Kelloggina tapuiasi 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 : 14

Kelloggina tapuiasi Lane & d’Andretta, 1956 ( Fig. 11 )

Lane & d’Andretta (1956: 198, fig. 14). Hogue (1971: 6).

Types in MZSP: HOLOTYPE ( Fig. 11 ): 1 ♂ (#MZ001865) from Brazil, MG, Alto Caparaó, Cachoeira da FumaÇa, 1,800 m a.s.l., XI/1941, Lério Gomes coll. PARATYPE: 1 ♀ (allotype) from Brazil, MG, Alto Caparaó, Rio Preto, 1,880 m a.s.l., XI/1941, Lério Gomes coll.

Diagnosis: Male ( Fig. 11 ): General coloration yellow. Head: Front brown and clypeus yellow. Eyes broadly contiguous and united above; upper portion quite larg- er than the lower one. Antenna with 14 segments, scape brown, pedicel and flagellum black. Proboscis distinctly longer than head. Palpus with four black segments. Thorax: Pronotum light brown.Scutum light brown,with a broad median and 1+1 lateral brown stripes. Scutellum yellow. Pleura yellow. Legs: Coxae, trochanters, and femora yellow, tibiae 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: MG (Alto Caparaó).

Remarks: Lane & d’Andretta (1956) listed an additional 3 ♀ paratypes, they were not examined.

Figures

Figure 11. Holotype male of Kelloggina tapuiasi 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;B = 1 mm;D-E = 0.5 mm.