Argentinomyia rugosonasa ( Williston, 1891 )

Montoya, Augusto L. & Wolff, Marta, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Argentinomyia Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1891 (Diptera: Syrphidae), with description of 16 new species, Zootaxa 5234 (1), pp. 1-157 : 115-117

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Argentinomyia rugosonasa ( Williston, 1891) View in CoL

( Figs 2A View FIGURE 2 , 4C View FIGURE 4 , 9D View FIGURE 9 , 69 View FIGURE 69 , 70 View FIGURE 70 and 96A View FIGURE 96 )

Melanostoma rugosonasus Williston, 1891: 13 View in CoL . Type locality: Mexico. Guerrero, Omiltemi , 8000ft. HOLOTYPE Female BMNH (Examined). Refs.: Fluke, 1945: 7 (redesc.) 26 ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 , head, lateral view, male); 1957: 269 ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 , 15 View FIGURE 15 , male genitalia) 279 (Fig. 130, male genitalia); Thompson et al. 2010: 767 ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 , head, lateral view, male)

Rugonasus Aldrich, 1905: 361, Williston, 1907: 2, Coquillett, 1910 a: 601, misspellings.

Rhysops rugonasus . Curran, 1937: 2 (key) misspellings

Rhysops rugosonasus . Fluke, 1945: 7

Rhysops rugosonasus . Fluke, 1957: 266

Rhysops rugosonasus . Thompson et al. 1976: 44

Melanostoma rugosonasus View in CoL . Papavero & Ibañez-Bernal, 2003: 166

Argentinomyia rugosonasus View in CoL . Thompson et al. 2010: 767

Type material. HOLOTYPE. Adult female, MEXICO. Omiltemi , 8000ft, Guerrero, July, H.H. Smith ( BMNH) . PARATYPE. MEXICO. Mexico City, Omiltemi , 2600 m, vii-1936, H. G. Meyer (8♁, 1♀, BMNH) ; Guerrero, Xucumanatlan (Note: The correct writing of Xucumanatlan is“ Xocomanatlan ”and refers to the locality Xocomanatlan / Chilpancingo de Los Bravo ) 7000ft, July. H.H. Smith (1♀, BMNH) .

Length (n= 7): Body, 9.8–10.2 mm; Wings, 9.1–9.8 mm.

Diagnosis. Face vertical, flat, not produced downward, with at least six or seven transversal grooves, a large oval median shining vitta, the rest of face whitish pollinose; antennae elongate, scape and pedicel a little longer than basoflagellomere; notopleural tubercle very prominent; wings hyaline; protibia reddish to brownish-yellow; metafemur black or dark brown with long pile on outer sides, metatibia with about one-half dozens of longer brownish pile on outer sides; metabasitarsomere elongate, black or dark brown, not contrasting with the tibia and/ or rest of tarsus; abdomen elongate, opaque black, with metallic maculae more shining alongside and broadly on anterior corners of 3 rd and 4 th terga; surstylus triangular-like, shorter than broad.

