Leucophora rufitibia ( Stein, 1918 )

Ramírez-Mora, Manuel A. & Patitucci, Luciano Damián, 2025, Revision of the genus Leucophora (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from South America, with the description of eight new species, Zootaxa 5707 (1), pp. 1-82 : 60

Leucophora rufitibia ( Stein, 1918)

Ammomyia rufitibia Stein, 1918:239 , Type-locality: Peru, Piura; Stein, 1919:152 (catalogue).

Hylephila rufitibia Seguy, 1937:138 (catalogue).

Leucophora rufitibia Pont, 1974:7 (catalogue)

Material examined. Holotype. 1 ♂ ( MSNM): “ Piura / Peru / June 22 [white paper, handwritten]”; “CHTTownsend

/ Collector [white paper, printed]”; “ Ammomyia / rufitibia sp n / Stein det. [White label, handwritten, printed]”;

Remarks. Michele Zilioli (comm. per.) from the entomology laboratory of MSNM informed us that the type specimen is lost, only the labels are available.

Distribution. Neotropical: PERU ( Fig. 57A ).

Figures

FIGURE 57. Distributional records of Leucophora species. A. Leucophora rufitibia (Stein, 1918). B. Leucophora subvittata (Malloch, 1934). C. Leucophora tacuil Ramírez-Mora & Patitucci, sp. nov. D. Leucophora yacochuya Ramírez-Mora & Patitucci, sp. nov. Black squares represent new records; white squares represent previous records.