Copestylum currani, (FLUKE, 1951)

Rotheray, Graham E., Marcos-García, Maria-Angeles, Hancock, Geoff, Pérez-Bañón, Celeste & Maier, Chris T., 2009, Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae) breeding in Agavaceae and Cactaceae including seven new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (4), pp. 697-749 : 714

COPESTYLUM CURRANI ( FLUKE, 1951)

Puparium: Anterodorsal margin of mesothorax with enlarged setae, not spicules. Dorsal vestiture of abdomen spread across folds and not strongly confined to medial transverse bands. Crochets translucent with red tips. Posterior breathing tube dark brown, about 1/10 as wide as puparium, AP about 0.67¥ as long as TR is wide, lightly punctate and slightly tapering. Pupal spiracles about as long as AP and about 1.8¥ as wide apart as a pupal spiracle is long.

Taxonomic notes: The puparium of C. currani is distinguished from other Scutellatum group species by the slightly tapering posterior breathing tube which is dark brown and with the AP just over half as long as TR is wide.

Material examined: 3 ♂, 3 ♀, six puparia, one larva ECUADOR Pinchincha, Guayllamaba 29.viii.2000 E. G. H., G. E. R. and Elicio Tapia ex decaying platyclades of Opuntia and a small columnar cactus ( Cactaceae ) (NMS, PUCE).