Revision of the New World genus Quichuana Knab, 1913 (Diptera: Syrphidae), including descriptions of 24 new species
Author
Ricarte, Antonio
Author
Marcos-García, M. Ángeles
Author
Hancock, E. G.
Author
Rotheray, Graham E.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2012
Zool. J. Linn. Soc.
2015-06-02
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00842.x
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00842.x
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QUICHUANA BEZZII
CERESA, 1934: 387
FIGURES 21
,
23 AND 24
Three males and
six females
were examined by
Ceresa (1934)
,
three males
and
five females
of which comprise the type series. These
eight specimens
are deposited in
MCSN
. Each specimen of the type series is red-labelled as ‘cotypus’ with the letters ‘co’ crossed out. We designate a
lectotype
and
seven paralectotypes
to stabilize the name (see ‘Material examined’)
.
Diagnostic features
Body extensively black; frontal triangle flat; bf = 1.3 (
lectotype
); basoflagellomere oval (
Fig. 21
); face extensively white pollinose, except for a central, short, shiny, black stripe comprising the facial tubercle; facial lateral stripes, when visible, with sparser pollinosity than that on the rest of the face; thorax without tufts of hairs, although longer hairs at
NP
,
PAPT
, and PC; scutum with
PP
pollinose and two medial, white pollinose stripes extending on the anterior three-quarters of the scutum, and diverging posteriorly; pro- and mesotibia red at least on the basal half; metafemur from copper red on the apical third to wholly copper red; metatibia copper red; wings extensively microtrichose, except for small bare areas in cells
BM
, CuP, basal area of C, and alula; terga black; tergum I only with short pale hairs; hairs on the lateral margins of terga I–
II
pale, relatively short, and wavy only towards the tip; male genitalia with superior lobes conical towards the apex (
Fig. 23
); hypandrium with lateral extensions on the apical half (
Fig. 23
); surstyli concave antero-apically, but rounded postero-apically (
Fig. 24
)
.
Material examined (MCSN)
Lectotype
:
1m
,
Brasil
, Est.
Saõ Paulo
,
S. Sebastiaõ
,
A.A. Barbiellini
/cotypus.
Paralectotypes
:
Brasil
, Est.
Saõ Paulo
,
S. Sebastiaõ
:
1m
,
A.A. Barbiellini
, 11–1906 (handwritten), cotypus;
1m
,
A.A. Barbiellini
, 491, cotypus; 1f,
A.A. Barbiellini
, 11–1906 (handwritten), cotypus; 2f,
A.A. Barbiellini
, 4–1917 (handwritten), cotypus; 1f,
A.A. Barbiellini
, 11–1906 (handwritten), 805 (handwritten), cotypus,
Quichuana bezzii
Cer.
, det.
L. Ceresa
(species name handwritten); 1f
,
Brasil
,
Est. S. Paulõ, S
.
Sebastiaõ, A.A
. Barbiellini (most of the abdomen lacking). On the ‘cotypus’ label of all the specimens, ‘co’ is crossed out in ink
.
Range
Argentina
,
Brazil
.
Taxonomic notes
Medium size species (
10.7 mm
,
lectotype
) with slender abdomen;
Q. bezzii
can be separated from the similar
Q. undulatipila
sp. nov.
by the surface of the frontal triangle, which is flat in the former but domed in the latter; additionally, the hairs on the lateral margins of terga I–II are shorter and not so conspicuously wavy (wavy for a shorter length) than those in terga I–II of
Q. undulatipila
sp. nov.
; the shape of the superior lobes and surstyli in the male genitalia also differ between
Q. bezzii
(
Figs 23, 24
) and
Q. undulatipila
sp. nov.
(
Figs 65, 66
).