Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) curvistyla Cazorla and Spinelli, 2007

Cazorla, Carla G. & Spinelli, Gustavo R., 2014, A revision of the Patagonian predaceous midges of the subgenus Acanthohelea of Stilobezzia excluding the S. (A.) edwardsi group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Journal of Natural History 49, pp. 1-55 : 9-10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2014.939728

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4608211

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC3F87B8-FF90-FFB2-374B-FD30C550B3A7

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) curvistyla Cazorla and Spinelli, 2007
status

 

Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) curvistyla Cazorla and Spinelli, 2007 View in CoL

( Figure 15A, B)

Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) curvistyla Cazorla and Spinelli, 2007: 182 View in CoL (male, female, Argentina); Borkent, 2014: 134 (in online World catalogue).

Diagnosis

The only Patagonian species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) in which the gonostylus is abruptly curved. Females scutellum with 6 large and 5 thinner setae, sternite 8 with lateral margins rounded and U-shaped posteromedian excavation.

Distribution

Argentina (Neuquen, Río Negro, Chubut), Chile (Valdivia, Llanquihue, Osorno) ( Figure 16) .

Types

Holotype male, Argentina, Chubut prov., Parque Nacional Los Alerces, margen E lago Futalaufquen, 20 January 1998, G. Spinelli; allotype female, Argentina, Neuquen prov., arroyo Quechuquina , 16 December 1994, G. Spinelli, sweep net ( MLPA). Other paratypes: 11 males, 1 female, as follows: same data as holotype, 1 male; same data as allotype, 2 males; Neuquen prov., San Martín de los Andes, 23 April 1982, M. Gentili, 1 female, light trap; Río Negro prov., lago Gutiérrez, January 2003, J. Liotta, 1 male, light trap.

Chile: Llanquihue prov. , Las Cascadas, 13 km N Ensenada, Valdivian rain forest, 1–2 December 1994, L. Quate, Malaise trap, 6 males (one in CNCI, one in BMNH) ; same data except Yerbas Buenas , 1–6 June 1994, 150 m, 1 male, light trap .

Other specimens examined

Argentina: Neuquen prov., Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, mallin La Heladera, 41° 00 ′ 6.4 ″ S, 71°49 ′ 40.3 ″ W, 878 m, 7 January to 4 February 2007, A. Garré – F. Montes de Oca , 4 males, Malaise trap; same data except 41°00 ′ 56 ″ S, 71°49 ′ 45.4 ″ W, 15 December 2006 to 7 January 2007, A. Garré, F. Montes de Oca – J. Massaferro, 1 male; laguna Mercedes, 40°52 ′ 43.4 ″ S, 71°34 ′ 41 ″ W, 899 m, 3–21 January 2008, A. Garré – F. Montes de Oca , 1 female, Malaise trap; Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, arroyo Blanco, 40°39 ′ 3.4 ″ S, 71°24 ′ 45.8 ″ W, 822 m, 12 December 2007 to 3 January 2008, A. Garré – F. Montes de Oca , 2 females, 1 male, Malaise trap GoogleMaps ; Río Negro prov., Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, Estación Biológica, 41°01 ′ 34.4 ″ S, 71°48 ′ 55.7 ″ W, 764 m, 15 January to 7 February 2007, A. Garré – F. Montes de Oca , 1 male, Malaise trap GoogleMaps ; Río Negro prov., Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, río Manso superior, 41°14 ′ 28.4 ″ S, 71°44 ′ 12.6 ″ W, 837 m, 7 February to 2 March 2007, A. Garré – F. Montes de Oca , 1 male, Malaise trap GoogleMaps .

Chile: Valdivia prov. , Fundo San Martín, 15 November 1984, J. A. Downes, 1 male, sweep net (JAD 1669/2/2; 1670/2/4) ( CNCI) ; Osorno prov. , Petrohue, 10 December 1984, J. A. Downes, 1 male, sweep net (JAD 1694/3/1) ( CNCI) ; Ensenada , 11 December 1984, J. A. Downes, 2 males, sweep net (JAD1695/5/3,5) ( CNCI) ; Parque Nacional Puyehue , 6/ 8 December 1994, L. Quate, 2 males, Malaise trap .

Remarks

This species was described and illustrated in detail by Cazorla and Spinelli (2007).

CNCI

Canadian National Collection Insects

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

Genus

Stilobezzia

Loc

Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) curvistyla Cazorla and Spinelli, 2007

Cazorla, Carla G. & Spinelli, Gustavo R. 2014
2014
Loc

Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) curvistyla

Borkent A 2014: 134
Cazorla CG & Spinelli GR 2007: 182
2007
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