plazi/treatments-xml
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Releases Activity
treatments-xml/data/CE/43/88/CE438843FFAD8814AE241856FD5AB47C.xml
maintenance db52bacdd6 added CE
2024-06-21 12:52:15 +02:00

365 lines
42 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains invisible Unicode characters

This file contains invisible Unicode characters that are indistinguishable to humans but may be processed differently by a computer. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="0E13A2038B59DD3048B02A781E019376" ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.156131" ID-GBIF-Dataset="a29598a7-751c-44cc-977c-46fac8e08ba6" ID-ISSN="1175­5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="156131" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1461063467371" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Evenhuis, Neal L." docDate="2002" docId="CE438843FFAD8814AE241856FD5AB47C" docLanguage="en" docName="zt00036.pdf.imf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 36" docStyle="DocumentStyle:FA7E419B012A62B0FC3AC15A186C3DAF.3:Zootaxa.2001-2006.journal_article" docStyleId="FA7E419B012A62B0FC3AC15A186C3DAF" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2001-2006.journal_article" docStyleVersion="3" docTitle="Pieza sinclairi Evenhuis, 2002, sp. nov" docType="treatment" docUuid="BE7140FA-724D-4488-8CAD-E5BEE61AE59E" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="9" lastPageNumber="25" masterDocId="327AF03BFFB8880CAF2C1E1AFFFAB332" masterDocTitle="Pieza, a new genus of microbombyliids from the New World (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae)" masterLastPageNumber="28" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="22" updateTime="1698583078081" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="E18A8C77E50F5677E5BDEFA3985F9968" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="E28B5E3C3554C71024921BD0D4605B60">
<mods:title id="2E7CCFED1B8BB0B12EDCE9CF0C51C51A">Pieza, a new genus of microbombyliids from the New World (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae)</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="38BC3FCACEE93A302F1C9A8D9C933C25" type="personal">
<mods:role id="4C683429339A98A1038B32B71337E1E6">
<mods:roleTerm id="6B097145B10514812BE40536960364ED">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="F7FF84FCD423F36536A135461F8B7F11">Evenhuis, Neal L.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="F3E89D5C6E266AE73980312DCD239E43">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="065B7938ECE4E5BBD04184D418D35E15" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="37A944021FC9501FB40949BF63A5684E">
<mods:title id="079738B17943D51A3CD4E82BA5DF0B1E">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="8125F97F21E6723805D5D355740B53C7">
<mods:date id="06E3A4A2DFBC0BBE7CC46928C8E3C4C2">2002</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="D66DD06DE98337815B6723D02D7ECEBF" type="volume">
<mods:number id="AD04C3733AD3C8C8E9E1DA07EA580C06">36</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="8A656F8DE35844086F90E101E507DE1A" unit="page">
<mods:start id="4A4CF0EB18AEC54E67808154AFC3759D">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="B052948B87899097E4C6564C19127CDA">28</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="8D05B3BF7E3177881245DD793B3B9576">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="D668049E0F777C34E0ACB26CA44B9A2A" type="DOI">10.5281/zenodo.156131</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="E95059863ABB9CE7C4B0B0F6B0D71D86" type="GBIF-Dataset">a29598a7-751c-44cc-977c-46fac8e08ba6</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="AC382C0E7A9E8125DED67E599CCCEF28" type="ISSN">1175­5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="F77CBA11D970D447054FC83B1EE288D8" type="Zenodo-Dep">156131</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="7A28EDA4CF8B767DEFB5DE559C9E257D" type="ZooBank">94019BF0-9364-4591-8CBD-D65119CAFE71</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="CE438843FFAD8814AE241856FD5AB47C" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6277373" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6277373" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BE7140FA-724D-4488-8CAD-E5BEE61AE59E" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CE438843FFAD8814AE241856FD5AB47C" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<subSubSection id="0EF06ADEFFAD8819AE241856FDDAB554" box="[264,544,1611,1638]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="46553955FFAD8819AE241856FDDAB554" blockId="21.