Neomuscina neosimilis Snyder, 1949

Pereira-Colavite, Alessandre & De, Claudio J. B., 2012, Taxonomy of Neomuscina Townsend (Diptera, Muscidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 3504, pp. 1-55 : 27-29

Neomuscina neosimilis Snyder, 1949

( Figs. 65–70 )

Neomuscina neosimilis Snyder 1949: 6 (key), 33 (description); Snyder 1954: 425 (key); Pont 1972: 50 (catalogue); d’Almeida 1993: 7 –16 (synanthropy); de Carvalho et al. 1993: 58 (catalogue); Couri 1998: 597–603, figure 12 (spermatheca’s structures); Couri & de Carvalho 2002: 154 (key); Couri & de Carvalho 2005: 9 (listed); de Carvalho et al. 2005: 94 (catalogue); Rodríguez-Fernández et al. 2006: 98 (listed); Nihei et al. 2009: 7 (listed); Schühli et al. 2011: 134 (listed).

Diagnosis: acrostichal 0:1; dorsocentral 2:4; male: intra-alar 1; mid femur with three preapical setae; wing hyaline with dark cloud running from R1 joining with a cloud on r-m; R2+3 with dark cloud at apex; dm-cu with a dark cloud; female: sternite VIII with strong spike-like setae.

Color: general body coloration brownish yellow; frons yellow, apex darkened; facialia and parafacialia white; frontalia and parafrontalia with dark apex and yellow base; antenna and palpus yellow; scutum with four dark stripes of grey pruinosity; fore femur with basal third dark brown; median and hind femora with basal two thirds dark brown; calypters and halter white; wing hyaline, with dark cloud running from R1 joining a cloud on r-m; R2+3 with dark cloud on apex; dm-cu with a dark cloud.

Male. Length. Body: 6.0– 6.2 mm; wing: 6.5–6.7 mm.

Head: eyes separated from each other by 0.09–0.12 mm, at level of ocellar tubercle; 11 pairs of frontal setae; ocellar seta large and parallel; postocellar seta large and divergent; inner vertical and outer vertical setae small and divergent.

Thorax: acrostichal 0:1; dorsocentral 2:4; intra-alar 1; fore tibia with a distinct median anterodorsal seta; apex of fore tibia with setae on anterodorsal, dorsal, posterodorsal, posteroventral surfaces; mid femur with a row of setae on posteroventral surface from base to middle; mid femur with three preapical setae, on dorsal, posterodorsal and posterior surfaces; apex of mid tibia with setae on anterior, posterodorsal, posteroventral, ventral and anteroventral surfaces; hind femur with a complete row of dorsal and anteroventral setae, and a row of posteroventral setae from base to middle; hind tibia with one median anterodorsal setaand three median anteroventral setae; hind tibia with anterior, anterodorsal, dorsal and ventral setae at apex; wing with one or two dorsal and one ventral setae at apex of stem vein.

Abdomen: fifth sternite slightly projected at base; epandrium slightly projected; cercus slightly blunt apically.

Female (differing as follows): Length. Body: 6.2–6.3 mm; wing: 6.6–6.8 mm; eyes separated from each other by 0.3–0.31 mm, at level of ocellar tubercle; 10–11 pairs of frontal convergent setae, except for upper two pairs, divergent; ocellar and postocellar setae large and divergent; inner vertical seta large and convergent, and outer vertical seta large and divergent; intra-alars 2; sternites VI and VII strongly sclerotized; sternite VIII with strong spike-like setae; epiproct with four setae, setae in a square-shaped arrangement (2:2).

Comments: Males of N. neosimilis have a slightly narrowed fifth sternite and cerci, in posterior view. Females are characterized by a long and prominent seta on the ovipositor.

Holotype (not examined): AMNH. Type-locality: Nova Teutônia, Santa Catarina.

