Kelloggina tamoioi 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 tamoioi Lane & d’Andretta, 1956 ( Fig. 10 )

Lane & d’Andretta (1956: 198, fig. 13). Hogue (1971: 6).

Types in MZSP: HOLOTYPE ( Fig. 10 ): 1 ♂ ( MZ 001868) from Brazil, RJ, Itatiaia , Rio Campo Belo, 750 m a.s.l., II/1941, Hugo Laemmert coll.

Diagnosis: Male ( Fig. 10 ): General coloration black. 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 black. Proboscis slightly longer than head. Palpus with four black segments. Thorax: Pronotum black. Scutum black, with three pruinose stripes in the middle. Scutellum black. Pleura dark brown with large yellow marks. Legs: Coxae and trochanters yellow, femora yellow at base and darker apically, 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.

Distribution: BRAZIL: RJ (Itatiaia).

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

Figures

Figure 10. Holotype male of Kelloggina tamoioi Lane & d’Andretta,1956: (A) Habitus,lateral view;(B) Habitus,dorsal view;(C) Head,frontal view;(D) Male terminalia;(E) Labels.Scale bars:A = 2 mm;B = 1 mm; C = 0.5 mm;D = 0.2 mm.