Bithoracochaeta calopus ( Bigot, 1885 )

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 : 340-341

Bithoracochaeta calopus ( Bigot, 1885)

( Figs. 17 , 84 )

Material examined. ARGENTINA . BUENOS AIRES: 2 males, Burzaco, 13-IV-2007, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 2 males, José C. Paz, 25-VIII-1939, Ogloblin leg. ( MNRJ); 2 females, 5 males, Magdalena, 25-VIII-1998, Basso leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Villa Elisa, III-1982, Mariluis leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 84 ): Buenos Aires; Río Negro. References for Argentina . Albuquerque (1956b); Malloch (1934). Remarks. Motta & Couri (1999) showed a detailed redescription of B. calopus and presented terminalia

structures.

Biology. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 18. 17. Bithoracochaeta calopus, lateral view with details of femur III, on the right. 18. Spathipheromyia guttipennis, lateral view.

FIGURES 83 – 88. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 83. Syllimnophora variceps. 84. Bithoracochaeta calopus. 85. B. leucoprocta. 86. Neodexiopsis geniculata. 87. N. paulistensis. 88. Spathipheromyia guttipennis. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; grey stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.