Stylogaster macrura Lopes

Rocha, Leonardo Silvestre Gomes & Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes De, 2012, Stylogaster Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) from Northeastern Brazil: new records and two new species, Zootaxa 3590, pp. 23-36 : 24-25

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.283164

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6174329

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scientific name

Stylogaster macrura Lopes
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Stylogaster macrura Lopes View in CoL

Stylogaster macrura Lopes, 1938: 403 View in CoL . Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, Eng. Lefèvre, 1200m.

This species is known only by females, which can easily be distinguished by the long “ovipositor” which is at least three times as long as the abdomen. It was previously known from only three specimens from municipalities of the São Paulo and Santa Catarina states in the Southeast and South regions of Brazil, respectively ( Camras & Parrillo, 1985). In contrast, the new records are from the Caatinga, a much warmer and dryer biome than the previously known records at high altitude subtropical forests with lower average temperature, indicating that the species has a broader distribution and a greater ecological plasticity. The identification was confirmed by comparison with the female holotype.

Distribution. Brazil: São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Bahia (new rec.), Pernambuco (new rec.).

Examined material. BRAZIL: Bahia, Nova Conquista, 1Ƥ, XII-1969, F.M. Oliveira leg.; Pernambuco, Caruaru, 4Ƥ, V-1972, J. Lima leg.; 2Ƥ, VII-1972, J. Lima leg.; São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, Eng Lefèvre, 1200m, 1Ƥ (holotype), 28-II-1938, Travassos, Oiticica & Travassos Filho leg.

PLATE 1. Stylogaster souzai Monteiro, 1960 , female. Fig. 1: “ovipositor”, left lateral view. Fig. 2: terminalia, left lateral view. Fig. 3: terminalia, dorsal view. Fig.: 4 terminalia, ventral view. Fig. 5: egg, right laterodorsal view [ce: cercus; ll: lateral lobes of sternite 8; hyp: hypoproct; st: sternite; T: tergite].

Camras, S. & Parrillo, P. P. (1985) Review of the New World Stylogaster (Diptera Conopidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 78, 111 - 126.

Lopes, H. S. (1938) Sobre uma nova especie do genero Stylogaster Macquart do Brasil (Dipt.: Conopidae). Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 33, 403 - 405.

Monteiro, L. (1960) Insecta Amapaensia. Diptera Conopidae: especies do genero Stylogaster Macquart, 1835. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 58, 103 - 114.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Conopidae

Genus

Stylogaster