Kelloggina willistoni Lane & d’Andretta, 1956

Gil-Azevedo, Leonardo Henrique & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2021, An illustrated catalogue of the types of Blephariceridae (Diptera) in the collection of Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-19 : 18

Kelloggina willistoni Lane & d’Andretta, 1956 ( Fig. 14 )

Lane & d’Andretta (1956: 202, fig. 17). Hogue (1971: 6).

Types in MZSP: HOLOTYPE ( Fig. 14 ): 1 ♂ (#MZ006166) from Brazil, RJ, Itatiaia, Rio Campo Bello, 1,800 m a.s.l., II/1941, Raymond C. Shannon & Hugo Laemmert coll. PARATYPE: 1 ♀ (allotype), same data of holotype.

Diagnosis: Male ( Fig. 14 ): General coloration brown. Head: Front and clypeus dark brown. Eyes broadly contiguous and narrowly separated above; upper portion quite larger than the lower one. Antenna with 14 segments, scape and pedicel brown, flagellum black. Proboscis slightly longer than head. Palpus with four black segments. Thorax: Pronotum dark brown. Scutum dark brown, with three pruinose stripes in the middle. Scutellum yellow. Pleura dark brown with large yellow marks. Legs: Coxae and trochanters yellow, femora yellow at base and darker apically, tibiae yellow, and tarsi light brown. Hind tibia with two spurs. Hind last tarsal segment with a bristly basal enlargement. Wing hyaline, with costal cell yellowish. Vein m-m absent, only a stump on M₄ vein.

Distribution: BRAZIL: RJ (Itatiaia).

Remarks: Lane & d’Andretta (1956) listed an additional 5 ♂ and 6 ♀ paratypes. Two male and two female paratypes were lost during the MNRJ fire. The other 3 ♂ and 4 ♀ were not examined. Lane & d’Andretta (1956) cited material from Itatiaia, Maromba, 100 m a.s.l., but it is probably an error in altitude number.

Figures

Figure 14. Holotype male of Kelloggina willistoni Lane & d’Andretta, 1956: (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Habitus, dorsal view; (C) Head, frontal view; (D) Wing; (E) Male terminalia;(F) Labels.Scale bars:A = 2 mm;B,D = 1 mm;C,E = 0.5 mm.