Review of the Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina), with a key and description of a new species
Author
Mariluis, Pablo Ricardo Mulieri Juan Carlos
Author
Patitucci, Luciano Damián
text
Zootaxa
2010
2575
1
37
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.197479
c82289d3-39b9-4175-8ea7-5dabed8ca4ad
1175-5326
197479
Oxysarcodexia paulistanensis
(
Mattos, 1919
)
(
Figs. 11
,
23
)
Sarcophaga paulistanensis
Mattos, 1919
: 72
.
Oxysarcodexia amarali
Prado & Fonseca, 1932
: 35
.
Oxysarcodexia delpontei
Blanchard, 1939
: 809
.
Oxysarcodexia artigasi
Dodge, 1966
: 684
.
Distribution
: Neotropical
–
Argentina
(Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Mendoza, Tucumán),
Brazil
(Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo),
Chile
(Santiago).
Lectotype
designation
.
Blanchard (1939: 809)
described
Oxysarcodexia delpontei
from an unknown number of specimens (as “cotipos”) from Córdoba, Buenos Aires and Delta del Paraná, all in
Argentina
. We located one male
syntype
from Buenos Aires and eleven female
syntypes
from Delta del Paraná in MACN. The male
syntype
is hereby designated
lectotype
of
Oxysarcodexia delpontei
Blanchard,
1939
in the interests of nomenclatural stability.
Lectotype
male (MACN): in perfect condition, pinned, terminalia dissected on two cover slips pinned below the specimen. Label: “Bs As. [Buenos Aires] / prep. EB 2 [white label, handwritten]”.
Paralectotypes
11 Ψpinned. Labels: “Delta /
VI-38
[white label, handwritten] //
Oxysarcodexia
/
delpontei
/ Blnchd. / det E.E. Blanchard [white label, black square, handwritten]”.
Other material studied
: Buenos Aires: 4 ɗ Burzaco, Alte. Brown,
VII.2002
, Mulieri leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ Burzaco, Alte. Brown,
19.IV-2005
on faeces, Mulieri leg. (
ANLIS
), 1 ɗ, 11 Ψ Olivos, Vicente Lopez,
IX.1951
(
ANLIS
); 1 Ψ Mar del Plata, Gral. Pueyrredon,
I.1947
(
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires
30.IX-1931
(
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires,
II.1944
on meat (
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires,
23.IX.1986
on
Discaria americana
(
FAUBA
); 1 ɗ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires,
III.2002
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires,
X.2002
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 Ψ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires,
31.X.2002
(
FAUBA
); 1 ɗCiud. Aut. Buenos Aires,
13.XI.2003
on
Coriandrum sativum
(
FAUBA
); 1 Ψ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires,
4.X.2004
on
Condalia
spp. (
FAUBA
); 4 ɗ, 2 Ψ Ciud. Aut. Buenos Aires, II-III.1998 emerged from faeces, Oliva leg. (
MACN
); 1 ΨIsla Baradero, Baradero,
5.VII.1939
(
ANLIS
); 4 ɗ, 3 Ψ Zárate, Zarate,
XI.1998
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 8 ɗ, 4Ψ Villa Elisa, La Plata,
III.1980
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 2 ɗ, Villa Elisa, La Plata,
II.1982
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 11 ɗ San Miguel, Gral. Sarmiento,
XI.1976
Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 Ψ San Isidro, Magdalena,
20.XI.1998
on
Scutia buxifolia
(
FAUBA
); 1 Ψ El Carretero, Magdalena,
27.V.1999
(
FAUBA
); 1 Ψ Gral. Pacheco, Tigre,
6.X.2002
(
FAUBA
); 40 ɗ, 3 Ψ Campana, Campana,
III.2003
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 7 ɗ Campana, Campana,
IV.2003
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); San Clemente el Tuyú, De la Costa,
X.1997
(
ANLIS
); 1 Ψ Villa Gesell, Villa Gesell,
I.2007
on faeces, Patitucci leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 ΨSanta Clara del Mar, Mar Chiquita,
25.XII.2005
on faeces, Mulieri leg. (
ANLIS
); 8 ɗ, 5 Ψ Santa Clara del Mar, Mar Chiquita,
XI.2007
on faeces, Mulieri leg. (
ANLIS
).
Remarks
: Good illustrations of male terminalia were provided by
Blanchard (1939)
,
Lopes (1946a)
, and
Dodge (1966)
. The female terminalia were illustrated by
Tibana & Mello (1985)
.
Biology
: The seasonal abundance of this species was described by several authors from different geographic locations where
O. paulistanensis
is found throughout the year (
Ferreira 1979
;
Linhares 1981
;
Dias
et al.
1984b
;
Mendes & Linhares 1993
;
Mulieri
et al.
2008
). Moreover,
O. paulistanensis
showed a wide range of habitat preferences such as urban areas (
Ferreira 1979
;
Linhares 1981
;
Dias
et al.
1984a
) or grasslands and woodlands of natural areas (
Mariluis
et al.
2007
;
Mulieri
et al.
2008
). This species was captured on faeces and rotten animal tissues (
Ferreira 1979
;
Linhares 1981
;
Dias
et al.
1984c
;
Mariluis
et al.
2007
;
Mulieri
et al.
2008
), and was reared on rat carcasses (
Moura 2004
). Flower visitor of
Apiaceae
(
Coriandrum sativum
),
Rhamnaceae
(
Condalia
spp.,
Discaria americana
,
Scutia buxifolia
).