Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857

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 : 37-38

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Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857 View in CoL

( Figs. 2I View FIGURE 2 A – I , 3H View FIGURE 3 A – H , 6F View FIGURE 6 A – F , 14 View FIGURE 14 A – E. L )

Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857: 145 View in CoL . Lectotype male designed by Painter and Painter (1962:52), MEXICO: Veracruz-Llave (BMNH). Williston, 1901: 294; Aldrich, 1905: 240; Painter, 1925: 119 –120, 123, 125; Painter, 1939: 44 –45; Paramonov, 1949: 631, 633, 638, 641; Painter and Painter, 1962: 50, 52; Painter and Painter, 1965: 426; Hull, 1973: 238; Painter et al., 1978: 38.21; Hall, 1981: 161; Evenhuis and Greathead, 1999: 209.

Type material examined. Lectotype: MEXICO: Veracruz-Llave: 1 male ( BMNH) [684].

Other material examined. UNITED STATES: Texas: Harlingen [26.19, -97.70], 8.4?, 1 male ( USNM) [Painter, 1960, Walk BM (Homotype)]. MEXICO: LOCALITY UNKNOWN: (Bigot coll.?), 2 males ( BMNH) [B.M. 1960-539]; Sinaloa: San Ignácio, Sierra de las Ventanas [25.92, -108.60], 2.000 ft, (Forrer. coll.), 4 females ( BMNH) [B.M. 1904–85, Cent. America: F.D. Godman & O. Salvin]; San Luís Potosi: 5m S Valles [21.98, -99.02], (Hobart Smith coll.?), 1 male ( USNM) [6.1332]; 12 mi E Xilitla [21.33, -98.97], elevation 800 ft., 31.vii.1962 (R.H. & E.M. Painter colls.), 1 female ( USNM); Tamazunchale [21.27, -98.78], 19.vii.1946 (J. & D. Pallister colls.), 2 males ( AMNH); idem, 20.viii.1967 (Gary F. Hevel coll.), 1 male ( USNM); Jalisco: Chamela [19.53, -105.08], 30.ix.1985 (R.J. McGinley coll.), 1 male ( USNM); Colima: 6 mi. S Colima [19.23, -103.72], elevation 1400 ft., 25.viii.1962 (R.H. & E.M. Painter colls.), 1 female and 1 male ( USNM) [R.H. Painter Collection 1975]; Veracruz- Llave: Veracruz-Llave (=Vera Cruz) [19.20, -69.13], 1 male ( BMNH) [5466]; idem, 7-28-8-11-56 [7–28.viii– xi.1956?] (R. & K. Dreisbach colls.), 1 male ( USNM); Morelos: 62 mi. S Cuernavaca [18.92, -99.25], altitude 4400 ft., 13.v.1966 (R.H. & E.M. Painter colls.), 1 female ( USNM) [R.H. Painter Collection 1975]; Veracruz- Llave: Atoyac [18.90, -96.77], (April, H.H.H. coll.), 1 male ( BMNH); Guerrero: Huitzuco [18.30, -99.35], iv.1951 (W.G. Owens coll.), 1 male ( USNM) [A.L. Melander Collection 1961, R.H. Painter Collection 1975]; 23km NNE Iguala [17.85, -100.37] Jet., 18.x.1986 (E. Fisher coll.), 2 males and 1 female ( USNM) [Hwy. 95D]; Oaxaca: Valerio Trujano [17.77, -96.98], 28.vii1937 (M. Emberry coll.), 1 male ( CAS); Guerrero: 32 mi. North Chilpancingo [17.55, -99.50] Hy 90 km. 225, 19.ix.1960 (Chas. H. Martin coll.), 1 male ( CAS); Carrizal [17.27, -99.73], (W.G. Downs. coll.), 2 females ( USNM) [ALMelander Collection 1961, R.H. Painter Collection 1975]; Chiapas: Município Tuxtla Guitierrez [16.75, -93.12], Mirador for Chicoasen Dam at N, end of Cañon El Sumidero, alt. 518 m, 9.ix.1976 (D.E. & J.A. Breedlove cols. - Cal. Acad. Sci.), 1 male ( CAS); 5.6 mi SE Chiapa de Corzo [16.70, -93.00] 2500 ft., 16.viii.1966 (D.E. Breedlove & J. Emmel colls.), 1 female ( CAS); Municipio de Acala [16.57, -92.80], 20km N Acala on rd. Along Rio Grijalva, 548 m, 30.vii.1981 (D.E. & P.M. Breedlove colls.); GUATEMALA: LOCALITY UNKNOWN: 1997?, 1 female ( BMNH) [ BMNH (E) 1997–240]; Chiquimula: Guatalon [14.67, -89.40], Santa Adelaida, 1000m, Mar Apr. 31 (iii–iv.1931?) (J. Bequaert coll.), 1 female ( AMNH); Guatemala: 33 mi. NE Guatemala City [14.62, -90.53], Altitude 3000 ft, 9.ix.1967 (R.H. & E.M. Painter colls.), 1 female ( CAS); Retalhuneu: 51–59 mi. W San Sebastian [14.57, -91.65], altitude 1200 ft., 14.ix.1967 (R.H. & E.M. Painter colls.), 2 males ( USNM) [R.H. Painter Collection 1975]; 29 mi. W San Sebastian [14.57, -91.65], altitude 1400 ft .. 14.ix.1967 (R.H. & E.M. Painter colls.) 1 male ( USNM) [R.H. Painter Collection 1975]; Escuintla: El Salto [14.30, -90.78], 1934 (F.X. Williams coll.), 1 male and 1 female ( USNM); Escuintla/ Obispo: La Providencia [14.20, -90.93], 1 female ( USNM) [emRoiullard All?, R.H. Painter Collection 1975]; Esteli: La Trinidad [12.97, -86.24], 609 m, 12.ix.1976 (Edward S. Ross coll.–Cal. Acad. Sci.), 1 female ( CAS); Manágua: Managua [12.15, -86.27], X–XII.1950 (Swain coll.?), 1 female ( AMNH); COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Santa Rosa National Park [10.88, -85.77], 300m, x.1982 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs colls.), 1 female ( AMNH); idem, 6–20.vii.1978 (D.H. Janzen coll.), 1 female ( AMNH); idem, 300m, iii.1983 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs colls.), 1 female ( AMNH); idem, 12.xii.1978 – 10.i.1979 (D.H. Janzen coll.), 1 female ( AMNH); 3 mi. SE El Coco [10.55, -85.70], Altitude 400 ft, 15.viii.1967 (R.H. & E.M. Painter colls.), 1 female ( USNM) [R.H. Painter 1975]; Alajuela: San Mateo, Higuito [9.95, -84.55], (Pablo Schild coll.), 4 females ( USNM) [R.H. Painter Collection 1975].

