Graphomya auriceps Malloch, 1934

Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, Olea, Maria Sofia & Mariluis, Juan Carlos, 2013, Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species, Zootaxa 3702 (4), pp. 301-347 : 330-332

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.

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 9. Fronto-lateral view. 8. Graphomya auriceps. 9. Graphomya maculata.

FIGURES 61 – 65. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 61. Dolichophaonia trigona. 62. Helina nivaloides. 63. Phaonia trispila. 64. Graphomya auriceps. 65. G. maculata. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; grey stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.