Anthomyia limbinervis (Macquart, 1843)

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 : 375-376

Anthomyia limbinervis (Macquart, 1843)

( Figs. 1–3 ; 12, 13)

Diagnosis: General coloration of body brown, grayish polinose; antenna and palpus dark brown; dorsocentral setae 2+3, katepisternal setae 2+2; hind tibia with four anterodorsal setae, 2–3 anteroventral setae and three posterodorsal setae; lower and upper calypters same size; wing hyaline with brown maculae on crossveins r-m and dm-cu ( Figs. 12–13 ); ventral surface of C vein ciliated ( Fig. 3 ). Body length (male and female): 4.0– 5.2 mm. Wing length: 3.2–4.7 mm.

Material examined: CHILE: Juan Fernández , Robinson Crusoe Island: 3 males and 4 females, Bahia Cumberland, 1–11.i.1993, Marshall & Gonzalez ; 1 male and 1 female, Mirador Selkirk , 24-28.i.1992, S. A. Marshall ; 1 female, open forest above Plazoleta, S. A. Marshall.

Reference: Malloch (1934).

Distribution: Bolivia and Chile (including Juan Fernández Archipelago) ( Malloch, 1934, Hennig 1955).

Biology: There are no biological studies on this species.

Comments: Hennig (1955) identified 21 specimens of Anthomyia limbinervis from the Robinson Crusoe Island and one from Alejandro Selkirk Island ( 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 12–15. Anthomyia limbinervis (Macquart, 1834): (12) male and (13) female, lateral view; Delia platura (Meigen, 1826):(14) male and (15) female, lateral view.Scale:1 mm.