Merosargus cingulatus, Schiner, 1868

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada & Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete, 2022, An illustrated checklist of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Paraguay with three new synonyms and 22 new records of species for the country, Zootaxa 5190 (1), pp. 1-55 : 26

cingulatus Schiner, 1868 ( Fig. 83 )

Merosargus cingulatus Schiner, 1868: 62 . Syntypes: 1 male, 5 females (NMW). Type locality: “ South America ”.

References. Curran, 1932b: 2 (in key to species); James, 1941: 306 (in key to species); James & McFadden, 1971: 26 (list); 65 (in key to species); James, 1973a: 26.12 (cat.); Woodley, 2001: 195 (cat.); Fachin & Amorim, 2015: 79, fig. 234 (antenna), 81, fig. 259 (wing), 83, fig. 285 (alula), 89, figs 326–327 (male genitalia), 92, fig. 355 (epandrium), 96, fig. 384 (genital fork), 99, fig. 404 (habitus dorsal, male).

Material examined. Paraguay: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, [Alto Paraná], Ciudad del Este , 17–20.xii.1971, L. Peña col. ( MZUSP; MZ017868, MZ017870, MZ017871, MZ017914) . 1 ♂, [Caaguazú], Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos, 1971, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ015524 ) ; 6 ♂, Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos , 03–07.i.1972 ( MZUSP; MZ017873, MZ017881, MZ017887, MZ017890, MZ017892, MZ017901) ; 7 ♂, Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos , 04–06.i.1972 ( MZUSP; MZ015514, MZ015517, MZ017899, MZ017908, MZ017909, MZ017910) . 44 ♂, 10 ♀, [Canindeyú], Salto del Guairá, 07–10.xii.1971, L. Peña col. ( MZUSP; MZ015518, MZ015521, MZ015530 , MZ015531 , MZ015537 – MZ015542 , MZ015545 , MZ015547 – MZ015551 , MZ017856, MZ017858, MZ017860, MZ017862, MZ017863, MZ017865, MZ017867, MZ017874, MZ017876–MZ017880, MZ017882, MZ017883, MZ017885, MZ017886, MZ017891, MZ017893–MZ017896, MZ017898, MZ017902, MZ017907, MZ017912, MZ017913, MZ017915, MZ017917) ; 1 ♂, Salto del Guairá, 28–20.xii.1971 ( MZUSP; MZ015522 ) . 1 ♂, [Itapúa], Pirapó , 28–31.xii.1971, L. Peña col. ( MZUSP; MZ017911) ; 3 ♂, Pirapó , 30–31.xii.1971 ( MZUSP; MZ015523 , MZ015533 , MZ017906) ; 1 ♂, Pirapó , 01–03.i.1972 ( MZUSP; MZ015532 ) .

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay (Alto Paraná: Ciudad del Este; Caaguazú: Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos; Canindeyú : Salto del Guairá; Itapúa: Pirapó), Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Figures

FIGURES 73–84. Stratiomyid species, habitus dorsal. 73. Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), female. 74. Hermetia pulchra Wiedemann, 1830, female. 75–76. Hermetia teevani Curran, 1934, male and female, respectively. 77. Nemotelus sp. 1, female. 78. Acanthinomyia elongata (Wiedemann, 1824), male. 79. Artemita podexargenteus Enderlein, 1914, female. 80. Panacris nigribasis Lindner, 1949, male. 81. Raphiocera armata (Wiedemann, 1830), male. 82. Acrochaeta fasciata Wiedemann, 1830, male. 83. Merosargus cingulatus Schiner, 1868, male. 84. Merosargus coxalis Lindner, 1949, male. Scale bar, 1 mm.