Kelloggina cataguasi 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 : 4-6

Kelloggina cataguasi Lane & d’Andretta, 1956 ( Fig. 1 )

Lane & d’Andretta (1956: 181, fig. 2). Hogue (1971: 4).

Types in MZSP: HOLOTYPE ( Fig. 1 ): 1 ♂ (#MZ006170) from Brazil, RJ, Itatiaia, Cachoeira Simões, 1,150 m a.s.l., II/1941. PARATYPE: 1 ♀ (allotype), same data of holotype.

Diagnosis: Male ( Fig. 1 ): General coloration yellow. Head: Front brown and clypeus yellow. Eyes broadly contiguous and united above; upper portion quite larger than the lower one. Antenna with 14 segments, scape brown, pedicel and flagellum black. Proboscis slightly longer than head. Palpus with four segments, three basal segments yellow, the last one black. Thorax: Pronotum dark brown. Scutum yellow, with 1+1 antero-lateral dark brown spots continuous to the pronotum. Scutellum yellow. Pleura dark brown with large yellow marks. Legs: Coxae and trochanters yellow, femora yellow at base and darker apically, tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Hind tibia with two spurs. Hind last tarsal segment with a bristly basal enlargement. Wing hyaline, with costal cell yellowish. Vein m-m present and complete.

Distribution: BRAZIL: RJ (Itatiaia).

Remarks: Lane & d’Andretta (1956) listed an additional four paratypes, 2 ♂ and 2 ♀, but they were not examined.

Figures

Figure 1. Holotype male of Kelloggina cataguasi Lane & d’Andretta, 1956. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Habitus, dorsal view; (C) Wing; (D) Head, frontal view; (E) Male terminalia;(F) Labels.Scale bars:A-C = 2 mm;D-E = 0.2 mm.