Holcocephala oculata ( Fabricius, 1805 )

Vieira, Rodrigo, Camargo, Alexssandro, Pollet, Marc & Dikow, Torsten, 2019, Updated checklist of French Guianan Asilidae (Diptera) with a focus on the Mitaraka expedition, Zoosystema 41 (23), pp. 443-464 : 458

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scientific name	Holcocephala oculata ( Fabricius, 1805 )
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Holcocephala oculata ( Fabricius, 1805) View in CoL ( Fig. 4N View FIG )

Dioctria oculata Fabricius, 1805: 151 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — French Guiana. 1 ♀, Mitaraka /029, INPA; 2 ♂, Mitaraka/186, INPA; 1 ♂, Mitaraka/188 INPA; 1 ♀, MNHN); 1 ♀, Mitaraka/229, MNHN; 1 ♀, Mitaraka/230, INPA; 1 ♂, MNHN .

DISTRIBUTION. — Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina.

REMARK

The genus was recorded in French Guiana by Tomasovic (2002a). However, no information on species name or collecting site was provided (specimens not examined). Thus, Holcocephala oculata is reported here as the first species of this genus from French Guiana.

References

FABRICIUS J. C. 1805. - Systema Antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Brunsvigae, Brunswick, 372 pp.

TOMASOVIC G. 2002 a. - Resume sur la connaissance des Asilidae (Diptera Brachycera) de Guyane francaise et description de trois especes nouvelles. Bulletin de la Societe royale belge d'Entomologie 138: 85 - 90.

Figures

FIG. 4. — Selected Mitaraka Asilidae, part I: A, Andrenosoma pyrrhacra (Wiedemann, 1828) ♂; B, Andrenosoma sarcophaga (Hermann, 1912) ♂; C, Andrenosoma sp. ♂; D, Aphractia vivax (Hermann, 1912) ♂; E, Atomosia sp. 1 ♂; F, Atomosia sp. 2 ♂; G, Cerotainia sp. ♂; H, Dissmeryngodes amapa Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991 ♂; I, Dissmeryngodes nigripes (Macquart, 1838) ♂; J, Diplosynapsis sp. ♀; K, Efferia sp. 1 ♂; L, Efferia sp. 2 ♂; M, Eurhabdus longissimus Tomasovic, 2002 ♀; N, Holcocephala oculata (Fabricius, 1805) ♂; O, Hybozelodes dispar (Hermann, 1912) ♂. Scale bars: 5 mm (photos: Alexssandro Camargo).