Myospila obscura ( Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926 )

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 : 338

Myospila obscura ( Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926)

( Figs. 10 , 78 )

Material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 2 females, Burzaco, VI-2005, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 2 females, Burzaco, VI-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Burzaco, I-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 3 females, 1 male, Campana, RNEO, 21-I-2010, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Capital Federal, RECS, V-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Ministro Rivadavia, XI-2005, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 female, 1 male, Ministro Rivadavia, XI-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Moreno, XII-1972, Fritz leg. ( ANLIS). TUCUMÁN: 1 female, Villa Padre Monti, Burruyacu, 17-I-7-I- 1948, Golbach. leg. ( IFML).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 78 ): Buenos Aires; Tucumán (new record).

References for Argentina . Patitucci et al. (2011b); Shannon & Del Ponte (1926).

Remarks. The original description of M. obscura was based only on a female specimen ( Shannon & Del Ponte 1926), collected in Buenos Aires province. Later Snyder (1940) described the male and extended the distribution of this species to Brazil and Peru.

Biology. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Myospila obscura, fronto-lateral view, with details of postpedicel, on the left, and details of M vein and calypters, on the right.

FIGURES 77 – 82. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 77. Myospila fluminensis. 78. M. obscura. 79. Limnophora aurifacies. 80. L. brevihirta, L. marginata, and Schoenomyza argyriceps. 81. L. narona. 82. Lispe setuligera. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; grey stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.