Mallophora tibialis Macquart, 1838

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.10979590

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF3F87C4-FFF3-FFA2-FEE3-5878A573FA53

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scientific name

Mallophora tibialis Macquart, 1838
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Mallophora tibialis Macquart, 1838 View in CoL

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Material examined. BRASIL [ BRAZIL], Tocantins: Brejinho de Nazaré , 11°00’00”S – 48°33’56”W, coleta manual [manual collection], 23.XI.2002, Julia, M. S. (♀, CEUFT) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Tocantins *), Bolivia, Argentina ( ARTIGAS & ANGULO, 1980).

Comments.Although M. tibialis is widely distributed in South America, this is the fourth record for the northern region of the country (Amazonas, Amapá, Pará and Tocantins). Mallophora tibialis is characterized by having the black head and mystax ( Figs 50, 51 View Figs 48–51 ), black legs with black setae, hind tibiae with a set of yellow setae dorsally ( Fig. 48 View Figs 48–51 ), black abdomen ( Fig. 49 View Figs 48–51 ), all tergites with yellow setae on the posterior half, tergites 5 and 6 with bright orange setae and shiny black female terminalia ( ARTIGAS & ANGULO, 1980).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

Genus

Mallophora

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