Ommatius costatus Rondani, 1850

Montanuci, Pietra S., Vieira, Rodrigo & Krolow, Tiago K., 2023, A new species of Cerozodus and new records of Asilinae and Ommatiinae (Diptera: Asilidae) from Tocantins, Brazil, Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2023008) 113, pp. 1-22 : 15

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1678-4766e2023008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10979600

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ommatius costatus Rondani, 1850
status

 

Ommatius costatus Rondani, 1850 View in CoL

( Figs 56–59 View Figs 56–59 )

Material examined. BRASIL [ BRAZIL], Tocantins: Palmas, Distrito de Taquaruçu , Fazenda Encantada, 10°14’45.21”S – 48°07’24.07”W, malaise [malaise trap], 16-23.XI.2012, Krolow, T. K. & Lima, H. I. L. (♂, CEUFT); GoogleMaps idem, 11-14.VII.2018, Fernandes, A. S. (♂, CEUFT); idem, 19-26.X.2012, Krolow , T GoogleMaps . K. & Lima, H. I. L. (♀, CEUFT); idem, Fazenda Ecológica, Cachoeira da Roncadeira , 10°18’12.60”S – 48°8’20.43”W, malaise [malaise trap], 25- 26. V .2012, Gomes, L. A. (♀, CEUFT) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins *, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul), Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina ( VIEIRA, 2015).

Comments. The species has a wide distribution in the Neotropical Region. In Brazil, occurs from north to south. In addition, according to VIEIRA (2015), the species is often found in Brazilian entomological collections. This species is characterized by having white mystax interspersed with yellow setae ( Figs 58, 59 View Figs 56–59 ), dark wings with a costal vein with dilatation in the median portion, yellow femur with black anteroventral and posteroventral setae, gray abdomen, tergites with whitish setae ( Figs 56, 57 View Figs 56–59 ), shiny black male terminalia, epandrium with a spiniform projection at the apex in dorsal view. Females of this species are similar to males except for the terminalia: tergite 9 narrow and sternite 8 with three indentations on the anterior margin.

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

Genus

Ommatius

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