Diplosynapsis remus Tomasovic, 2002

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 : 447-448

Diplosynapsis remus Tomasovic, 2002

Diplosynapsis remus Tomasovic, 2002: 60 .

RECORDS FOR FRENCH GUIANA. — Pointe Combi. See Tomasovic (2002b).

DISTRIBUTION. — French Guiana.

REMARK

One additional morphospecies of Diplosynapsis ( Fig. 4J ) has been collected in Mitaraka. Tomasovic (2002b) described Diplosynapsis remus based on the holotype and 4 paratype specimens. Vieira & Rafael (2016) reviewed Diplosynapsis including two paratypes of D. remus and in both, the R 4 vein ends in the C vein and, consequently, cell r 2+3 is narrowly open, and not closed as typical for this genus. Thus, although the paratypes do not have the diagnostic characters of Diplosynapsis , it would be premature to remove this species from this genus, since it was not possible to study the holotype. Furthermore, the specimen collected is a female and females of Diplosynapsis are very difficult to identify due to their similarity (material examined: 1 ♀; Mitaraka/035, MNHN).

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).