Kelloggina guarani 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 : 10

Kelloggina guarani Lane & d’Andretta, 1956 ( Fig. 6 )

Lane & d’Andretta (1956: 188, fig. 7). Hogue (1971: 5).

Types in MZSP: HOLOTYPE ( Fig. 6 ): 1 ♂ (#MZ006168) from Brazil, SP, Juquiá, Salto do Assungui, 100 m a.s.l., IX/1945, John Lane coll. PARATYPES: 1 ♀ (allotype) and 13 ♂, same data of holotype.

Diagnosis: Male ( Fig. 6 ): General coloration yellow. Head: Front and clypeus dark brown. Eyes broadly contiguous and united above; upper portion quite larger than the lower one. Antenna with 14 segments, scape, pedicel, and flagellum brown. Proboscis slightly longer than head. Palpus with four black segments. Thorax: Pronotum orange. Scutum orange, with a broad median and 1+1 lateral brown stripes. Scutellum orange. Pleura brown with large yellow marks. Legs: Coxae and trochanters yellow, femora brown, mid and hind femora with a darker area 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 absent.

Distribution: BRAZIL: SP (Juquiá).

Remarks: Lane & d’Andretta (1956) listed an additional 28 ♂ and 1 ♀ paratypes. Five male paratypes were lost during the MNRJ fire. The other 23 ♂ and 1 ♀ were not examined.

Figures

Figure 6. Holotype male of Kellogginaguarani Lane & d’Andretta,1956:(A) Habitus,lateral view;(B)Habitus,dorsalview;(C)Wing;(D)Head,frontal view;(E) Male terminalia;(F) Labels.Scale bars:A,C = 2 mm;B = 1 mm; D = 0.5 mm;E = 0.2 mm.