Material examined: BRAZIL. Alagoas. 1 male “ Brasil, AL, Quebrângulo / Reserva Biológica Pedra Talhada / Arm. Malaise – 4ª Trilha / 11-14.IX.2002 / Penteado-Dias & eq. col., Refugo” ( MZUSP) \ Bahia. 1 male “ Brasil, BA, Mata de São João / Reserva de Sapiranga / 12º33’35” S 38º02’ 48,8 W ” / Malaise, Ponto B5 / 19–22.VII.2001 / M.T. Tavares & eq. col.” ( MZUSP) \ 1 male “ Brasil, BA, Mata de São João / Reserva de Sapiranga / 12º33’38,5” S 38º02’ 57,2 W ” / Malaise, Ponto T6 / 22–25.VII.2001 / M.T. Tavares & eq. col.” ( MZUSP) \ Espírito Santo. 1 male “ Brasil, ES, Santa Teresa / Estação Biológica Santa Lúcia - 755m / 19º58’21,1” S 40º32’05,5” W / Varredura – Ponto 19 / 7.IV.2001 / C.O. Azevedo & eq. col.” ( MZUSP) \ 1 male “ Brasil, ES, Santa Teresa / Estação Biológica Santa Lúcia - 867m / 19º58’39,2” S 40º32’06,2” W / Varredura – Ponto 19 / 8.IV.2001 / C.O. Azevedo & eq. col.” ( MZUSP) \ 1 male “ Brasil, ES, Santa Teresa / Estação Biológica Santa Lúcia - 755m / 19º58’14,9” S 40º32’05,8” W / Arm. Moerick – Ponto 1 – Bosque / 9-12.IV.2001 / C.O. Azevedo & eq. col.” ( MZUSP) \ Mato Grosso. 1 male “ DPTO ZOOL / UF-PARANÁ | Chap. Guimarães – MT / 18.XI.1983 / Exc. Dep. Zool. – UFPR / POLONOROESTE” ( DZUP) \ 1 male and 2 females, same locality and collector, 30.XI.1983 ( DZUP) \ 9 males and 7 females, same locality and collector, 01.XII.1983 ( DZUP) \ 9 males and 7 females, same locality and collector, 02.XII.1983 ( DZUP) \ 2 males and 3 females, same locality and collector, 03.XII.1983 ( DZUP) \ 1 male “ DPTO ZOOL / UF-PARANÁ | Cáceres – MT / 27.III.1984 / C. Elias leg. / POLONOROESTE” ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 21.XI.1984 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 24.XI.1984 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 01.XII.1984 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 03.XII.1984 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 06.XII.1984 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 10.XII.1984 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 17.XII.1984 ( DZUP) \ Minas Gerais. 1 male “ Brasil, MG, Cabo Verde / Fazenda da Cata – 598m / 21º27’11,04” S 37º24’50,4” W / Malaise – 2 Mata / 10–23.IX.2006 / Amorin, Ribeiro, Falaschi & Oliveira col.” ( MZUSP) \ Paraná. 1 female “Colombo – PR / EMBRAPA BR 476 km 20 / BRASIL 13.IV.1987 / Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR / Malaise” ( DZUP) \ 1 female “Colombo – PR / EMBRAPA BR 476 km 20 / BRASIL 13.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female “ Fênix – Paraná / Reserva Est. – ITCF / Brasil 04.VIII.1986 / Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR / Malaise” ( DZUP) \ 1 male “Jundiaí do Sul – PR / Fazenda Monte Verde / BRASIL 20.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 03.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 24.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 2 females “P. Grossa (V. Velha) PR / Reserva IPAR BR376 / BRASIL 01.VII.1986, Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR / Malaise” ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 01.VII.1986 ( DZUP) \ 1 male, same locality and collector, 13.X.1986 ( DZUP) \ 2 females, same locality and collector, 12.I.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 24.XI.1986 ( DZUP) \ 2 males, same locality and collector, 19.I.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 26.I.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 16.II.1987 ( DZUP) \ 2 females, same locality and collector, 09.III.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 16.III.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female, same locality and collector, 23.III.1987 ( DZUP) \ 1 female “S. José dos Pinhais – PR / Ser. Mar BR 277 km 54 / BRASIL, 13.X.1986, / Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR / Malaise” ( DZUP) \ 1 male “ Brasil, PR, Morretes / Parque Estadual do Pau Oco / Malaise – Ponto T5 / 07-10.IV.2002 / M.T. Tavares & eq. col.” ( MZUSP) \ Santa Catarina. 1 female “ Brasil, SC, São Francisco do Sul / Capa – Vila da Glória / Malaise – B6 – Bosque / 17–20-X-2001 ” ( MZUSP) \ 1 female “ Brasil, SC, São Bento do Sul / 5ª Malaise – Bosque” ( MZUSP) \ Sergipe. 1 female “ Brasil, SE, Santa Luzia do Itanhy Crasto / 11º22’42,7” S 37º24’58,1” W / Moericke – Trilha 3 / 30.VII-2-VIII.2001 / M.T. Tavares & eq. col.” ( MZUSP).

Geographical distribution: Brazil (Alagoas [new rec.], Bahia [new rec.], Espírito Santo [new rec.], Mato Grosso [new rec.], Minas Gerais [new rec.], Rio de Janeiro, Paraná [new rec.], Santa Catarina [type-locality], Sergipe [new rec.]), Trinidad and Tobago.

Figures

FIGURES 65 – 70. Neomuscina neosimilis. Male terminalia: 65. Fifth sternite, dorsal view; 66. Epandrium, surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view; 67. Epandrium, surstylus and cercal plate, posterior view; 68. Aedeagus, lateral view. Female terminalia: 69. Dorsal view; 70. Ventral view. (Scale 0.5 mm)