Urban Scatopsidae (Diptera) of Los Angeles, California, United States
Amorim, Dalton de Souza
Brown, Brian V.
Insect Systematics and Diversity
2020
2020-01-31
4
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WK54
(Meigen)
Meigen
1830
[818,1127,541,564]
Insecta
Scatopsidae
Coboldia
Animalia
Diptera
23
24
Arthropoda
species
fuscipes
( Figs. 7, 8, 19, 20, 62, and 66) Coboldia fuscipes( Meigen, 1830): 314 ( Scatopse). Typelocality: ‘Europe’. Ref.–Hardy, 1956: 99 (as Scatopse); Cook, 1957: figs. 3A–B (male terminalia), 3D (spiracular sclerite), 3N (female sternite 7), 5D (female terminalia), 5F (male segment 7), 6B (wing), 6G (male tergite 8); Cook, 1963: 17, Figs. 47(female terminalia), 48 (male segment 7), 49 (male terminalia), 59 (wing); Rabello and Forattini, 1962: 303(as Rhexoza coutinhoi) (immature, biology); Cook, 1974: 70, Figs. 78(male terminalia); 79 (female terminalia); Cook, 1967(Neotropical catalog); Haenni and Vaillant, 1994(biology). Type, MNHNP ( Duda 1928a: 22).
Diagnosis.Orange-brown. Male tergite 8 with a medial elongate, asymmetrical spatulate projection, aedeagus very long, coiled; female sternite 7 with a medial bare emargination on posterior margin.
Material Examined. 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, University Park, 34.034°N 118.281°W, BioSCAN site 3, 30 April–7 May 2014, Malaise trap, 63 m, Coll. Peggy Hentschke, BioSCAN sample 16068 ( LACM); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Silverlake, 34.093°N 118.274°W, BioSCAN site 5, 29 March–5 April 2014, Malaise trap, 166.1 m, Coll. Walter Renwick, BioSCAN sample 15916 ( LACM); 1 ♂, same data, but 1–8 February 2014, BioSCAN sample 15589 ( LACM); 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data, but 1–8 March 2014, BioSCAN sample 15735 ( LACM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Korea Town, 34.072°N 118.291°W, BioSCAN site 11, 5–12 April 2014, Malaise trap, 85.6 m, Coll. Peter Ralph, BioSCAN sample 16056 ( LACM); 1 ♀, same data, but 2–9 March 2014, BioSCAN sample 15796 ( LACM); 1 ♂, same data, but BioSCAN sample 16482 ( LACM); 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Glendale, 34.149°N 118.218°W, BioSCAN site 13, 29 November–6 December 2014, Malaise trap, 245.4 m, Coll. Karen Hoffman, BioSCAN sample 16893 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Hollywood, 34.095°N 118.334°W, BioSCAN site 16, 2–9 April 2014, Malaise trap, 100 m, Coll. Tony Hein, BioSCAN sample 15980 ( LACM); 3 ♀♀, same data, but BioSCAN sample 16345 ( LACM); 1 ♀, same data, but 1–18 January 2014, BioSCAN sample 15608 (on slide) ( LACM); 1 ♀, same data, but BioSCAN sample 16341 ( LACM); 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Glendale, 34.159°N 118.247°W, BioSCAN site 17, 29 March–5 April 2014, Malaise trap, 190 m, Coll. Celeste Armstrong, BioSCAN sample 15911 ( LACM); 1 ♂, same data, but 3–10 May 2014, BioSCAN sample 16013 ( LACM); 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Carthay, 34.059°N 118.369°W, BioSCAN site 19, 2–9 December 2014, Malaise trap, 41.1 m, Coll. Teresa Dahl, BioSCAN sample 16876 ( LACM); 7 ♀♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Burbank, 34.17°N 118.308°W, BioSCAN site 21, 1–8 February 2014, Malaise trap, 158 m, Coll. Chris Cianci, BioSCAN sample 15664 ( LACM); 1 ♀, same data, but 25 January–1 February 2014, BioSCAN sample 15554 ( LACM); 1 ♂, same data, but 1–8 March 