The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae – Conopini & Tropidomyiini)
Author
Stuke, Jens-Hermann
Author
Skevington, Jeffrey H.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1528
1
40
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273851
91e318c7-d881-4379-bced-1d8b63355d41
1175-5326
273851
Physoconops
(
Pachyconops
)
rufipennis
(Macquart)
[comb. nov.]
Conops rufipennis
Macquart 1844
: 167
.
Literature:
Camras (1955, record from
Costa Rica
marked with a "?")
;
Kröber (1937)
.
The
type
of
Conops rufipennis
Macquart, 1844
was examined. The specimen does not fit in the concept of the subgenus
Kroeberoconops
Camras, 1955
because the flagellum is longer than the pedicel. The specimen belongs in the subgenus
Pachyconops
(
comb. nov.
).
We haven’t seen Costa Rican specimens of this species so the occurrence of
Physoconops rufipennis
in
Costa Rica
remains doubtful.
The subgenus
Kroeberoconops
now only includes two species –
Physoconops
(
Kroeberoconops
)
hermanni
(Kröber, 1915)
and
Physoconops
(
Kroeberoconops
)
argentinus
Camras, 2004
. The distribution of this subgenus is restricted to
Argentina
and it is unlikely that
Kroeberoconops
occurs in
Costa Rica
.