Ophyra chalcogaster (Wiedemann, 1824)

Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, Olea, Maria Sofia & Mariluis, Juan Carlos, 2013, Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species, Zootaxa 3702 (4), pp. 301-347 : 318-319

Ophyra chalcogaster (Wiedemann, 1824)

( Figs. 13 , 41 )

Material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 3 females, Burzaco, 15-XII-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Buenos Aires, 20-X-1906, Zotta leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Buenos Aires, 17-IV-2002, Oliva leg. ( MACN); 3 females, 4 males, Capital Federal, X-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); MISIONES: 4 females, Iguazú, X-1988, Mariluis leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 41 ): Buenos Aires; Misiones.

References for Argentina . Patitucci et al. (2010a).

Remarks. A redescription with good illustrations of male and female terminalia was given by Pamplona & Couri (1989). The immature stages were studied by Skidmore (1985).

Biology. Ophyra chalcogaster is a cosmopolitan species associated with urban or suburban environments ( Linhares 1981). Their larvae can breed in faeces and decaying meat ( Mendes & Linhares 1993), and prey on larvae of other diptera.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 14. 13. Ophyra chalcogaster, female. 13 a. Ocellar triangle, frontal view. 13 b. Lateral view with detail of arista, on the left, and details of calypters, on the right. 14. Ophyra capensis, female. 14 a. Ocellar triangle, frontal view. 14 b. Lateral view with detail of arista, on the left.

FIGURES 38 – 41. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 38. Ophyra aenescens. 39. O. albuquerquei. 40. O. capensis. 41. O. chalcogaster. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution. Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.