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 terminalis
(
Wiedemann, 1830
)
(
Fig. 9
)
Sarcophaga terminalis
Wiedemann, 1830
: 366
.
Amesothyrsus chilensis
Enderlein, 1928
: 41
. (Junior secondary homonym of
Sarcophaga chilensis
Macquart, 1844
.)
Sarcophaga complicata
Hall, 1937a
: 371
.
Hybopygia pseudovaria
Blanchard, 1939
: 806
.
Distribution
: Neotropical
–
Argentina
(Buenos Aires, Córdoba),
Brazil
,
Chile
(Coquimbo, Ñuble).
Material studied
: Buenos Aires: 12 ɗ Basural Tapado, Campana,
XI.1998
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 2 ɗ, 1 ΨCampana, Campana,
III.2003
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 2 Ψ Balcarce, Balcarce,
I.2005
, Torretta leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ Tandil, Tandil,
V.1998
, Ojanguren leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ Sierra de la Ventana, Tornquist,
IX.1998
, Ojanguren leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 Ψ Laguna La Brava, Balcarce,
XI.2007
, Mariluis leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 Ψ Sierra de los Padres, Gral. Pueyrredón,
XI.2007
, Patitucci leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ Mar del Plata, Gral. Pueyrredón,
XI.2007
, Patitucci leg. (
ANLIS
); 2 Ψ Ministro Rivadavia, Alte. Brown,
IX.2005
on faeces, Mulieri leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 Ψ Ministro Rivadavia, Alte. Brown,
II.2006
on liver, Mulieri leg. (
ANLIS
); 1 ɗ San Claudio, Carlos Casares,
I.2009
on
Baccharis
spp., Torretta leg. (
ANLIS
).
Remarks
: Illustrations of male terminalia were provided by
Hall (1937a)
and
Blanchard (1939)
. The female was described by
Blanchard (1939)
but not illustrated.
Biology
: In
Brazil
, this is a relatively common species, with populational peaks from September to December, and showing synathropic habits (
Linhares 1981
;
Dias
et al.
1984b
;
Mendes & Linhares 1993
). This species also showed preference for faeces baits (
Ferreira 1979
;
Linhares 1981
;
Dias
et al.
1984c
). Furthermore,
O. terminalis
was listed as coprophagous, reared in cattle dung (
Marchiori
et al.
2001
;
Mendes & Linhares 2002
) or human faeces (
Mendes & Linhares 1993
). Flower visitor of
Asteraceae
(
Baccharis
spp.).