Sarcopromusca Townsend, 1927

Nihei, Silvio Shigueo & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De, 2009, The Muscini flies of the world (Diptera, Muscidae): identification key and generic diagnoses, Zootaxa 1976, pp. 1-24 : 20

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185153

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658526

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scientific name

Sarcopromusca Townsend, 1927
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Sarcopromusca Townsend, 1927 View in CoL View at ENA

Sarcopromusca Townsend, 1927: 209 View in CoL . Type species: Sarcopromusca arcuata Townsend, 1927 View in CoL [= Orthellia pruna Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926 ].

Diagnosis. Colouration metallic black with dense silver pruinosity, except for the fifth abdominal tergite which is strikingly golden; wing without maculae, at most the membrane tinged with brown. Female with proclinate fronto-orbital seta; parafrons setulose on upper half; interfrontal seta absent. Acrostichals 0+1. Postsutural dorsocentrals 3. Posthumeral present, postsutural intra-alars 1; intrapostalar present. Prosternum setulose. Katepisternals 1+3. Meron setulose. Posterior suprasquamal ridge setulose. Wing with the apical portion of stem-vein setulose dorsally and ventrally; R1 bare; Rs node and R4+5 setulose dorsally and ventrally; M bent forward towards R4+5. Lower calypter enlarged posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum. Subcostal sclerite bare. Mid tibia with a strong submedian seta on ventral to posteroventral surface. Calcar strong.

Comments. Nihei (2005) gave a key to distinguish the two species – S. sarcophagina (Wulp) and S. pruna (Shannon & Del Ponte) , and drew attention to doubts about their distribution because of past misidentifications.

Distribution (2 species). Neotropical.

References. Pamplona (1992), de Carvalho and Couri (2002), Nihei (2005).

de Carvalho, C. J. B. & Couri, M. S. (2002) Part I. Basal groups. In: de Carvalho, C. J. B. (Ed.), Muscidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region: taxonomy. Editora Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, pp. 17 - 132.

Pamplona, D. M. (1992) Revalidacao de Sarcopromusca Townsend, 1927 com redescricao de S. pruna (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926) (Diptera, Muscidae, Muscinae) e chave para os generos proximos. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 7, 489 - 494.

Townsend, C. H. T. (1927) Synopse dos generos muscoideos da regiao humida tropical da America, com generos e especies novos. Revista do Museu Paulista, 15, 203 - 385.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Muscidae

Tribe

Muscini