Euxesta calligyna ( Bigot, 1857 )

Mello, Ramon Luciano, González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Camargo, Alexssandro & Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., 2024, Catalog of the Ulidiidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) of Chile, Zootaxa 5506 (3), pp. 322-349 : 338

Euxesta calligyna ( Bigot, 1857) .

( Figs. 6 , 16 )

Amethysa calligyna Bigot, 1857: 304 .

Syntypes. Three males and three females ( OUMNH), Chile ( Fig. 6 ) .

Distribution. Chile. Región de Coquimbo: Elqui Province (Vicuña); Región de Valparaíso: Marga Marga Province (Perales), San Antonio Province (Algarrobo); Región Metropolitana: Maipo Province (San Bernardo), Santiago Province (Parque Quinta Normal, Santiago); Región de O’Higgins: Provincia Cachapoal (Lago Rapel), Fig. 16

References. Schiner, 1868: 284 (com., as Amethysa ); Hendel, 1909: 155 (in key, as Euxesta ); Hendel, 1910: 26 (cat.), plate 1, fig. 24; Malloch, 1933: 258 (diag.); Stuardo, 1946: 132 (cat., as Euxesta ); Olalquiaga, 1964: 83 (distr.); Steyskal, 1968: 17 (cat.); Frías, 1981a: 46–49 (desc.), fig. 14 (lateral view of the head), fig. 32 (lateral view of the antenna), fig. 136 (ejaculatory apodeme), fig. 150 (spermatheca), fig. 165 (ovipositor), fig. 182 (eggs), fig. 192 (larvae), fig. 231 (pupae), fig. 248 (wing), fig. 291 (chromosomes), fig. 314 (idiograms); Frías et al., 1982: 97–106 (allozymes), fig. 1 (idiograms), figs 2–3 (phylogenies); Steyskal & Ahlmark, 1995: 189 (in key).

Figures

FIGURE 6a–e. Euxesta calligyna (Bigot, 1857) a–c: syntype male, (OUMNH): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. habitus, lateral view; c. labels. d–e: non type-material female. d. habitus, dorsolateral view. E. wing. Scales: a–b, d:1 mm; e: 0,5 mm.

FIGURE 16. Chilean distribution of Euxesta eluta Loew, 1868, E. calligyna (Bigot, 1857), E. obliquestriata Hendel, 1909, and E. penacamposi Steyskal, 1973.