscutellatus Marques, Riccardi & Ale-Rocha, 2022, head, lateral view. B–F. Thorax, dorsal view. B. Pseudogaurax alvinae sp. nov. C. Pseudogaurax amazonica sp. nov. D. Pseudogaurax cyclosa sp. nov. and Pseudogaurax braoculatus sp. nov. E. Pseudogaurax primavera sp. nov. F. Pseudogaurax wheeleri sp. nov.

FIGURE 15. Pseudogaurax unilineatus Hall, puparium. A. Dorsal view. B. Posterior half, dorsal view. C. Posterior spiracle, dorsal view. D. Detail of tegument, dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 500 µm; B, D = 100 µm; C = 50 µm.

FIGURE 16. A. Web of Cyclosa sp., black arrow showing Pseudogaurax cyclosa sp. nov. puparium and gray arrow showing the camouflaged Cyclosa spider. B. Adult female spider Cryptachaea migrans (Keyserling) with egg sac. C. Cocoon with many pupae of Hylesia Hübner moth on the wall of an abandoned building. D. Larval case of Cicinnus sp. (Mimallonidae) containing a dead pupa infected with an entomophagous fungi.