Wiedemann, 1830 : 435 Macquart, 1843 : 321 Walker, 1849 : 956 Bigot, 1885 : 302 Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926 : 576 Ophyra carbonaria Ophyra carbonaria Argentina Ophyra carbonaria Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926 Ophyra carbonaria Ophyra carbonaria Ophyra carbonaria Ophyra carbonaria Ophyra carbonaria Argentina Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species Patitucci, Luciano Damián Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo Olea, Maria Sofia Mariluis, Juan Carlos Zootaxa 2013 3702 4 301 347 Wiedemann, 1830 Wiedemann 1830 [151,622,290,316] Insecta Muscidae Ophyra Animalia Diptera 16 317 Arthropoda species aenescens     Anthomyia aenescens  Wiedemann, 1830: 435  Ophyra virescens  Macquart, 1843: 321    Anthomyia setia  Walker, 1849: 956    Ophyra argentina  Bigot, 1885: 302    Ophyra carbonaria  Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926: 576   Lectotypedesignation of  Ophyra carbonaria. Shannon & Del Ponte (1926)described  Ophyra carbonariafrom three females and eleven males ( syntypes) from Buenos Aires and Tucumán,  Argentina. We located five females and two males from Buenos Aires and one male from Tucumán in ANLIS, and there are not specimens in USNM (Raymond Gagne, pers. comm.). The male syntypefrom Tucumán is hereby designated lectotypeof  Ophyra carbonaria Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926. Lectotypemale (ANLIS): in good condition, pinned, labels: “Tucumán / Tuc [printed] 6.21.26[handwritten]” on white paper; “R.C. Shannon / Coll.” printed on white paper; “ Ophyra/ carbonaria/ S.& DP.” handwritten on white paper; “ Lectotype/ Ophyra carbonaria/ Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926/ L. D. Patitucci det. 2012” [red label, printed]. Paralectotypesin good condition (ANLIS): One female, pinned, label: “San Isidro (Bs. As.) [printed] / 8:25:26 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame: “Shannon & / Shannon” printed on white paper; “ Ophyra/ carbonaria” handwritten on white paper; “ Paralectotype/ Ophyra carbonaria/ Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926/ L. D. Patitucci det. 2012” [red label, printed]. Four females and two males, pinned, labels: “San Isidro (Bs. As.) [printed] / 8:25:26 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame; “Shannon & / Shannon” printed on white paper; “ Paralectotype/ Ophyra carbonaria/ Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926/ L. D. Patitucci det. 2012” [red label, printed].   Other material examined. BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Balcarce, II-1947, Wappers leg. ( ANLIS); 1 male, Buenos Aires, 20-IV-1915, Bruch leg. ( ANLIS); 1 female, Buenos Aires, 7-X-2003, Oliva leg. ( MACN); 6 females, Buenos Aires, Emerg. 111, 5-I-2000, Oliva leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Buenos Aires, 3-VI-1907, Oliva leg. ( MACN); 13 females, 3 males, Burzaco, 13-II-2007, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Carlos Casares, 14-II-2006, Medan, Devoto & Fernández leg. ( FAUBA); 8 females, Ciudad Universitaria, Capital Federal, 7-XIII-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Instituto Bacteriológico “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán”, Capital Federal, 9-VII-1938( ANLIS); 1 female, 2 males, Laguna La Tablilla, Chascomús, 01-XII-2007, Torretta leg. ( FAUBA); 1 female, Magdalena, 30-XI-2000, Torretta leg. ( FAUBA); 1 female, 1 male, Mar del Plata, XI-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 53 females, 11 male, Ministro Rivadavia, 17-I- 2007, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 2 females, Quequén, I-2010, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, 1 male, Tandil, 21-XI-2003, Oliva leg. ( MACN); 1 female, 5 males, Villa del Mar, Bahía Blanca, 38º52'06.81'S– 62º06'06.66''W, 06-XI-2011, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 2 females, 2 males, Villa Elisa, La Plata, II-1982, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). CHACO: 1 female, Charata, 19-X-2010( MACN). CÓRDOBA: 1 female, Capilla del Monte, I-2001, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). CORRIENTES: 8 females, 2 males, Ituzaingó, XII-1976, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). MENDOZA: 2 males, Mendoza capital, 31-VII-2007, Aballay leg. (IADIZA). MISIONES: 3 females, 5 males, Iguazú, 23-III-1987, Mariluis leg. ( MACN); 3 females, 1 male, Puerto Esperanza, X-1978, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). SANTAFE: 14 females, 3 males, Christophersen, General López, 25-IV-2009, Patitucci leg. ( MACN). SALTA: 9 females, 5 males, La Caldera, XII-1986, Mariluis leg. ( MACN); 1 female, El Maray, Depto. Chicoana, XII-1986, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). SAN JUAN: 2 males, Jachal La Legua, 1164 m.a.s.l., 06-IV- 2005, Aballay leg. (IADIZA); 1 female, 27-III-2005(IADIZA); 1 female, 1 male, Rivadavia,  674 m.a.s.l., 11- I- 2006, Aballay leg. (IADIZA); 2 females, same data, 10- I-2006(IADIZA); 1 male, same data, 12- I-2006(IADIZA); 3 females, Rivadavia, Barrio Aramburu, 08-X-2005, Aballay leg. (IADIZA); 1 female, same data,  666 m.a.s.l., 07-VI-2005(IADIZA); 5 females, 2 males, Valle Fértil,  560 m.a.s.l., 30-VI-2006, Aballay leg. (IADIZA).   Distribution in  Argentina( Fig. 38): Buenos Aires; Chaco (new record); Córdoba; Corrientes; Mendoza; Misiones; Santa Fe; Salta; San Juan; Tucumán.   References for  Argentina. Bigot (1885); Patitucci et al. (2010a); Shannon & Del Ponte (1926).   Remarks. A redescription with good illustrations of male and female terminalia was given by Pamplona & Couri (1989). The immature stages were studied by Skidmore (1985).   Biology.  Ophyra aenescensis a Neotropical synanthropic species, which expanded its range and became cosmopolitan ( Hogsette & Washington 1995). Recently an update of its distribution and comments about the use of synonymic names in forensic works in  Argentinawas presented ( Patitucci et al. 2010a).