Ommatius normus Curran, 1928

Vieira, Rodrigo, Bravo, Freddy & Rafael, José Albertino, 2010, Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821, normus species-group (Diptera, Asilidae): description of two new species and comments on Brazilian species, Zootaxa 2344, pp. 39-51 : 44

Ommatius normus Curran, 1928

( Figs. 19–29 )

Ommatius norma Curran, 1928:2 ; Hull 1962: 435; Martin & Papavero 1970 (35b): 59 (catalogue); Scarbrough 1993: 731; 2002: 198; Vieira, Castro & Bravo 2005: 19; Ommatius normus Curran Scarbrough 2008: 6 , figs 3, 24–32.

Briefly diagnosed by Scarbrough (2008).

Variation. The female specimen from Roraima State has 2 posteroventral preapical macrosetae on the hind femur, while only 1 macroseta is mentioned in the original description of Curran (1928).

Geographical records. Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Brazil: Roraima State (New record), Amapá State (New record), Amazonas State, Pará State, Maranhão State (New record), Acre State (New record), Rondônia State, Mato Grosso State, Goiás State, Minas Gerais State, Mato Grosso do Sul State, São Paulo State and Santa Catarina State; Paraguay.

Specimens examined. BRAZIL. Roraima: Rio Uraricoera, Ilha de Maracá (1 Ƥ INPA ); Amapá: Serra do Navio (2 3 MZUSP); Amazonas: Manaus (Reserva Ducke) (1 3, 3 Ƥ INPA ), Manaus (2 3, 1 Ƥ DZUP, 10 3, 2 Ƥ INPA ), Manaus (BI-2) (1 3 INPA ), Faz. II AF, Est. Br 174 Mn. (1 3 INPA ), Rod.[ovia] AM-10, Km 76 (1 Ƥ, 1 3 INPA ); Ceplac (Est.[rada] Mn.[Manaus] Itacoatiara) (1 3, 1 Ƥ INPA ), Novo Aripuanã (05º15’53”S 60º07’08”W, Reserva Soka) (2 3 INPA ); Pará: Tucuruí (Vale Caribé, 035832S 494452W) (1 3 INPA ), Óbidos (Sitio Curió, 01º47’03”S 55º07’05”W) (1 3 INPA ), Cachimbo (2 Ƥ MZUSP); Maranhão: Barreirinhas (024339S 424634W) (1 Ƥ MZUSP); Acre: Rio Branco (1 Ƥ MPEG); Rondônia: Nova Mamoré (Parque Estadual de Guarajá-Mirim, Rio Formoso) (1 Ƥ INPA ); Mato Grosso: Base Camp. 12º50’S 51º45’W (2 Ƥ NHM); São Paulo: Araçatuba (Córrego Azul) (1 Ƥ MZUSP), Cipó, 40 Km. S. de São Paulo (1 Ƥ NHM); Santa Catarina: Nova Teutônia [Seara] (27º11’B 52º23’L.) (1 3 NHM).

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 29. Ommatius normus. 3 (Figs. 19 – 24, 26); Ƥ (Figs. 25, 27 – 29): 19. Male terminalia lateral. 20. Male terminalia dorsal. 21. Phallus and ejaculatory apodeme in dorsal view. 22. Gonostylus. 23. Phallus and ejaculatory apodeme in lateral view. 24. Male terminalia ventral. 25. Capsule spermatheca. 26. Subepandrial sclerite. 27. Female proctiger. 28. Female sternite VIII. 29. Female terminalia dorsal.