Description of five Anthrax Scopoli puparia (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Anthracini)
Author
Cunha, André Mallemont
Author
Lamas, Carlos José Einicker
text
Zootaxa
2004
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158275
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Anthrax macquarti
d’Andretta & Carrera, 1952
(
Figs. 26–31
)
Anthrax leucopygus
Macquart, 1855
: 96
(76);
Marston, 1970
: 3
, 77. [Preoccupied by
Macquart, 1840
.]
Anthrax leucopyga
;
Marston, 1970
: 3
, 77;
Painter, Painter & Hall, 1978
: 32
;
Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999
: 307
.
Anthrax macquarti
d’Andretta & Carrera, 1952
: 296
;
Marston, 1970
: 3
, 77;
Painter, Painter & Hall, 1978
: 32
;
Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999
: 307
.
Male: Length:
14.6–15.1 mm
. Head width:
2.4–2.9 mm
. Thorax width:
2.8–3.5 mm
. Abdominal width
3.2–3.4 mm
tapering to
1.2–1.4 mm
on anal segment. Coloration: light brown; cephalic and anal tubercles and abdominal chitinous rods dark brown, darker apically; setae yellowish brown.
Head. Cephalic tubercles armed with three pairs of spines fused basally; first pair same length as second pair and placed above them; third pair ½ length of the others, placed laterally on the tubercle (
Figs. 27 and 28
). Central pair of spines with two pairs of setae, first pair on dorsal surface, near its base, second placed laterally on basal half of spine (
Fig. 28
). In ventral view, both anterior and posterior facial tubercles are present and totally fused, the first one with a pair of setae placed laterally, additional pair on the posterior margin (
Fig. 29
).
FIGURES 26–31.
Anthrax macquarti
pupae:
26
. General lateral view;
27
. Cephalic tubercle, dorsal view;
28
. Cephalic tubercle, lateral view;
29
. Head, ventral view;
30
. Anal tubercle, dorsal view;
31
. Anal tubercle, lateral view.
Thorax. With four pairs of setae, two pairs on dorsal surface placed close together, two pairs on lateral surface; prothoracic spiracle heavily sclerotized, dark brown, raised above surface and located immediately behind head (
Fig. 26
).
Abdomen. Segment I with transverse row of long setae, darker on apex and base, interrupted in center; segments II–V with transverse rows of chitinous rods intercalated with long, thin setae, row of setae interrupted in center; segments VI–VII with reduced chitinous rods, resembling small spines, intercalated with thin setae; segment VIII with only reduced chitinous rods; pleura and sternites with rows of strong and long setae (
Fig. 26
), sternites I–VII with complete rows of strong setae, located in middle of the segments; anal tubercle with three pairs of spines; central pair not fused and with two pairs of projections; first pair on apical third, converging to center, second pair on the middle third and directed downwards; second and third pairs of spines are tiny and located on base of first pair, on dorsal and ventral surfaces respectively; additional single spine on dorsal base of the tubercle (
Figs. 30 and 31
); abdominal spiracles slightly darker and more sclerotized than surrounding area, raised above surface and placed laterally on segments I–VII.
Female: unknown
Hosts:
Hymenoptera
:
Trypoxylon rogenhoferi
Kohl, 1884 (Eumenidae)
and
Centris analis
(Fabricius, 1804) (Apidae)
.
Distribution: Neotropical:
Brazil
(São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro),
Bolivia
,
French Guiana
,
Paraguay
,
Peru
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
.
Examined material:
BRAZIL
, São Paulo: Patrocínio Paulista (Fazenda Santa Cecília), 09
X2000,
1
male, Garófalo, Gazola and Serrano
leg.
(MNRJ); São Paulo: Patrocínio Paulista (Fazenda Santa Cecília), 13
XI2000,
1
male, Garófalo, Gazola and Serrano
leg.
(MNRJ); São Paulo: Patrocínio Paulista (Fazenda Santa Cecília), 02
I2001,
1
male, Garófalo, Gazola and Serrano
leg.
; São Paulo: Patrocínio Paulista (Fazenda Santa Cecília), 28
III2001,
1
male, Garófalo, Gazola and Serrano
leg
.