[264,544,1611,1638]" box="[264,544,1611,1638]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAD8819AE241856FDE3B557" bold="true" box="[264,537,1611,1638]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFAD8819AE241856FE4EB554" box="[264,436,1612,1638]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Pieza" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinclairi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAD8819AE241856FE4EB554" bold="true" box="[264,436,1612,1638]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Pieza sinclairi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6FAD583CFFAD8819AEEF1851FDE3B557" box="[451,537,1611,1637]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0EF06ADEFFAD8819AE241886FBDBB581" box="[264,1057,1692,1715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="46553955FFAD8819AE241886FBDBB581" blockId="21.[264,1057,1692,1715]" box="[264,1057,1692,1715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="66FA1E7BFFAD8819AE241886FBDBB581" box="[264,1057,1692,1715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFAD8819AE241886FE73B581" box="[264,393,1692,1715]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Mythenteles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAD8819AE241886FE73B581" box="[264,393,1692,1715]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Mythenteles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
<treatmentCitation id="C74B1F44FFAD8819AE991886FD6EB581" author="McMullen" box="[437,660,1692,1715]" page="98" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" year="1993">
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFAD8819AE991886FD96B581" author="McMullen" box="[437,620,1692,1715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="McMullen, C. K. (1993) Flower-visiting insects of the Galapagos Islands. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 69, 95 - 106." type="journal article" year="1993">McMullen, 1993</bibRefCitation>
: 98
</treatmentCitation>
.
<treatmentCitation id="C74B1F44FFAD8819ADB21886FC0EB581" author="McMullen" box="[670,1012,1692,1715]" page="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" year="1994">
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFAD8819ADB21886FC37B581" author="McMullen" box="[670,973,1692,1715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="McMullen, C. K. &amp; Naranjo, S. J. (1994) Pollination of Scalesia baurii ssp. hopkinsii (Asteraceae) on Pinta Island. Nocticias de Galapagos, 53, 25 - 28" type="journal article" year="1994">McMullen &amp; Naranjo, 1994</bibRefCitation>
: 26
</treatmentCitation>
, 27.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0EF06ADEFFAD881BAE2418FDFC6BB62C" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="description">
<paragraph id="46553955FFAD881AAE2418FDFB17B17C" blockId="21.[264,1323,1767,1873]" lastBlockId="22.[264,1324,284,1210]" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAD8819AE2418FDFEB2B433" box="[264,328,1767,1793]" name="Malta" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Male</collectingCountry>
. Length:
<quantity id="811294B0FFAD8819AE9418FDFD98B433" box="[440,610,1767,1793]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.17" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="0.84" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="mm" value="1.17" valueMax="1.5" valueMin="0.84">0.84­1.50 mm</quantity>
.
