Musca politus, (Say), 1823

Montoya, Augusto L., 2016, FAMILY SYRPHIDAE, Zootaxa 4122 (1), pp. 457-537 : 484

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scientific name	Musca politus
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politus ( Say), 1823 :88 (Scaeva). Type locality: " United States ". HT M (USNM). Distr.: Colombia (Antioquia (Alejandria, La Ceja), Cesar, Cundinamarca (Apulo, Mosquera, La Mesa, Villeta), Magdalena (Santa Marta), Casanare (Paz de Ariporo), Meta (Acacías, Villavicencio), Risaralda (Pereira, Santuario), Tolima (Falán), Valle del Cauca (Buga, Cerrito, Palmira), Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hispaniola, Honduras, Jamaica, Less Antillas, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela. Refs.: Macquart, 1842:97 (132) abdomen); Hull, 1941:29, (abdomen); Thompson et al. 1976:53 (cat.); Thompson, 1981:81, (M genitalia complex, key); Metz & Thompson, 2001:228, 240 (key & redesc.), (abdomen, thorax, wing, larva), Reemer & Rotheray, 2009:939–949 (larval morphology and food preferences); Borges & Couri, 2009:47 (descript, syn.), (F genitalia); Reemer, 2010:193 (desc, syn.), (habitus, F).

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Alejandria, Vereda San José, 6.403715°, -75.064663°, 1445m, 1male, Leg. Entomology Group, Net ( CEUA); La Ceja, Alto la Union, Forest, 6.016132°, -75.370182°, 2500m, 1male, 10.ix.2008, Leg. A.L. Montoya, Net ( CEUA); Cundinamarca: Apulo, 421m, ix.1999, Leg. L. Millán ( UNAB); Mosquera, 4.680641°, -74.216488°, 2550m, 30.ix.2002, Leg. R. Chizaba ( UNAB); La Mesa, 4.629469°, -74.466633°, 1298m, 12.ix.2003, Leg. R. Parra ( UNAB); Villeta, Buenos Aires, Utica, 5.008319°, - 74.473554°, 992m, 29.x.1977, Leg. I. de Arévalo ( ICN); Magdalena: PNN Tayrona Neguanje, 11.276050°, - 74.195519°, 121m, 1.viii.1996, Leg. F. Escobar ( ICN); Casanare: Paz de Ariporo, 670m, 28.iii.2002, Leg.J. Peña & M. Guzmán, Net ( UNAB); Meta: Acacías, 3.987806°, -73.759747°, 502m, 23.v.2002, Leg. J. Cárdenas ( UNAB); Villavicencio, 4.150000°, -73.633333°, 467m, 27.v.2004, Leg.J. Escalante & M. Romero, Manual ( UNAB); Risaralda: Pereira, Ins. Pol. Combia, 2137m, 27.v.1999, Leg. Cely, Forero & Rojas ( UNAB); Santuario, Vereda La Esmeralda, Natural National Park Tatama, 5.105551°, -76.008496°, 2000m, 18-30.x.2013, Leg. C. Bota & C. Flórez, Net ( CEUA); Tolima: Falán, Vereda San Antonio, Finca Villa Liz, 983m 18.viii.2003, Leg. H. Ávila ( UNAB); Valle del Cauca: Buga, Semillas del Valle, 3.900000°, -76.300000°, 969m, 14.x.2003, Leg. E. Ortíz, Net ( UNAB); Cerrito, Semillas del Valle, 987m, 14.x.2003, Leg. P. Rodríguez, Net ( UNAB); Palmira, 3.587073°, - 76.248936°, 1059m, 20.v.2002, Leg. J. Martínez, Manual ( UNAB).