Lepidophora trypoxylona Hall, 1981

Rodrigues, Paula Fernanda Motta & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2013, A Revision of the New World genus Lepidophora Westwood, 1835 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Ecliminae) with a key to the species, Zootaxa 3682 (1), pp. 1-44 : 34

Lepidophora trypoxylona Hall, 1981

( Figs. 2H , 3G , 6D–E , 13 )

Lepidophora trypoxylona Hall, 1981: 161 . Holotype male, COSTA RICA: Guanacaste (CAS). Coville et al., 2000: 28, 39–41, 47; Evenhuis and Greathead, 1999: 209.

Type material examined. Holotype: COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: 15 km SW Bagaces [10.53, -85.25], Comelco, 25.ii.1975 (R. Coville coll.), 1 male ( CAS) [California Academy of Sciences type n° 13728, trap n° M402C29C3, emerged 19.iii.1975, Host: Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tenoctitlan ]; paratypes: COSTA RICA: Heredia: La Selva, 4 km SE Puerto Viejo [10.47, -84.02], 26.vii.1980 (R.E. Coville coll.), 1 female ( CAS) [ex Trap-nest coll., emerged 21.viii.1980, Trap nº C201Fcl]; idem, 16.vii.1980 (R.E. Coville coll.), 1 female ( USNM) [ex Trap-nest coll., emerged 17.viii.1980, Trap nº CIFC 3]; Guanacaste: 4 km NW Cañas [10.43, -85.10], La Pacifica, 14.ii.1975, (R. Coville coll.), 1 male ( CAS) [emerged 10.iii.1975 –trap nº M507cl].

Diagnosis. Lepidophora trypoxylona is similar to L. culiciformis (see diagnosis of L. culiciformis ) but differs in having frons with spatulate dark brown, translucent and white scales; scape and pedicel with short and thin dark brown bristles; basicosta with tuft of long brown and white scales; coxa II with long light and dark hairs; coxa III with bristles on anterior and posterodorsal surfaces; femur I with apical bristles on dorsal and anterodorsal surfaces; femur III with brown and white scales on posterior surface; anterior margin of abdominal segment I with long dark brown hairs; and tergite VI with central tuft of short and spatulate white scales.

Figures

FIGURE 2 A – I. Antenna of Lepidophora Westwood species: (A) L. acroleuca Painter, 1930; (B) L. culiciformis Walker, 1850; (C) L. cuneata Painter, 1939; (D) postpedicel of L. lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828); (E) L. lepidocera; (F) L. lutea Painter, 1962; (G) L. secutor Walker, 1857; (H) L. trypoxylona Hall, 1981; (I) L. vetusta Walker, 1857. (Bars = 1 mm)

FIGURE 3 A – H. Wings of Lepidophora Westwood species: (A) L. acroleuca Painter, 1930; (B) L. culiciformis Walker, 1850; (C) L. cuneata Painter, 1939; (D) L. lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828); (E) L. lutea Painter, 1962; (F) L. secutor Walker, 1857; (G) L. trypoxylona Hall, 1981; (H) L. vetusta Walker, 1857.

FIGURE 6 A – F. Lepidophora Westwood species: A – B: L. lutea Painter, 1962, holotype male; (A) dorsal habitus; (B) lateral habitus; (C) L. secutor Walker, 1857, holotype male, dorsal habitus; D – E: L. trypoxylona Hall, 1981, holotype male; (D) dorsal habitus; (E) lateral habitus; (F) L. vetusta Walker, 1857, lectotype male, dorsal habitus.

FIGURE 13 A – E. L. trypoxylona Hall, 1981: A – C male terminalia: (A) lateral view; (B) dorsal view; (C) ventral view; D – E female genitalia: (D) spermathecae; (E) furca.