Pegomya poeciloptera Malloch, 1921

Gomes, Roberto Pereira, Fogaça, João Manuel, Bortolanza, Mariza & Pereira, Adriana Couto, 2019, New records of the Brazilian Anthomyiidae (Diptera) and a checklist of species from Palmas Grasslands Wildlife Refuge, Check List 15 (1), pp. 93-103 : 101

Pegomya poeciloptera Malloch, 1921

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Pegomya poeciloptera Malloch 1921: 430 . Type locality: Argentina, La Plata. Pont 1974: 8 (catalogue).

Diagnosis. General coloration light brown, with areas of gray pruinosity. Legs light brown. Dorsocentral setae 2+3. Prealar seta short, half as long as anterior notopleural seta. Katepisternal setae 1+2. Vein dm-cu straight. Vein A 1 +CuA 2 reaching the wing margin. Wing with spots on vein h, vein R 1 apex, vein R 2+3 apex, vein R 4+5 apex, vein M apex, vein r-m, vein dm-cu and a spot between vein R 4+5 and vein CuA 1 base.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Paraná: 1 ♀, Pal- mas, PGWR, A.C. Pereira col., Af, 6.x.2012 ( DZUP); same locality and collector: 1 ♀, Af, 15.ix.2014; 1 ♀, Ag, 15.ix.2014; 2 ♀, Af, 26.viii.2014 ( DZUP); 1 ♂, Ag, 5.vii.2014 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Ar, 6.x.2012 (LabDip); 4 ♀, Ar, 21.ix.2012 ( DZUP); 1 ♀, Ag, 22.ix.2014 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Ag, 29.x.2014 (LabDip); 1 ♂, Telêmaco Borba, Res. Biol. Samuel Klabin, 31.viii.1987, Lev. PROFAUPAR ( DZUP); Rio Grande do Sul: 1 ♂, Morro Redondo, Santo Amor, 26.vii.2002, R. F. Krüger ( DZUP); 1 ♂ and 2 ♀, Arroio Grande, Mauá, 23.viii.2002, P. B. Ribeiro; same locality and collector: 1 ♀, 09.viii.2002; 2 ♀, 16.viii.2002; 2 ♀, 30.viii.2002 ( DZUP); 2 ♀, Capão do Leão, 30.viii.2002, R. F. Krüger; same locality and collector: 1 ♀, 19.vii.2002; 1 ♀, 19.vii.2002; 6 ♀, 16.viii.2002; 6 ♀, 23.viii.2002; 1 ♀, 04.x.2002 ( DZUP); 1 ♀ Pelotas, 16.viii.2002, R. F. Krüger ( DZUP).

General distribution. Argentina, Brazil (Santa Catarina) ( Albuquerque 1959).

Biology. The species of the genus have leaf miner larvae ( Griffiths 1982).

New records. Paraná (Palmas, Telêmaco Borba) and Rio Grande do Sul (Arroio Grande, Capão do Leão, Morro Redondo, Pelotas).