Raphiocera armata, (Wiedemann, 1830)

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada & Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete, 2022, An illustrated checklist of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Paraguay with three new synonyms and 22 new records of species for the country, Zootaxa 5190 (1), pp. 1-55 : 25-26

armata ( Wiedemann, 1830) ( Fig. 81 )

Sargus armatus Wiedemann, 1830: 29 . Syntype: female (ZMHB). Type locality: Brazil.

= Sargus fallenii Perty, 1833a : plate 37, fig. 1; Perty 1833b: 184 (description). Syntype: sex not stated (ZSBS). Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, “in montibus Provinciae Minarum”. Syn. by Pimentel & Pujol-Luz (2001: 13).

= Rhapiocera picta Wulp, 1879: 9 . Holotype: female (IRSNB). Type locality: Brazil. Syn. by Pimentel & Pujol-Luz (2001: 13).

= Rhaphiocera armata var. borgmeieri Lindner, 1931: 310 . Holotype: presumed male (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Espírito Santo.

= Rhaphiocera armata var. hansae Lindner, 1931: 310 . Syntype: sex not stated (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Hansa .

= Rhaphiocera armata var. minasensis Lindner, 1931: 310 . Holotype: male (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais.

= Rhaphiocera armata var. stieglmayri Lindner, 1931: 310 . Syntypes: 6 specimens, both sexes, number of each sex not stated (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.

= Rhaphiocera armata var. transhansae Lindner, 1931: 310 . Syntype: sex not stated (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.

= Rhaphiocera armata ssp. zikani Lindner, 1935: 399 . Syntypes: 7 males (SMNS), 1 male, female (sex dubious) (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia , 700 m.

= Basentidema coerulescens James, 1943a: 376 . Holotype: male (AMNH). Type locality: Brazil, Nova Teutonia (= Seara), 27º11’S, 52º23’W. Syn. by Pimentel & Pujol-Luz (2001: 13).

= Rhaphiocera armata ssp. minaensis James, 1973a : 26.33. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

References. James, 1943a: 378 (in key to species, as Rhaphiocera ); James, 1973a: 26.23 (cat.); Woodley, 2001: 237 (cat., as Raphiocera ); Pimentel & Pujol-Luz, 2001: 12 (in key to species), 13 (redescription, figs 42–52); Woodley, 2011: 407 (cat.).

Material examined. Paraguay: 1 ♂, Guairá, General Eugenio A. [Alejandrino] Garay, Cordillera del Yvyturusu, Cerro Tres Kandu, 25º54’S 56º09’W, 260–842 msnm, 21.i.2022, B. & N. Garcete ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX2089).

Distribution. Brazil, Paraguay (Guairá: General Eugenio Alejandrino Garay ).

Figures

FIGURES 73–84. Stratiomyid species, habitus dorsal. 73. Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), female. 74. Hermetia pulchra Wiedemann, 1830, female. 75–76. Hermetia teevani Curran, 1934, male and female, respectively. 77. Nemotelus sp. 1, female. 78. Acanthinomyia elongata (Wiedemann, 1824), male. 79. Artemita podexargenteus Enderlein, 1914, female. 80. Panacris nigribasis Lindner, 1949, male. 81. Raphiocera armata (Wiedemann, 1830), male. 82. Acrochaeta fasciata Wiedemann, 1830, male. 83. Merosargus cingulatus Schiner, 1868, male. 84. Merosargus coxalis Lindner, 1949, male. Scale bar, 1 mm.