Hermetia flavipes, Wiedemann, 1830

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada & Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete, 2022, An illustrated checklist of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Paraguay with three new synonyms and 22 new records of species for the country, Zootaxa 5190 (1), pp. 1-55 : 19-20

flavipes Wiedemann, 1830 ( Fig. 72 )

Hermetia flavipes Wiedemann, 1830: 26 . Syntype: sex not stated (SMF). Type locality: Brazil.

= Sargus andreas Walker, 1849: 515 . Syntype: female (NHMUK, destroyed according to Woodley 2001: 181). Type locality: unknown.

= Hermetia setigera James, 1938: 198 . Holotype: male (MCZ, photos of the holotype are available here: https://mczbase.mcz. harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:22651). Type locality: Brazil, Rio Madeira , Madeira-Mamore Railroad Company Camp 43.

= Chaetohermetia aenea Lindner, 1949a: 786 . Nomen nudum.

= Chaetohermetia aenea Lindner, 1949b: 869 . Syntype: 1 female, 1 male (NHMUK). Type locality: Guyana, Essequibo River, Moraballi Creek and Essequibo River, Moraballi Creek, Wallaba forest. Syn. by Woodley (2001: 181).

References. Curran, 1934: 316 (in key to species); Lindner, 1949b: 866 (suppl. descr.); James, 1973a: 26.36 (cat.); Woodley, 2001: 179 (cat.).

Material examined. Paraguay: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, [Alto Paraná], Puerto Stroessner [Ciudad del Este], 16–17.xii.1971, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ008960) . 2 ♂, 4 ♀, [Caaguazú], Pastoreo [Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos], 03–07.i.1972, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ008957, MZ009012) . 1 ♀, [Canindeyú], Salto del Guairá, 01–02.xii.1971, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ008959) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 07–10.xii.1971 ( MZUSP; MZ009015, MZ008958) ; 1 ♂, 1971 ( MZUSP; MZ008994) . 1 ♀, San Pedro, [Estancia] Carumbé , 10.i–10.ii.1973, Col. R. Golbach ( MZUSP) .

Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay (Alto Paraná: Ciudad del Este; Caaguazú: Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos; Canindeyú : Salto del Guairá; San Pedro: Estancia Carumbé), Peru, Venezuela.

Comments. Of the two male paratypes mentioned by James (1938) in the description of Hermetia setigera , one is currently housed in the MCZ and one is deposited in the WSU (type number 792, see Zack 1984: 22).

Figures

FIGURES61–72.Stratiomyidspecies,habitusdorsal.61.Arcuavenalimbativentris(Enderlein,1921),female.62.Chrysochlorina incompleta (Curran, 1929), female. 63. Auloceromyia pedunculata Pimentel & Pujol-Luz, 2000, male. 64. Chordonota aterrima James, 1940, female. 65. Chordonota inermis (Wiedemann, 1830), female. 66. Chordonota sp. 1, female. 67. Cyphomia cyanea (Fabricius, 1794), female. 68–69. Cyphomyia gracilicornis Gerstaecker, 1857, male and female, respectively. 70. Cyphomyia wiedemanni Gerstaecker, 1857, female. 71. Hermetia albitarsis Fabricius, 1805, female. 72. Hermetia flavipes Wiedemann, 1830, female. Scale bar, 1 mm.