Syllimnophora lispomima Hennig, 1955

Gomes, Lucas R. P., Couri, Márcia S. & De Carvalho, Claudio J. B., 2018, Anthomyiidae, Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) from the Juan Fernández Archipelago (Chile): 60 years after Willi Hennig’s contributions, Zootaxa 4402 (2), pp. 373-389 : 386

Syllimnophora lispomima Hennig, 1955

( Figs. 11 , 43, 44 )

Diagnosis: General coloration of body dark brown with two white vittae dorsally extending over scutum and scutellum; wing hyaline; gena yellow, strongly projected; palpus yellow, with very dilated apex ( Fig. 11 ); calypters whitish; acrostichal setae 0+1; dorsocentral setae 2+3; vein R1 with conspicuous cilia on apex of dorsal surface, vein R1 ciliated dorsally on apex; Rs node dorsally ciliated and ventrally bare; katepisternal setae 1+2; prosternum setulose; sternite 1 bare. Body length: 4.2–6.0 mm. Wing length: 4.0– 5.5 mm.

Material examined: CHILE: Juan Fernández , Robinson Crusoe Island 1 male and 4 females, Bahia Cumberland, 1–11.i.1993, Marshall & Gonzalez ; 1 female, Bahia Cumberland , 1–10.i.1993, S. A. Marshall ; 1 female, Plazoleta - El Yunque , 23-28.i.1992, S. A. Marshall ; 1 female, Mirador Selkirk , 24–28.i.1992 and 1– 11.i.1993, S. A. Marshall.

References: Hennig (1955).

Distribution: Juan Fernández Archipelago ( Chile) (Löwenberg-Neto & de Carvalho 2013).

Biology: The proboscis of the adult indicates that this species may be predatory.

Comments: Hennig (1955) identified this species in Alejandro Selkirk Island (2 males and 4 females) and Robinson Crusoe Island (1 male and 4 females) ( Table 1).

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Anthomyia limbinervis (Macquart, 1843): (1) scutellum with pale cilia ventrally (black arrow); (2) wing, ventral view; (3) costal vein ciliated ventrally, ventral view; Delia platura (Meigen, 1826): (4) male, hind femur, posterior view; (5) wing, ventral view; (6) costal vein bare ventrally, ventral view; Fannia anthracina (Walker, 1836): (7) wing, ventral view, subcostal sinuous (white arrow), vein A 2 strongly curved (black arrow); Fannia hennigi sp. n.: (8) male, coxa ciliated, posterior surface (blackarrow); Lispoides insularis Hennig, 1957:(9) abdomen, lateral view, katepisternum 2+1 (white arrow), lower calypter twice as long as upper one (blackarrow); Notoschoenomyza kuscheli Hennig, 1955: (10) abdomen, lateral view, katepisternum 1+1+1 (white arrow), calypters with similar length (black arrow); Syllimnophora lispomima Hennig, 1955: (11) female, head, lateral view.

FIGURES 39–44. Notoschoenomyza kuscheli Hennig, 1955: (39) female, lateral view. Psilochaeta chalybea (Wiedemann, 1830): (40) male and (41) female, lateral view. Schoenomyzina emdeni Hennig, 1955: (42) female. Syllimnophora lispomima Hennig, 1955: (43) male and (44) female, lateral view. Scale: 1.0 mm.