Redescription. MALE. Head ( Figs 2A View FIGURE 2 , 4C View FIGURE 4 , 69A View FIGURE 69 , 70D View FIGURE 70 ): Face moderately shining, submetallic black, flat, with a large oval median shining vitta, but the rest of the face is whitish pollinose. Face shining black, partly concealed beneath whitish pollen, which, on sides, is faintly striate; in middle, with well-marked, slender, about six or seven transversal grooves. Frontal triangle and vertex with a black opaque cross-band below ocelli. Ocellar triangle black with thin yellowish pollen, pile black. Antennae brownish, orange ventrally, short, ratio 1.7:1.0:2.5, scape and pedicel a little longer than basoflagellomere, basoflagellomere blackish in dorsal area, arista black, pilose. Thorax ( Figs 69B–C View FIGURE 69 , 70D View FIGURE 70 ): Black, mesonotum moderately shining, brownish-steel-blue, yellow pilose; with two darker, not conspicuous, pollinose vittae on anterior half, pile yellow. Pleura thinly grayish-brown pollinose, yellow pilose. Scutellum steel-blue, pile short, with long yellow pile; fringe yellow; notopleural tubercle very prominent. Wing ( Fig. 69C View FIGURE 69 ): Hyaline, stigma yellow, microtrichose, except costal cell only slightly bare on basal 1/4, cells bm and r bare on basal 2/3 and 1/3, respectively, cell cua bare on anterior 1/3; calypter wholly brown; plumula white, halter orange, capitulum orange-brown. Legs ( Fig. 69C View FIGURE 69 ): Pro- and mesolegs reddish or brownish-yellow, femur and tarsus blackish basally; metafemur black, with long yellow pile on outer sides; metatibia and tarsus brown, except reddish-yellow basally, metatibia with about half a dozen of longer brownish pile on outer sides, metabasitarsomere elongate. Abdomen ( Figs 9D View FIGURE 9 , 69B View FIGURE 69 , 70D View FIGURE 70 ): Elongate, shining metallic bluish; 2 nd to 4 th tegum with a posterior black band extending more or less forward in middle, more shining along sides and broadly on anterior corners of 3 rd and 4 th terga; sterna black shining, yellow pilose; male genitalia: surstylus in lateral view ( Fig. 70A View FIGURE 70 ) triangular-like, shorter than broad; hypandrium in ventral view ( Fig. 70C View FIGURE 70 ) narrowed laterally towards the apex; aedeagal lobe in ventral view ( Fig. 70C View FIGURE 70 ) circular, apex rounded.

FEMALE ( Figs 64D–F View FIGURE 64 , 65E View FIGURE 65 ). Similar to male except for usual sexual dimorphism and differing in the pile of legs is much briefer, with very few long hairs on femur and none on tibia.

Taxonomic notes. Argentinomyia rugosonasa is a dark species that can be easily differentiated from A. crenulata and A. sagoti sp. nov. by the presence of face vertical, flat, not produced downward, with at least six or seven transversal grooves, a large oval median shining vitta, the rest of face whitish pollinose; antennae elongate, scape and pedicel a little longer than basoflagellomere ( Figs 68A, C, D, F View FIGURE 68 ); notopleural tubercle very prominent; wings hyaline ( Figs 68 View FIGURE 68 B-C, E-F); protibia reddish to brownish-yellow; metafemur black or dark brown with long pile on outer sides, metatibia with about one-half dozens of longer brownish pile on outer sides; metabasitarsomere elongate, black or dark brown, not contrasting with the tibia and/or rest of tarsus ( Figs 68A, C, D, F View FIGURE 68 ); abdomen elongate, opaque black, with metallic maculae more shining alongside and broadly on anterior corners of 3 rd and 4 th terga ( Figs 68B, E View FIGURE 68 ). In A. crenulata the face has seven or eight narrow, shallow, transverse grooves above the tubercle and sides of the face with a thin white line of pollen; antennae elongate, scape longer than pedicel and basoflagellomere, pedicel and basoflagellomere about equal in length ( Figs 26A, C, D, F View FIGURE 26 ); wings with two short medial transverse brown fasciae on anterior cross-vein ( Figs 26 View FIGURE 26 B-C, E-F); metafemur and protibia black, black pilose ( Figs 26A, C, D, F View FIGURE 26 ); abdominal maculae metallic ( Figs 26B, E View FIGURE 26 ). In A. sagoti sp. nov. the face with four or more distinct transverse grooves above the tubercle; antenna short ( Figs 26A, C, D, F View FIGURE 26 ); wing lightly brown pigmented anteriorly; protibia yellow on basal 1/3 ( Figs 26 View FIGURE 26 B-C, E-F); metafemur and tibia yellow on apically 1/3 ( Figs 26A, C, D, F View FIGURE 26 ); 2 nd to 4 th terga without maculae ( Figs 26B, E View FIGURE 26 ). Based on males, A. rugosonasa differs from A. crenulata and A. sagoti sp. nov. in having the surstylus in lateral view ( Fig. 69A View FIGURE 69 ) triangular-like [versus surstylus with dorsal and ventral margins approximately of the same width in the whole length in A. crenulata ( Fig. 27A View FIGURE 27 ); surstylus with dorsal margin slightly concave and ventral margin slightly convex in A. sagoti sp. nov. ( Fig. 72A View FIGURE 72 )] (see “diagnosis” under each species or key).

Biology. Label data suggest that A. rugosonasa visits flowers of Helianthus salicifolius (Asteraceae) .

