The genus Peckia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in the Brazilian Amazon: a new species, new records, descriptions of female terminalia and key to species
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Camargo, Sofia Lins Leal Xavier De
Author
Carvalho-Filho, Fernando Da Silva
Author
Esposito, Maria Cristina
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-09-20
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Peckia
(
Peckia
)
chrysostoma
(
Wiedemann, 1830
)
(
Figs 20
,
37–38
,
69–74
)
Description of female terminalia.
Posterior margin of T5 elliptical, brown, with golden microtrichosity dorsally and gray microtrichosity laterally (
Figs 72–74
). T6 divided into two halves, brown, with golden microtrichosity and a row of setae near posterior margin. Spiracles 6 and 7 located on T6. T8 absent (
Fig. 69
). Epiproct triangular, covered with long setae. Cercus covered with long and fine setae. Hypoproct covered with long and fine setae (
Fig. 70
). ST6 square, covered with robust setae near posterior margin. ST7 rectangular, with setae restricted to posterolateral margin. ST8 wider than long, with short setulae and a pair of robust lateral setae near posterior margin (
Fig. 69
). Spermathecae globular, with parallel grooves restricted to distal half and a small rounded chamber where they receive the spermathecal duct (
Fig. 71
).
Material
examined.
BRAZIL
.
Amapá
:
Macapá
,
28.I.2007
, on pig carcass, leg.
R. Nonato
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
Macapá
,
23.X.1978
, leg.
M.F. Torres
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
.
Pará
:
Belém
,
5.II.1974
, leg.
I.S. Gorayeb
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
Belém
,
Centro
/11 andar [= 11th floor],
6.VI.1993
, leg.
M.C. Esposito
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
Belém, Faz. [= farm]
Velha
,
25.I.1979
, leg.
A.F. Ramos
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
; Belém, Serraria,
VII.1970
, leg. T. Pimentel (1 ♂, MPEG);
Benevides, Fazenda [= farm]
Morelândia
,
7.VII.1988
, leg.
J. Dias
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
Mosqueiro
,
13–18.XI.1956
, leg.
E. Lobato
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
I.G. Imbaúba, Baixo
Rio Xingú
,
25.XI.1983
, leg.
B. Mascarenhas
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
Peixe Boi
,
15.IV.1977
, leg.
M.F. Torres
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
Ponta de Pedras
,
29.X.1982
, leg.
M.F. Torres
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
São João de Pirabas
,
27.VII.1978
, leg.
M.F. Torres
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
;
Viseu, Fazenda [= farm]
Ema
,
52°21'29,6''S
01°25'13,5''W
,
13–24.VI.2000
,
Malaise trap
, pasture, leg.
I.S. Gorayeb
,
J.O. Dias
&
R.N. Bittencourt
(
1 ♂
,
MPEG
)
.
Distribution in
Brazil
.
Amapá
,
Amazonas
,
Bahía
,
Ceará
,
Distrito Federal
,
Maranhão
,
Minas Gerais
,
Paraná
,
Pernambuco
,
Pará
,
Santa Catarina
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
Roraima
,
São Paulo
.
Remarks.
The female terminalia of
P.
(
P.
)
chrysostoma
,
P.
(
P.
)
pexata
and
P.
(
P.
)
uncinata
share spiracles 6 and 7 both situated on T6 (
Figs 69
,
93
,
99
). The posterior margin of ST7 of
P.
(
P.
)
pexata
has no setae (
Fig. 93
), which are present on ST
7 in
P.
(
P.
)
chrysostoma
(
Fig. 69
).
Peckia
(
P.
)
uncinata
can be distinguished from
P.
(
P.
)
chrysostoma
in having posterior margin of ST8 folded (
Fig. 99
), whereas in
P.
(
P.
)
chrysostoma
it is flattened (
Fig. 69
).
The shape of the male cercus of this species is highly variable, as previously mentioned by
Lopes (1976)
, and some specimens within this range of variation were described as two new species by
Lehrer (2006)
. In the Brazilian Amazon, we collected some small specimens (6.5–8.0 mm) with an elongate and sinuous, ventrally-curved cercus (
Fig. 20
) together with the common, large, habitual specimens with cercus not particularly elongate and only slightly curved ventrally (
Fig. 38
).
Peckia
(
P.
)
chrysostoma
is one of the most common and widely distributed species in the genus, occurring in cities, secondary forests, and pristine forests of the Brazilian Amazon (
Sousa
et al.
2011
). One of us (FSCF) collected this species on the stinkhorn fungus (
Phallus
sp.; Phallales: Basidiomycota) and on flowers of
Casearia
sp. (
Salicaceae
).