2014, BioSCAN sample 15668 ( LACM); 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Echo Park, 34.074°N 118.264°W, BioSCAN site 22, 21–28 January 2014, Malaise trap, 133.5 m, Coll. Erin Johnson, BioSCAN sample 15576 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Atwater Village, 34.114°N 118.251°W, BioSCAN site 23, 2–10 April 2014, Malaise trap, 119 m, Coll. Sidney Higgins, BioSCAN sample 15858 ( LACM); 1 ♂, same data, but 26 November–10 December 2014, BioSCAN sample 16887 ( LACM); 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 34.136°N 118.194°W, BioSCAN site 24, 1–8 February 2014, Malaise trap, 215 m, Coll. Jim Hogue, BioSCAN sample 15651 ( LACM); 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, same data, but 1–8 March 2014, BioSCAN sample 15842 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 34.136°N 118.194°W, BioSCAN site 24, 3–10 May 2014, Malaise trap, 215 m, Coll. Jim Hogue, BioSCAN sample 16018 ( LACM); 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Pico–Union, 34.046°N 118.275°W, BioSCAN site 25, 1–8 February 2014, Malaise trap, 70 m, Coll. Humberto Marquez, BioSCAN sample 15689 ( LACM); 1 ♀, same data, but 28 December 2013– 4 January 2014, BioSCAN sample 15505 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Highland Park, 34.123°N 118.193°W, BioSCAN site 29, 1–8 February 2014, Malaise trap, 205.6 m, Coll. Natalie Brejcha, BioSCAN sample 15703 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Highland Park, 34.125°N 118.189°W, BioSCAN site 30, Malaise trap, 227.8 m, Coll. Candace Franco, BioSCAN sample 16235 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Rosemead, 34.05°N 118.108°W, BioSCAN site 34, 1–8 April 2016, Malaise trap, 135 m, Coll. Deniece Lascano, BioSCAN sample 18230 ( LACM); 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Monrovia. 34.158°N 117.999°W, BioSCAN site 35, 1–15 June 2016, Malaise trap, 214 m, Coll. Brian Brown, BioSCAN sample 18277 ( LACM); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, same data, but 1–8 May 2016, BioSCAN sample 18212 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., Claremont, 34.09°N 117.711°W, BioSCAN site 37, 1–8 June 2016, Malaise trap, 341 m, Coll. Kathryn Turner, BioSCAN sample 18337 ( LACM); 1 ♂, same data, but 1–8 March 2016, BioSCAN sample 18164 ( LACM); 1 ♂, same data, but BioSCAN sample 18250 ( LACM); 1 ♂, same data, but 1–8 September 2016, BioSCAN sample 18399 ( LACM); 1 ♂, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., El Segundo. 33.925°N 118.425°W, BioSCAN site 40, 1–8 May 2016, Malaise trap, 35 m, Coll. Jack Fulmer, BioSCAN sample 18240 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Los Angeles Co., La Mirada, 33.914°N 118.005°W, BioSCAN site 43, 1–8 June 2016, Malaise trap, 63 m, Coll. Carmen Gendusa, BioSCAN sample 18321 ( LACM); 1 ♀, same data, but 1–8 April 2016, BioSCAN sample 18265 ( LACM); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, same data, but 1–8 May 2016, BioSCAN sample 18266 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Riverside Co., Norco. 33.912°N 117.57°W, BioSCAN site 46, 1–8 March 2016, Malaise trap, 180 m, Coll. Sara Taylor, BioSCAN sample 18177 ( LACM); 1 ♀, United States, California, Riverside Co., Riverside, 33.984°N 117.313°W, BioSCAN site 47, 1–8 March 2016, Malaise trap, 375 m, Coll. Justin Betz, BioSCAN sample 18179 ( LACM).
Distribution.Cosmopolitan.