Geographical range. Argentinomyia rugosonasa (n= 76) is distributed in Costa Rica * (Cartago, San José, Puntarenas) and Mexico (Chiapas, Desierto de los Leones, Guerrero, Toluca , Mexico City, Omiltemi ) ( Fig. 96A View FIGURE 96 ). The species is endemic to the Mesoamerican domain, mainly distributed at middle and high altitudes (1766–2990 m) in the provinces: Chiapas Highlands (2510 m) , Pacific Lowlands (2438–2600 m) and Puntarenas-Chiriquí (1766–2990 m) .

Non-type material examined. COSTA RICA. Cartago, 9,6, -83,7, 2438 m, vi.1996 (InBio); Puntarenas, Cerro Biolley, Estación Altamira , ACIA PILA, 9,076 418, -82,980144, 1766 m, 2.viii.1995, L. Donzo (1♀, INBioCRI 002251037, Cat. N. 5379); R.I. Ujaras, Salitre, Cabagra, Buenos Aires, 9,072 968, -82,909872, 2990 m, 19ix.2003, M. Alfaro, Libre (3♁, INBioCRI 0003753632; 3753633; 37553634, Cat. N. 74941) ; San José, Estación Cuerici, R. Negro, Mora, 9,537 281, -83,708056, 1800 m, 1.iv.1992, H. Vargas, F.G. Zumbado; M.A. Zumbado (1♁, INBioCRI 000409368); …, camino al sendero El Carbón 4, 6 km al E de Villa Mills, 9,564 652, -83,707899, 2600 m, 30.v.1996, A. Picado (3♁, INBioCRI 002466351; 2466353; 2394364; 2394365); 31.iii.1996, A. Picado ( 1♀, INBioCRI 002394362, Cat. N. 7028); …, límite de la Finca Cuerici, 3km E. Villa Mills , 9,564 652, -83,707899, 2800 m, 23.vi.1996, A. Picado (6♁, INBioCRI 002452405; 2452407; Cat. N. 7698, 7699, 5902); …, Rt 95 btw km 42-43, 1 km N La Cima near train overpass, sweeping Helianthus salicifolius , 8.viii.1989, A.L. Norrbom (1♁, 1♀, USNM ENT 01443825 About USNM ; 01443649); …, alrededores de la Estación, 9,564 652, -83,707899, 2600 m, 20.viii.1995, A. Picado (6♁, INBioCRI 002338183; 2338185) ; MEXICO. Chiapas, San Cristóbal de las Casas, L. C. Huitepec, 16,736 812, -92,637332, 2510 m, 26.ii.2011, P. Sagot (13♁, 5♀, ECO-TAP-E); …, 11.ii.2009, P. Sagot (1♁, ECO-TAP-E 1073 ); 8.viii.2009, P. Sagot (1♁, ECO-TAP-E 24469 ); 20.iii.2010, P. Sagot (1♀, ECO-TAP-E 24468 ); 12.x.2009, P. Sagot (1♁, ECO-TAP-E 24424 ); Mexico city, 19,431 447, -99,131481, 2675 m, 1.vii.1936, Meyer (2♁, 1♀, AMNH); …, (2♁, 2♁, IRC); Desierto de los Leones, 19,305 81, -99,303274, 2800 m, 7.vi.1961, George W. Byers (7♁, Berkeley University Collection); …, E. Toluca, 19,308 081, -99,680517, 2850 m, 31.vii.1962, U. Kansas Mexico exploración (2♁, 4♀, Berkeley University Collection) .

References

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Figures

FIGURE 2. Differences in head morphology, male: A. Argentinomyia rugosonasa, frontal view; Argentinomyia longicornis: B. lateral view; C. frontal view; D. Argentinomyia bolivariensis, frontal view.

FIGURE 4. Differences in head morphology, colouration and pollinosity patterns, frontal view: A. Leucopodella sp. (♁); B. Argentinomyia longicornis (♀);C. Argentinomyia rugosonasa (♀);D. Argentinomyia jamaicensissp. nov. (♀);E. Argentinomyia testaceipes (♀); F. Argentinomyia tropica (♀); G. Argentinomyia nigrans (♀); H. Argentinomyia browni (♀); I. Argentinomyia crenulata (♀); J–K. Argentinomyia norrbomi sp. nov. (♁): J. lateral view, K. frontal view; L. Argentinomyia longicornis (♁), lateral view; M. Platycheirus (Carposcalis) (♁), frontal view; N. Platycheirus (Tuberculanostoma) (♁), lateral view. Scale bar: 5 mm.

