Cerotainia Schiner, 1866

Vieira, Rodrigo, Camargo, Alexssandro, Pollet, Marc & Dikow, Torsten, 2019, Updated checklist of French Guianan Asilidae (Diptera) with a focus on the Mitaraka expedition, Zoosystema 41 (23), pp. 443-464 : 456

Genus Cerotainia Schiner, 1866

REMARKS

Tomasovic (2002a) mentioned the occurrence of Cerotainia in French Guiana, without information on species name or collecting site (specimens not examined).

One morphospecies of Cerotainia ( Fig. 4G ) has been found in Mitaraka (material examined: 1 ♂, Mitaraka/115, INPA; 1♂, Mitaraka/188, MNHN; 1♂, Mitaraka/230, INPA; 2♀, Mitaraka/230, MNHN).

Figures

FIG. 4. — Selected Mitaraka Asilidae, part I: A, Andrenosoma pyrrhacra (Wiedemann, 1828) ♂; B, Andrenosoma sarcophaga (Hermann, 1912) ♂; C, Andrenosoma sp. ♂; D, Aphractia vivax (Hermann, 1912) ♂; E, Atomosia sp. 1 ♂; F, Atomosia sp. 2 ♂; G, Cerotainia sp. ♂; H, Dissmeryngodes amapa Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991 ♂; I, Dissmeryngodes nigripes (Macquart, 1838) ♂; J, Diplosynapsis sp. ♀; K, Efferia sp. 1 ♂; L, Efferia sp. 2 ♂; M, Eurhabdus longissimus Tomasovic, 2002 ♀; N, Holcocephala oculata (Fabricius, 1805) ♂; O, Hybozelodes dispar (Hermann, 1912) ♂. Scale bars: 5 mm (photos: Alexssandro Camargo).