Ophyra albuquerquei Lopes, 1985

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 : 318

Ophyra albuquerquei Lopes, 1985

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Type material examined. Holotype male, pinned, damaged, without abdomen, terminalia in plastic vial, “M. N. / N. [printed] 5332 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame; “Petrópolis (EJ).—Le / Vallon, Alto Mosela / (1.100m) 1/ I-8 / / III/57. Albq leg.” handwritten on White paper, black frame; “Holotipo” print on red paper, black frame; “ Ophyra / albuquerquei / Lopes, 1985” handwritten on white paper, black frame ( MNRJ).

Other material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 male, Balcarce, III-47, Wappers leg. ( ANLIS); 1 female, Burzaco, II-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Malbrán, Capital Federal, XII-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur ( RECS), Capital Federal, II-2008, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); CÓRDOBA: 2 females, Capilla del Monte, I-2001, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). MISIONES: 4 females, 2 males, Iguazú, 23-III-1987, Mariluis leg. ( MACN); 7 females, 2 males, Puerto Esperenza, X-1978, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). SALTA: 5 females, 1 male, El Maray 2000 mts, XII-1986, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). TUCUMÁN: 2 males, Padre Monti, Burruyacu, 7-II-1948, Golbach leg. ( IFML), 1 male, Quebrada La Toma, 21-XII-1950, Golbach leg. ( IFML); 1 female, San Pedro de Colalao, 1190 m., III-1979, Mariluis leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 39 ): Buenos Aires; Córdoba; Misiones; Salta; Tucumán.

References for Argentina . Patitucci et al. (2010a).

Remarks. A detailed description of the species was made by Lopes (1985a) and Pamplona & Couri (1989).

Biology. The necrophagous fly, O. albuquerquei , is a Neotropical species registered only in Brazil ( Carvalho et al. 2005) and Argentina ( Patitucci et al. 2010a).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Ophyra albuquerquei, female. 12 a. Ocellar triangle, frontal view. 12 b. Lateral view with details of palpi, on the left, and details of calypters, on the right.

FIGURES 38 – 41. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 38. Ophyra aenescens. 39. O. albuquerquei. 40. O. capensis. 41. O. chalcogaster. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution. Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.