FIGURE 6. Differences in antennae morphology, dorsal view: A. Argentinomyia luculenta (♀); B. Argentinomyia testaceipes (♀); C. Argentinomyia catabomba (♀); D–G. Talahua fervida (♁): D. Head, frontal view, E. Metacoxa pile tuft, ventral view, F. Scutellum emarginated, dorsal view, G. Genitalia, lateral view; H. Argentinomyia CR-18 (♁); I. Argentinomyia sagoti sp. nov. (♀); J. Metasternum of Melanostoma sp.; K. Scutellar pile of Argentinomyia rex; L. Antennal cavities broadly confluent of Xanthandrus sp. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURE 9. Pattern of abdominal terga, dorsal view: A. Talahua fervida (♀); B. Argentinomyia norrbomi sp. nov. (♀); C. Triangular maculae in Argentinomyia nigrans (♀); D. Argentinomyia rugosonasa (♁); E. Argentinomyia belmira sp. nov. (♀); F. Lineal maculae in Argentinomyia lineata (♁); G. Oblique maculae in Argentinomyia longicornis (♀); H. Argentinomyia andina (♁), head frontal view; I. Argentinomyia currani (♁), abdomen lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURE 15. Argentinomyia aurifacies sp. nov., male Holotype, genitalia. A. Whole genitalia, lateral view; B. Epandrium, dorsal view; C. Hypandrium, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 23. Argentinomyia browni (Fluke, 1945), male genitalia. A. Whole genitalia, lateral view; B. Epandrium, dorsal view; C. Hypandrium, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 26. Argentinomyia crenulata (Williston, 1891), male (INBio CRI 002568658): A. Head, frontal view; B. Dorsal view; C. Lateral view. Female (INBio CRI 000409982): D. Head, frontal view; E. Dorsal view; F. Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm.

FIGURE 27. Argentinomyia crenulata (Williston, 1891), male genitalia. A. Whole genitalia, lateral view; B. Epandrium, dorsal view; C. Hypandrium, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 64. Argentinomyia pollinosa (Hull, 1942), male genitalia. A. Whole genitalia, lateral view; B. Epandrium, dorsal view; C. Hypandrium, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm. D. Natural habitus of a male specimen in Mozart 424, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina (iNaturalist catalogue number 37828673; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37828673). Photo taken by ©Paula Zermoglio.

FIGURE 65. Argentinomyia praeusta (Loew, 1866), male (USNM ENT 01443776): A. Head, frontal view; B. Dorsal view; C. Lateral view. Female (USNM ENT 01443777): D. Head, frontal view; E. Dorsal view; F. Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm.

FIGURE 68. Argentinomyia rex (Fluke, 1945), male genitalia. A. Whole genitalia, lateral view; B. Epandrium, dorsal view; C. Hypandrium, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 69. Argentinomyia rugosonasa (Williston, 1891), male: A. Head, frontal view (INBio CRI 002452405); B. Dorsal view (ECO–TAP–E 24469); C. Lateral view (INBio CRI 002452405). Female (INBio CRI 0003753634): D. Head, frontal view; E. Dorsal view; F. Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm. [Note: The coloration of female legs in figure 69D is mainly due to the conservation of the specimen]

FIGURE 70. Argentinomyia rugosonasa (Williston, 1891), male genitalia. A. Whole genitalia, lateral view; B. Epandrium, dorsal view; C. Hypandrium, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm. D. Natural habitus of a male specimen in El Calvario, Toluca, México (iNaturalist catalogue number 17119892; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17119892); E. Natural habitus of a female specimen in Toluca de Lerdo, México (iNaturalist catalogue number 8506135; https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/8506135). Photos taken by ©Juan Carlos García Morales.

FIGURE 72. Argentinomyia sagoti sp. nov., male Holotype, genitalia. A. Whole genitalia, lateral view; B. Epandrium, dorsal view; C. Hypandrium, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.