Lepidophora cuneata Painter, 1939

Rodrigues, Paula Fernanda Motta & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2013, A Revision of the New World genus Lepidophora Westwood, 1835 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Ecliminae) with a key to the species, Zootaxa 3682 (1), pp. 1-44 : 18

Lepidophora cuneata Painter, 1939

( Figs. 2C , 3C , 5D–E , 9 )

Lepidophora cuneata Painter, 1939: 43 . Holotype male, PARAGUAY: Barcequillo (USNM). Paramonov, 1949: 633, 637; D’Andretta and Carrera, 1950: 353; Hull, 1973: 238; Painter and Painter, 1974: 89, 92; Merle, 1975: 151; Painter et al., 1978: 38.21; Rohlfein and Ewald, 1979: 222; Evenhuis and Greathead, 1999: 208.

Type material examined. Holotype and allotype: PARAGUAY: Central: San Lorenzo, Barcequillo [-25.33, -57.53], 2.ii.1937, 1 male and 1 female, respectively ( USNM) [Type n° 101454 – n° 84].

Other material examined. BRAZIL: Ceará: Limoeiro [-7.05, -38.82], vi.1940 (Shannon and Alves colls.), 1 female ( MZUSP) [20.089]; Bahia: Ibotirama, Povoado Cipó [12°08´08”S / 43°19´06”W], 26–27.i.2009 (Nihei, Figueiredo, Almeida & Cezar colls.), 1 male ( MZUSP); Brumado [-14.22, 41.67], 8.v.1975 (C. & P. Elias leg.), 1 male ( DZUP); Mato Grosso: 1 female ( ZMHB) [Mattogrosso Rohde– Lepidophora cuneata Paint. det. J.C. Hall– Zool. Mus. Berlin]; Poconé, Faz. Rio Clarinho, Trilha da Torre, Varredura [S16°36´24” W56°43´25.1”], 15.vii.2012 (Lamas, Nihei & eq. colls.), 1 male ( MZUSP) [SISBIOTA CNPq/FAPESP]; Goiás: Vianópolis [-16.67, -48.58], iii.1930 (R. Spitz coll.), 1 male ( MNRJ) [I - EMBRAPA - MNRJ 725]; Minas Gerais: Pirapora [-17.35, -77,93], 11–13.xi.1919 (Cornell U. Exp.), 1 female ( AMNH); Goiás: Mineiros [-17.57, -52.55], xi.1994 (Paulo R. Magno coll.), 1 male ( MNRJ) [ MNRJ 7250]; Minas Gerais: Serra do Cipó [-19.08, -43.08], 12.ix.1998 (D. Yanega coll.), 1 female ( MNRJ); Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá, BEP – Transição Ciliar/Paratudal, Malaise 0 2 [S19°34´20.09” W57°00´57.09”], 29.ix–14.x.2012 (Lamas, Nihei & eq. colls.), 1 female ( MZUSP) [SISBIOTA CNPq/FAPESP]; Aquidauana, Reserva Ecológica UEMS, Vegetação aberta/Flor. Est. Decidual, Malaise 0 8 [S20°25´59” W55°39´20.8”], 26.x–11.xi.2011 (Lamas, Nihei & eq. colls.), 1 female ( MZUSP) [SISBIOTA CNPq/ FAPESP]; LOCALITY UNKNOWN: 1 male ( MZUSP) [18569-62684]; Chapada?, 1 female ( AMNH) [S.W. Williston Collection].

Diagnosis. Lepidophora cuneata is similar to L. vetusta in having the same color pattern of the wings in females, epiphallus exceeding the posterior margin of the gonocoxites and distiphallus reaching the posterior margin of the gonocoxites in lateral view. Lepidophora cuneata differs from L. vetusta in having pronotum brown, margins light brown; coxa III with long strong bristles on dorsal surface; femur II with white scales on dorsal surface; tibia III with apical bristles on ventral, posteroventral, posterior, anteroventral, anterodorsal, posterodorsal and dorsal surfaces; abdominal segment I with long white hairs; and tergites V and VII with short white and dark brown covering scales.

Figures

FIGURE 2 A – I. Antenna of Lepidophora Westwood species: (A) L. acroleuca Painter, 1930; (B) L. culiciformis Walker, 1850; (C) L. cuneata Painter, 1939; (D) postpedicel of L. lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828); (E) L. lepidocera; (F) L. lutea Painter, 1962; (G) L. secutor Walker, 1857; (H) L. trypoxylona Hall, 1981; (I) L. vetusta Walker, 1857. (Bars = 1 mm)

FIGURE 3 A – H. Wings of Lepidophora Westwood species: (A) L. acroleuca Painter, 1930; (B) L. culiciformis Walker, 1850; (C) L. cuneata Painter, 1939; (D) L. lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828); (E) L. lutea Painter, 1962; (F) L. secutor Walker, 1857; (G) L. trypoxylona Hall, 1981; (H) L. vetusta Walker, 1857.

FIGURE 5 A – F. Lepidophora Westwood species: A – B: L. acroleuca Painter, 1930, holotype male: (A) dorsal habitus; (B) lateral habitus; (C) L. culiciformis Walker, 1850, holotype female, dorsal habitus; D – E: L. cuneata Painter, 1939, lateral habitus; (D) holotype male; (E) paratype female; (F) L. lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828), syntype female, dorsal habitus.

FIGURE 9 A – E. L. cuneata Painter, 1939: A – C male terminalia: (A) lateral view; (B) dorsal view; (C) ventral view; D – E female genitalia: (D) spermathecae; (E) furca.