Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae) breeding in Agavaceae and Cactaceae including seven new species
Author
Rotheray, Graham E.
Author
Marcos-García, Maria-Angeles
Author
Hancock, Geoff
Author
Pérez-Bañón, Celeste
Author
Maier, Chris T.
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2009
2009-08-31
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4
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https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00503.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00503.x
0024-4082
5443474
COPESTYLUM FLORIDA
(HULL, 1941)
Larva and puparium:
Anterior fold without extra large spicules. Anterior spiracles with three openings. Abdominal vestiture of long, upright setae. Anal lobe with spicules. Posterior breathing tube orange, not tapering. AP lightly punctured basomedially, shiny and about 1.5¥ as long as TR is wide (
Fig. 44
). Pupal spiracles orange, matt, shining apically, and with three encircling rings of openings in upper half. Pupal spiracles as wide apart as a pupal spiracle is long.
Taxonomic notes:
Copestylum florida
is distinguished by the nontapering breathing tube and the AP longer than TR. It is most similar to
C. vittatum
, and
Copestylum pachecoi
(Curran, 1939)
but the AP in these species is shorter or about as short as long.
Material examined (all NMS except where stated):
1 ♂
,
2 ♀
, three puparia
USA
Florida, Marion Co.
8 kms south of
Belleview
28.xi.1980
C. T. M.
ex
Opuntia
joints;
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
, two puparia
USA
Florida, Marion Co.
9 kms south-east of
Belleview
5–9.i.1977
C. T. M.
ex
Opuntia
platyclades;
3 ♂
,
4 ♀
, seven puparia
USA
Florida, Monroe Co. Long
Key State Park
27.xi.1980
C. T. M. ex decaying
Opuntia
;
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
, two puparia
USA
Florida, Gainesville, Webster No.
13910B RN Wilson ex
Opuntia
(SI)
.