Remarks. Coboldia fuscipesis the most widespread scatopsid species known. Its larvae have been found in very different kinds of environments: there are records of larvae connected to a variety of decaying organic matter of vegetal and animal origin ( Haenni and Vaillant, 1994). The larvae, pupae, and biology were described in detail by Rabello and Forattini (1962). Cook (1975)refers to adults of this species reared from Echinocactus polycephalus. Coboldia fuscipesshowed up in the samples of 21 out of the 47 BioSCAN collecting sites. There is an obvious peak of emergence in mid-spring, in April and May, with some additional catches in late autumn. The Bold Systems database has 52 sequenced specimens of C. fuscipes, from North America and Europe, all belonging to a single cluster (http://boldsystems.org/index.php/ Public_SearchTerms?query=%22 Coboldia%20fuscipes%22[tax]).
2618789725
2014-04-30
2014-05-07
2014-04-30
LACM
Coll. Peggy Hentschke
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
63
34.034
University Park
72
-118.281
Los Angeles
23
24
1
1
California
2618789325
2014-03-29
2014-04-05
2014-03-29
LACM
Coll. Walter Renwick
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
166
34.093
Silverlake
72
-118.274
Los Angeles
23
24
3
1
2
California
2618789521
2014-02-01
2014-02-08
2014-02-01
LACM
Coll. Walter Renwick
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
166
34.093
Silverlake
72
-118.274
Los Angeles
23
24
1
1
California
2618789666
2014-03-01
2014-03-08
2014-03-01
LACM
Coll. Walter Renwick
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
166
34.093
Silverlake
72
-118.274
Los Angeles
23
24
4
1
3
California
2618789387
2014-04-05
2014-04-12
2014-04-05
LACM
Coll. Peter Ralph
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
86
34.072
Town
72
-118.291
Los Angeles
23
24
2
1
1
California
2618789532
2014-03-02
2014-03-09
2014-03-02
LACM
Coll. Peter Ralph
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
86
34.072
Town
72
-118.291
Los Angeles
23
24
1
1
California
2618789593
2014-03-02
2014-03-09
2014-03-02
LACM
Coll. Peter Ralph
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
86
34.072
Town
72
-118.291
Los Angeles
23
24
1
1
California
2618789678
2014-11-29
2014-12-06
2014-11-29
LACM
Coll. Karen Hoffman
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
245
34.149
Glendale
72
-118.218
23
24
1
1
California
2618789705
2014-04-02
2014-04-09
2014-04-02
LACM
Coll. Tony Hein
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
100
34.095
Hollywood
72
-118.334
Los Angeles
23
24
1
1
California
2618789562
2014-04-02
2014-04-09
2014-04-02
LACM
Coll. Tony Hein
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
100
34.095
Hollywood
72
-118.334
Los Angeles
23
24
3
3
California
2618789491
2014-01-01
2014-01-18
2014-01-01
LACM
Coll. Tony Hein
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
100
34.095
Hollywood
72
-118.334
Los Angeles
23
24
1
1
California
2618789470
[818,1323,1760,1780]
2014-01-01
2014-01-18
2014-01-01
LACM
Coll. Tony Hein
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
100
34.095
Hollywood
72
-118.334
Los Angeles
23
24
1
1
California
2618789629
2014-03-29
2014-04-05
2014-03-29
LACM
Coll. Celeste Armstrong
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
190
34.159
Glendale
72
-118.247
23
24
1
1
California
2618789672
2014-05-03
2014-05-10
2014-05-03
LACM
Coll. Celeste Armstrong
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
190
34.159
Glendale
72
-118.247
23
24
1
1
California
2618789591
2014-12-02
2014-12-09
2014-12-02
LACM
Coll. Teresa Dahl
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
41
24
25
34.059
Carthay
72
-118.369
Los Angeles
23
24
1
1
California
2618789477
2014-02-01
2014-02-08
2014-02-01
LACM
Coll. Chris Cianci
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
158
34.17
Burbank
557
-118.308
24
25
7
7
California
2618789499
2014-01-25
2014-02-01
2014-01-25
LACM
Coll. Chris Cianci
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
158
34.17
Burbank
557
-118.308
24
25
1
1
California
2618789549
2014-03-01
2014-03-08
2014-03-01
LACM
Coll. Chris Cianci
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
158
34.17
Burbank
557
-118.308
24
25
1
1
California
2618789407
2014-01-21
2014-01-28
2014-01-21
LACM
Coll. Erin Johnson
