Cnodalomyia catarinensis Lamas and Mellinger, 2008

Lamas, Carlos José Einicker & Mellinger, Gabriela Bastos, 2011, Revision of the Neotropical robber fly genus Cnodalomyia Hull (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) with description of two new species from Brazil, Journal of Natural History 45 (33 - 34), pp. 2015-2036 : 2021-2023

Cnodalomyia catarinensis Lamas and Mellinger, 2008

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Cnodalomyia catarinensis Lamas and Mellinger, 2008: 38–42 ; Papavero, 2009: 8 (cat.).

Holotype male

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia (27 ◦ 3 ′ 0 ′′ S, 52 ◦ 23 ′ 60 ′′ W)/ XI.1948 / F. Plaumann leg. (Deposited in MZUSP).

Diagnosis

Cnodalomyia catarinensis can be easily distinguished from C. obtusa and C. papaveroi sp. nov. by the entirely yellow mystax. The distiphallus is as long as the gonostylus in C. catarinensis , while it is one-third longer in C. obtusa and one-third shorter in C. papaveroi sp. nov. From C. artigasi sp. nov. it can be distinguished by the lateral stripes of the mesonotum, which are divided into three portions of the same length in C. catarinensis , whereas in C. artigasi sp. nov. the posterior portion has half the length of both anterior portions.

Body length. 10.7–19.3 mm. Wing length: 9.1–13.4 mm.

Remarks

A complete description of C. catarinensis was presented in Lamas and Mellinger (2008), except for the egg, which is herein described.

Eggs. Enlarged, light brown; aeropyles largely present in the exochorion, button-like ( Figure 5A ); chorion composed of pentagonal cells; micropylar area folded in the

apical part of exochorion ( Figure 5B ), largely smooth, without grooves, with one central micropyle.

Examined material

Paratypes. Brazil. Paraná: Curitiba (25 ◦ 25 ′ 0 ′′ S, 49 ◦ 15 ′ 0 ′′ W), X.1936, 1 female, Claretiano; Florestal (25 ◦ 26 ′ 60 ′′ S, 52 ◦ 23 ′ 60 ′′ W), III.1945, 1 female, Haischbach. Santa Catarina: Nova Teutônia (27 ◦ 3 ′ 0 ′′ S, 52 ◦ 23 ′ 60 ′′ W), 10.II.1940, 1 male, F. Plaumann; XI.1948, 2 females, F. Plaumann; XII.1962, 1 male, F. Plaumann; XI.1970, 4 females, F. Plaumann; II.1977, F. Plaumann; Rio das Antas (26 ◦ 30 ′ 0 ′′ S, 50 ◦ 13 ′ 60 ′′ W), I.1953, 2 males, 3 females, Camargo and Dante; I.1953, 4 males, 6 females, Camargo and Andrade. São Paulo: Campos do Jordão (22 ◦ 43 ′ 60 ′′ S, 45 ◦ 34 ′ 60 ′′ W), 20.I.1936, 1 female, F. Lane; 23.I.1936, 1 female, F. Lane; 18.XII.1944, 1 female, F. Lane; 29.XII.1944, 1 female, F. Lane; (1600 m), III.1945, 2 females, Wygodzinsky; I.1948, 2 females, F. Lane; I.1952, 2 females, M. d´Andretta; (1200 m), XI.1952, 1 female, L. Travassos; XII.1952, 1 female, L. Travassos; I.1954, 1 female, J. Lane; 20.XI.1957, 1 female, K. Lenko; 21.XI.1957, 1 female, K. Lenko; 25.XI.1957, 1 female, K. Lenko; 27.XI.1957, 1 female, K. Lenko; 28.XI.1957, 1 female, K. Lenko; 15.II.1958, 1 female, K. Lenko; 19.II.1958, 1 female, K. Lenko; São Paulo (23 ◦ 31 ′ 60 ′′ S, 46 ◦ 37 ′ 0 ′′ W), XII.1944, 1 female, M. Barreto. All specimens deposited in MZUSP.

Geographic records

Brazil: Paraná (Curitiba, Florestal) , Santa Catarina ( Nova Teutônia , Rio das Antas) , São Paulo ( Campos do Jordão , São Paulo) .

Figures

Figure 4. Cnodalomyia catarinensis: (A) Mesonotum; (B) gonostylus (lateral view).

Figure 5. Cnodalomyia catarinensis: (A) Egg (200 ×); (B) micropylar area (600 ×).