Prochyliza inca McAlpine, 1977

Martín-Vega, Daniel, 2014, On the identity of Prochyliza nigrimana (Meigen) and Prochyliza nigricornis (Meigen) (Diptera: Piophilidae), with a synopsis of Prochyliza Walker and description of a new species, Zootaxa 3893 (2), pp. 277-292 : 287

Prochyliza inca McAlpine, 1977

Prochyliza inca McAlpine 1977: 46 . Type locality: Ecuador (Azuay). Holotype (♂) and paratypes (4 ♀) in CNC.

Material examined. 1 ♀ ( CNC, paratype): Ecuador, Azuay, Tarqui; 07–08.iii.1965. 1 ♂ ( CNC): Ecuador, Azuay, Santa Isabel; 10–13.iii.1965; det. A. L. Ozerov.

Diagnosis. The two horn-like spines on the epandrium of P. i n c a males ( Fig. 5 D) are extremely distinctive. The following combination of characters is also distinctive of P. i nc a: lower quarter or less of the frons orange; gena black; front coxa entirely yellow; mid and hind femora and mid and hind tibiae mostly black; margins and fringes of calypters brownish; males with posterior margin of sternite 5 strongly emarginated.

Remarks. According to McAlpine (1977), P. azteca would be the most closely related species to P. inca . In the absence of a description for P. azteca male morphology, the presence of two horn-like spines on the epandrium of P. inca ( Fig. 5 D) appears to be an unique character among the Piophilidae .

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Neotropical; only recorded from Ecuador ( McAlpine 1977; Ozerov & Norrbom 2010).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Prochyliza nigricoxa (Melander & Spuler), Prochyliza brevicornis Melander, Prochyliza azteca McAlpine, Prochyliza inca McAlpine and Prochyliza lundbecki (Duda). (A) P. nigricoxa, male head, lateral view; (B) P. brevicornis, male head, laterofrontal view; (C) P. azteca, female head, lateraofrontal view; (D) P. i nc a, male epandrium, laterodorsal view, sp = spines on the epandrium; (E) P. lundbecki, male mid tibia, highlighting the posteroventral brush of yellowish hairs.