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
134
34.074
Echo Park
72
-118.264
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789379
2014-04-02
2014-04-10
2014-04-02
LACM
Coll. Sidney Higgins
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
119
34.114
Atwater Village
72
-118.251
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789616
2014-11-26
2014-12-10
2014-11-26
LACM
Coll. Sidney Higgins
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
119
34.114
Atwater Village
72
-118.251
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789493
2014-02-01
2014-02-08
2014-02-01
LACM
Coll. Jim Hogue
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
215
34.136
Eagle Rock
72
-118.194
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789495
2014-03-01
2014-03-08
2014-03-01
LACM
Coll. Jim Hogue
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
215
34.136
Eagle Rock
72
-118.194
Los Angeles
24
25
5
3
2
California
2618789398
2014-05-03
2014-05-10
2014-05-03
LACM
Coll. Jim Hogue
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
215
34.136
Eagle Rock
72
-118.194
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789498
2014-02-01
2014-02-08
2014-02-01
LACM
Coll. Humberto Marquez
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
70
34.046
Pico-Union
72
-118.275
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789363
2013-12-28
2014-01-04
2013-12-28
LACM
Coll. Humberto Marquez
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
70
34.046
Pico-Union
72
-118.275
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789517
2014-02-01
2014-02-08
2014-02-01
LACM
Coll. Natalie Brejcha
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
206
34.123
Highland Park
72
-118.193
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789601
LACM
Coll. Candace Franco
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
228
34.125
Highland Park
72
-118.189
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789431
2016-04-01
2016-04-08
2016-04-01
LACM
Coll. Deniece Lascano
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
135
34.05
Rosemead
557
-118.108
Los Angeles
24
25
1
1
California
2618789461
2016-06-01
2016-06-15
2016-06-01
LACM
Coll. Brian Brown
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
214
34.158
Monrovia.
72
-117.999
24
25
1
1
California
2618789590
2016-05-01
2016-05-08
2016-05-01
LACM
Coll. Brian Brown
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
214
34.158
Monrovia.
72
-117.999
24
25
4
3
1
California
2618789356
2016-06-01
2016-06-08
2016-06-01
LACM
Coll. Kathryn Turner
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
341
34.09
Claremont
557
-117.711
24
25
1
1
California
2618789369
2016-03-01
2016-03-08
2016-03-01
LACM
Coll. Kathryn Turner
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
341
34.09
Claremont
557
-117.711
24
25
1
1
California
2618789531
2016-03-01
2016-03-08
2016-03-01
LACM
Coll. Kathryn Turner
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
341
34.09
Claremont
557
-117.711
24
25
1
1
California
2618789511
2016-09-01
2016-09-08
2016-09-01
LACM
Coll. Kathryn Turner
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
341
34.09
Claremont
557
-117.711
24
25
1
1
California
2618789736
2016-05-01
2016-05-08
2016-05-01
LACM
Coll. Jack Fulmer
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
35
33.925
El Segundo.
72
-118.425
El Segundo.
24
25
1
1
California
2618789404
2016-06-01
2016-06-08
2016-06-01
LACM
Coll. Carmen Gendusa
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
63
33.914
La Mirada
72
-118.005
La Mirada
24
25
1
1
California
2618789487
2016-04-01
2016-04-08
2016-04-01
LACM
Coll. Carmen Gendusa
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
63
33.914
La Mirada
72
-118.005
La Mirada
24
25
1
1
California
2618789604
2016-05-01
2016-05-08
2016-05-01
LACM
Coll. Carmen Gendusa
United States of America
Los Angeles Co.
63
33.914
La Mirada
72
-118.005
La Mirada
24
25
4
2
2
California
2618789367
2016-03-01
2016-03-08
2016-03-01
LACM
Coll. Sara Taylor
United States of America
Riverside Co.
180
33.912
Norco.
464
-117.57
24
25
1
1
California
2618789567
2016-03-01
2016-03-08
2016-03-01
LACM
Coll. Justin Betz
United States of America
Riverside Co.
375
33.984
Riverside
72
-117.313
24
25
1
1
California