Philornis torquans ( Nielsen, 1913 )

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 : 321-322

Philornis torquans ( Nielsen, 1913)

( Figs. 7 , 44 )

Material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 male, Campana, Río Luján, 27-XII-2008, Di Iorio & Turienzo leg. ( MACN); 2 females, 1 male, Campo de Mayo, 12-XII-2009, Di Iorio & Turienzo leg. ( MACN); 2 males, Campo de Mayo, 16-I-2010, Di Iorio & Turienzo leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Capital Federal, Ciudad Universitaria, 05-IV-2008, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 3 males, Chascomús, on Passer domesticus , 28-I-10, Di Iorio & Turienzo leg. ( MACN). CÓRDOBA: 2 males, La Falda, 25-I-2009, Di Iorio & Turienzo leg. ( MACN). LA PAMPA: 1 female, Santa Rosa, on A. annumbi , 8-IV-08, Di Iorio & Turienzo leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 44 ): Buenos Aires; Córdoba (new record); La Pampa (new record); Santa Fe, Tucumán.

References for Argentina . Couri et al. (2009); Garcia (1952); Nielsen (1913); Turienzo & Di Iorio (2010).

Remarks. Nielsen (1913) briefly described the species and later a detailed redescription was made by Dodge (1968). The immature stages were studied by Skidmore (1985).

Biology. Larvae of P. torquans are a subcutaneous parasite found in several families of birds in Argentina ( Turienzo & Di Iorio 2007).

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 7. Head, anterior view. 6. Philornis seguyi. 7. Philornis torquans.

FIGURES 42 – 47. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 42. Muscina stabulans. 43. Philornis seguyi. 44. P. torquans. 45. Psilochaeta chalybea. 46. P. chlorogaster. 47. P. pa m p i an a. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; gray stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.