Notoschoenomyza kuscheli Hennig, 1955

Gomes, Lucas R. P., Couri, Márcia S. & De Carvalho, Claudio J. B., 2018, Anthomyiidae, Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) from the Juan Fernández Archipelago (Chile): 60 years after Willi Hennig’s contributions, Zootaxa 4402 (2), pp. 373-389 : 384

Notoschoenomyza kuscheli Hennig, 1955

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Diagnosis: General coloration of body dark brown with thorax bearing weak pruinose stripes; antenna black; palpus yellowish; halter yellowish; femora yellowish-brown with yellow apex; tibia yellowish; tarsomeres brown; abdomen with tergites dark grey with silver pruinosity. Prestomal teeth developed; labella reduced, arista pubescent; prealar seta absent; dorsocentral setae 2+3; katepisternal setae 1+1+1, forming equilateral triangle ( Fig. 10 ); prosternum bare; calypters subequal in length ( Fig. 10 ); hind tibia with one supramedian anterodorsal, one median setae and one supramedian posterodorsal seta; sternite 1 bare. Body length: 4.6–6.0 mm. Wing length: 4.2– 4.8 mm.

Material examined: CHILE: Juan Fernández , Robinson Crusoe Island 3 females, Bahia Cumberland, 11.i.1993, Marshall & Gonzalez ; 4 females, Mirador Selkirk, 1–10.i.1993, S. A. Marshall; 8 females, Plazoleta, El Yunque 23–29.i.1992 and 1–9.i.1993, S. A. Marshall.

References: Hennig (1955); Couri & Marques (2004).

Distribution: Juan Fernández Archipelago ( Chile) (Lowënberg-Neto & de Carvalho 2013).

Biology: There are no biological studies on this species.

Comments: Hennig (1955) identified this species at Robinson Crusoe Island (1 female) and Alejandro Selkirk Island (1 male and 8 females) ( Table 1).

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Anthomyia limbinervis (Macquart, 1843): (1) scutellum with pale cilia ventrally (black arrow); (2) wing, ventral view; (3) costal vein ciliated ventrally, ventral view; Delia platura (Meigen, 1826): (4) male, hind femur, posterior view; (5) wing, ventral view; (6) costal vein bare ventrally, ventral view; Fannia anthracina (Walker, 1836): (7) wing, ventral view, subcostal sinuous (white arrow), vein A 2 strongly curved (black arrow); Fannia hennigi sp. n.: (8) male, coxa ciliated, posterior surface (blackarrow); Lispoides insularis Hennig, 1957:(9) abdomen, lateral view, katepisternum 2+1 (white arrow), lower calypter twice as long as upper one (blackarrow); Notoschoenomyza kuscheli Hennig, 1955: (10) abdomen, lateral view, katepisternum 1+1+1 (white arrow), calypters with similar length (black arrow); Syllimnophora lispomima Hennig, 1955: (11) female, head, lateral view.

FIGURES 39–44. Notoschoenomyza kuscheli Hennig, 1955: (39) female, lateral view. Psilochaeta chalybea (Wiedemann, 1830): (40) male and (41) female, lateral view. Schoenomyzina emdeni Hennig, 1955: (42) female. Syllimnophora lispomima Hennig, 1955: (43) male and (44) female, lateral view. Scale: 1.0 mm.