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAD8819AD4318FDFD55B432" box="[623,687,1767,1792]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Head</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="DED125D0FFAD8819AD9318FDFCF2B433" box="[703,776,1767,1793]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 ­ 6" captionStartId="4.[264,382,1195,1219]" captionTargetBox="[464,1126,324,1183]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[464,1126,323,1184]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 5 ­ 6. Pieza heads, scanning electron micrographs. 5. Pieza angusta (Melander). 6. Pieza sinclairi, sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/168639/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). Black to brown, overlaid with slight brownish­grayish pollen; eyes dichoptic, separated at vertex by 2 distance between lateral ocelli; front brown to yellow, depressed medially with dark brown to black medial spot; face yellow to brown; antennae (
<figureCitation id="DED125D0FFAE881AADA91F06FD32B204" box="[645,712,284,310]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 ­ 2" captionStartId="2.[264,383,1371,1395]" captionTargetBox="[538,1067,878,1340]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[538,1067,876,1341]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 ­ 2. Antennae of Mythicomyiinae. 1. Pieza sinclairi, sp. nov. 2. Mythenteles propleuralis (Melander)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/156132/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
) brown to black, scape obconical, pedicel subspherical, slightly wider than long; first flagellomere ovoid, slightly longer than wide; second flagellomere short, almost half length of first flagellomere, with subapical style, apical portion of second flagellomere very thin; occiput with paired silvery grayish pollinose diadema; mentum distinctly bilobed, brownish laterally adjacent to posterior eye orbits, yellow to white along medial groove; proboscis dark brown to black, labrum pointed, length about equal to two­thirds head height, proboscis able to vary in length, extendable and retractable; palpi long, thin, dark brown, extending slightly beyond length of labrum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46553955FFAE881AAE141C46FC44B00C" blockId="22.[264,1324,284,1210]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAE881AAE141C46FE76B147" box="[312,396,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Thorax</emphasis>
. Mesonotum dark brown to brown, without vittae; humeral callus, interhumeral triangle, notopleural mark extending posteriorly to prealar suture, postalar callus, small spot above postalar callus, and scutellum yellow, with scattered pale hairs on mesonotum, darker hairs on scutellum; pleura brown on lower portions of sclerites, yellow to white above; anepimeron almost all yellow; legs dusky to yellow; apical tarsal segments dark brown to black; halter stem and knob yellow to white.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46553955FFAE881AAE141D56FC6DB788" blockId="22.[264,1324,284,1210]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAE881AAE141D56FE88B057" box="[312,370,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Wing</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="DED125D0FFAE881AAEA81D56FE26B054" box="[388,476,844,870]" captionStart="FIGURE 22" captionStartId="22.[264,368,1843,1867]" captionTargetBox="[302,1284,1297,1812]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[302,1285,1295,1814]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 22. Wing of Pieza sinclairi, sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/156141/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
). Subhyaline, slightly tinged with brown color, short, stubby when compared with the congeners; veins brown; costa ends slightly before midpoint between ends of veins R4+5 and M1; vein Sc incomplete, ending at level about 1/4 distance from origin of Rs to end of R2+3; Rs evanescent at junction with R1; R2+3 arising approximately threefourths distance from origin of Rs to r­m crossvein; R4+5 slightly curved to wing margin; rm crossvein at basal 1/4 of discal cell; cell dm narrowed apically; vein at base of cell m1 shorter than r­m crossvein; vein M1 curved toward wing margin; vein M2 straight to wing margin; vein A1 thick only at base, evanescent for most its length to wing margin; fringe of hairs along posterior margin of wing short, fairly dense.
</paragraph>
<caption id="129569DDFFAE881AAE241929FD0CB478" box="[264,758,1843,1867]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/156141/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" targetBox="[302,1284,1297,1812]" targetPageId="22">
<paragraph id="46553955FFAE881AAE241929FD0CB478" blockId="22.[264,758,1843,1867]" box="[264,758,1843,1867]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAE881AAE241929FE68B479" bold="true" box="[264,402,1843,1867]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">FIGURE 22</emphasis>
. Wing of