Diagnosis. Lepidophora vetusta is similar to L. cuneata (see diagnosis of L. cuneata ) but differs in having frons with spatulate white and light brown scales; pedicel brown with orange base; light brown scales around the occipital foramen; wings with brown and white scales on both surfaces; femur I with white scales on anterior surface, brown on posterior surface; tibia I with longitudinal row of bristles on anterodorsal, posterodorsal, posterior and posteroventral surfaces; tibia II with white scales on anterior and ventral surfaces; abdominal segments VI and VII with short dark brown scales laterally; and abdominal segment VIII with tuft of long and pedunculate dark brown scales laterally.

References

Aldrich, J. M. (1905) A catalog of North American Diptera. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 46, 1 - 680.

Evenhuis, N. L. & Greathead, D. J. (1999) World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera Bombyliidae). Backhuys Publishers Leiden, Netherlands, 756 pp.

Hull, F. M. (1973) The bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 286, 3 - 687.

Painter, R. H. (1925) A review of the genus Lepidophora (Diptera, Bombyliidae). Transactions of the Entomological Society of America, 51, 119 - 127.

Painter, R. H. (1939) Two new species of South American Bombyliidae. Arbeiten uber Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie, Berlin-Dahlem, 6, 42 - 45.

Painter, R. H. & Painter, E. M. (1962) Notes on and redescriptions of types of North American Bombyliidae (Diptera) in European Museums. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 35, 1 - 164.

Painter, R. H. & Painter, E. M. (1965) Family Bombyliidae. In: Stone, A., Sabrosky, C. W., Wirth, W. W., Foote, R. H. & Coulson, J. R. (Eds.), A catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook, 276, 406 - 446.

Painter, R. H., Painter, E. M. & Hall, J. C. (1978) Family Bombyliidae. In: A catalog of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States, 38, 1 - 92.

Paramonov, S. J. (1949) Revision of the species of Lepidophora Westw. (Bombyliidae, Diptera). Revista de Entomologia, 20, 631 - 643.

Walker, F. (1857) Characters of undescribed Diptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., F. R. S., & c. [part]. Transaction of the Entomological Society of London, (n. s.) 4, 119 - 158.

Williston, S. W. (1901) Supplement. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 249 - 332.

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 14 A – E. L. vetusta Walker, 1857: A – C male terminalia: (A) lateral view; (B) dorsal view; (C) ventral view; D – E female genitalia: (D) spermathecae; (E) furca.