A Revision of the New World genus Lepidophora Westwood, 1835 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Ecliminae) with a key to the species
Author
Rodrigues, Paula Fernanda Motta
Author
Lamas, Carlos José Einicker
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Zootaxa
2013
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3682.1.1
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Lepidophora culiciformis
Walker, 1850
(
Figs. 1
,
2B
,
3B
,
5C
,
8
)
Lepidophora culiciformis
Walker, 1850
: xcvii.
Holotype
female,
BRAZIL
, Pará (BMNH).
Osten Sacken, 1887
: 160
;
Painter, 1925
: 119
, 126;
Paramonov, 1949
: 631
–632, 637, 643; D’Andretta and
Carrera, 1950
: 352
–353;
Hull, 1973
: 238
;
Painter and Painter, 1974
: 89
–90;
Painter
et al.,
1978
: 38.21;
Evenhuis and Greathead, 1999
: 208
;
Lamas and Lopes, 2004
: 1
–4.
Type
material examined
.
Holotype
:
BRAZIL
:
Pará
:
1 female
(
BMNH
) [50–2].
Other material examined
.
BRAZIL
:
Pará
: São João de Pirabas [-0.77, -47.17], Boa Esperança,
18– 24.v.1990
(A.L. Henriques coll.),
1 female
(
MPEG
) [Trap Malaise]; Benevides [-1.37, -48.25],
408 km
0 6,
25.vi.1981
(E.L. Oliveira coll.),
1 female
(
MPEG
);
Amazonas
: Manaus,
vii.1935
(G.V. Vredenburg coll.),
1 female
(
BMNH
) [B.M. 1935–615]; idem, BR 174, ZF 3, Km 23 [-2.4, -59.87],
59º52'W
2º23'S
,
10.ix.1987
(M.V.B. Garcia coll.),
1 male
(
USNM
) [Proj.
DBFF
. WWF Res: 3402-388-15]; idem, idem,
28.ii.1987
(M.V.B. Garcia coll.),
1 male
(
USNM
) [Proj.
DBFF
. WWF Res: 1207–nº 13014]; idem, idem,
13.x.1987
(M.V.B. Garcia coll.),
1 male
(
USNM
) [Proj.
DBFF
. WWF Res: 3402-390-1]; idem,
59º52'W
2º24'S
,
02.xii.1987
(M.V.B. Garcia coll.),
2 females
(
USNM
) [Conv.
INPA
- WWF Res: 3402-496-13 and 14]; idem, ZF
3 km
,
20.ii.1987
(M.V. Garcia),
1 male
(
USNM
) [2]; Rio Solimões [-3.25, -58.97],
3º15'S
58º58'W
,
16.x.1991
(M.V.B. Garcia coll.),
4 females
and
3 males
(
USNM
) [731-2, 769-2, 734-2, 736-1, 732-1, 732-1, 732-2]; Iranduba, Rio Solimões, Ilha da Manchataria [-3.25, -60.10],
16.x.1991
(M.V. Garcia coll.),
1 female
(
INPA
) [774-2];
Pará
: Belém, Mocambo [-6.72, -69.97],
6.vii.1981
(Edimar Lima coll.),
1 male
(
MPEG
); Primavera [-7.27, -62.33],
19.xi.1987
(P. Tadeu coll.),
1 female
(
MPEG
);
Minas Gerais
: Marlieria [-19.72, -42.75],
17.viii.2003
(Y. Antonini coll.),
1 male
(
MZUSP
) [182]; idem,
23.ix.2005
,
1 male
(
MZUSP
) [collected in the nest–emerged
26.x.2005
]; idem,
9.i.2003
(Y. Antonini coll.),
1 male
(
MZUSP
) [
Lepidophora
-81]; idem,
23.xii.1997
(C.D.P. Coelho coll.),
1 female
(
MNRJ
) [
MNRJ
7759]; idem,
25.xii.1997
(C.D.P. Coelho coll.),
1 male
(
MNRJ
) [
MNRJ
7758];
São Paulo
: São José do Rio Preto, Est. Ecol. Paulo de Faria [-20.03, -49.38],
21.xi.1998
(Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.),
1 female
(
MZUSP
); idem,
14.iv.1998
(Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.),
1 male
(
MZUSP
); idem,
30.ix.1998
(Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.),
1 male
(
MZUSP
); idem,
14.v.1999
(Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.),
1 female
(
MZUSP
); idem,
21.xi.1998
(Garofalo, Gazola Serrano leg.),
1 female
(
MZUSP
); Matão [-21.63, 48.54],
21º37'40"S
48º32'15"W
,
Mata
Semidecídua,
02.xi.2007
(V.C. Silva & D.S. Amorim colls.),
1 female
(
MZUSP
) [Biota Fapesp, Varredura]; idem, Faz. Cambuhy, 1997 (Serrano, Jesus leg.),
1 female
(
MZUSP
).
FIGURE 7A–C.
L. acroleuca
Painter, 1930
, male terminalia:
(A)
lateral view;
(B)
dorsal view;
(C)
ventral view.
Diagnosis
.
Lepidophora culiciformis
is similar to
L. trypoxylona
in having femur I with two colors of long scales on posterior surface, long scales on ventral surface and long hairs on anterior and dorsal surfaces.
Lepidophora culiciformis
differs from
L. trypoxylona
in having scutum with short golden and dark brown scales; coxa III with long strong bristles on anterodorsal surface; tibia III with white scales on posterior surface and apical bristles on ventral, posterior, posteroventral and anteroventral surfaces; and abdominal segment I with long yellow hairs on anterior margin.