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFAE881AAED01929FD6DB478" box="[508,663,1843,1866]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Pieza" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinclairi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAE881AAED01929FD6DB478" box="[508,663,1843,1866]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Pieza sinclairi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6FAD583CFFAE881AAD881929FD0CB478" box="[676,758,1843,1866]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="46553955FFAF881BAE141F06FBA1B2B4" blockId="23.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAE141F06FE5CB207" box="[312,422,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Abdomen</emphasis>
. Dorsum brown, some specimens with yellow laterally on tergites; pale yellow to whitish fasciae, if present, restricted to narrow bands on posterior margins of segments, rarely found on basal segments; venter yellow, semimembranous.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46553955FFAF881BAE141F8EFC11B1DC" blockId="23.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAE141F8EFE5CB29F" box="[312,422,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="DED125D0FFAF881BAE9B1F8EFDF5B29C" box="[439,527,404,430]" captionStart="FIGURES 20 ­ 21. 20" captionStartId="20.[264,383,1140,1164]" captionTargetBox="[535,1057,319,1113]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[532,1062,317,1118]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURES 20 ­ 21. 20, Pieza sinclairi, sp. nov., male genitalia; a. lateral view; b. epiphallic complex, dorsal view; c. gonocoxites, ventral view; d. epandrium, ventral view. 21, Male genitalia of Pieza pi, sp. nov.; a. lateral view; b. epiphallic complex, dorsal view; c. gonocoxites, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/156140/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
). In lateral view with gonocoxite small, thin, subrectangular, subtriangular, rounded in dorsal view; gonostylus vestigial, fused to gonocoxite, not articulating; gonocoxal apodemes long, thin near aedeagus, flaring distally to broad, spatulate apex, darkly sclerotized; aedeagus with basal bulb shield­shaped, darkly sclerotized; aedeagal tip small, short; aedeagal apodeme large, rounded ventrally, squared dorsally, darkly sclerotized, keeled apically in ventral view, with large, subrectangular lateral vanes and another setof tiny triangular vanes; lateral rami large, foliate­elongate, darkly sclerotized; epandrium long, subrectangular, pseudo­surstylus well developed, pointed, incurved; cercus crescent shaped in caudal view, well exserted.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46553955FFAF881BAE141CE6FD8FB794" blockId="23.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
Female as in male except as follows: genitalia (
<figureCitation id="DED125D0FFAF881BAC5D1CE6FC32B024" box="[881,968,764,790]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 ­ 19" captionStartId="17.[264,383,1534,1558]" captionTargetBox="[264,1321,631,1505]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[264,1323,621,1507]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 17 ­ 19. Pieza female genitalia. 17. P. o s t e n t a (Melander). 18. P. rhea, sp. nov. 19. P. s i n ­ clairi, sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/156139/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
) with vaginal furca O­shaped with opening at 1 end, lateral processes thick, with darkly sclerotized, thin, basal sclerites angled outward, medial processes slightly curved inward; apical process notwell developed, consisting of 2 sclerites joined medially; spermathecal reservoir somewhat peanutshaped, length about half length of sperm pump, darkly sclerotized, with subapical gland hairs in transverse band; membranous, minute, sac­like area with gland hairs basal to reservoir, leading to apical spermathecal duct; apical duct extremely long, thin, membranous, length about 2.5 length of sperm pump (reservoirs situated at level of tergite II in situ); sperm pump membranous, subcylindrical; apical valve flared, with thickened and recurved outer walls; basal and common ducts not evident; vaguely sclerotized crescent­shaped sclerite at base of sperm pump.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46553955FFAF881BAE141AAEFC6BB62C" blockId="23.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
Dissection of the abdomen of a gravid female to examine the genitalia revealed 15 ovariole eggs filling the entire abdominal cavity, each about
<quantity id="811294B0FFAF881BACDE1AC6FBA4B7C4" box="[1010,1118,1244,1270]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" unit="mm" value="0.07">0.07 mm</quantity>
long and ovoidspherical in shape, without chorional texture or pattern.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0EF06ADEFFAF8814AE141B36FD7DB2E4" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="46553955FFAF8814AE141B36FD7DB2E4" blockId="23.[264,1325,284,1870]" lastBlockId="24.[264,1324,283,1870]" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<typeStatus id="995187F7FFAF881BAE141B36FE82B677" box="[312,376,1324,1349]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAE141B36FE82B677" box="[312,376,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Types</emphasis>
</typeStatus>
.
<typeStatus id="995187F7FFAF881BAEA61B36FE0DB674" box="[394,503,1324,1350]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
male and allotype female from
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAC551B31FB23B677" bold="true" box="[889,1241,1323,1349]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BAC551B31FBE8B677" box="[889,1042,1323,1349]" name="Ecuador" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">ECUADOR</collectingCountry>
: GALÁPAGOS
</emphasis>
: Santa Cruz: Academy Bay,
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAD271B4EFDA6B65C" box="[523,604,1364,1390]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">ECCD</collectionCode>
,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BAD461B4EFCD5B65C" box="[618,815,1364,1390]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1985-05-10" valueMax="1985-07-14" valueMin="1985-05-10">10.v­14.vii.1985</date>
, 30 m, arid zone, thornscrub, Malaise­FIT trap,S. &amp; J. Peck, deposited in
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BADAC1B66FD3AB6A4" box="[640,704,1404,1430]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CNC</collectionCode>
.
<typeStatus id="995187F7FFAF881BADE01B66FCB9B6A7" box="[716,835,1404,1429]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="paratype">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BADE01B66FCB9B6A7" box="[716,835,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Paratypes</emphasis>
</typeStatus>
:
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAC791B61FBF6B6A7" bold="true" box="[853,1036,1403,1429]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">GALÁPAGOS</emphasis>
: Santa Cruz:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BAB9F1B66FAD6B6A4" box="[1203,1324,1404,1430]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="male">111 males</specimenCount>
and females, topotypic, collected with
<typeStatus id="995187F7FFAF881BADD21BBEFCC6B68C" box="[766,828,1444,1470]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">types</typeStatus>
(
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAC791BBEFC6CB68C" box="[853,918,1444,1470]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CNC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAC801BBEFC11B68C" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" box="[940,1003,1444,1470]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" name="Museo de Historia Natural La Salle" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BAC801BBEFC11B68C" box="[940,1003,1444,1470]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CAR</collectingCountry>
</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAB2C1BBEFBAFB68C" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" box="[1024,1109,1444,1470]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">BPBM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAB461BBEFB41B68C" box="[1130,1211,1444,1470]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">ECCD</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BABFD1BBEFAD3B68C" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[1233,1321,1444,1470]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">USNM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAE241BD6FE9FB6D4" box="[264,357,1484,1510]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">BMNH</collectionCode>
);
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BAE551BD6FE31B6D4" box="[377,459,1484,1510]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, Los Gemelos,
<quantity id="811294B0FFAF881BADAC1BD6FD41B6D4" box="[640,699,1484,1510]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" unit="km" value="3.0">3 km</quantity>
N. Santa Rosa,
<quantity id="811294B0FFAF881BAC5A1BD6FC39B6D4" box="[886,963,1484,1510]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.7" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" unit="m" value="570.0">570 m</quantity>
,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BACE31BD6FBB4B6D4" box="[975,1102,1484,1510]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1985-06-13">13.vi.1985</date>
,
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFAF881BAB771BD6FB41B6D4" box="[1115,1211,1484,1510]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Scalesia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Scalesia</taxonomicName>
forest litter, S. &amp; J. Peck (
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAEF81BEEFDEDB53C" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" box="[468,535,1524,1550]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" name="Museo de Historia Natural La Salle" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BAEF81BEEFDEDB53C" box="[468,535,1524,1550]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CAR</collectingCountry>
</collectionCode>
). Española:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BAD8A1BEEFCF4B53C" box="[678,782,1524,1550]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="male">39 males</specimenCount>
and females, Bahia Manzanilla,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BABBC1BEEFAD2B53C" box="[1168,1320,1524,1550]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1985-06-05" valueMax="1985-06-10" valueMin="1985-06-05">5­10.vi.1985</date>
, littoral
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFAF881BAE4C1806FDFBB507" box="[352,513,1564,1589]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nyctaginaceae" genus="Cryptocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAE4C1806FDFBB507" box="[352,513,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Cryptocarpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&amp;
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFAF881BAD061806FD6BB507" box="[554,657,1564,1589]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Prosopis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Fabales" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAD061806FD6BB507" box="[554,657,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Prosopis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, FIT, Malaise, S. &amp; J. Peck (
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BACDC1806FBC9B504" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" box="[1008,1075,1564,1590]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" name="Museo de Historia Natural La Salle" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BACDC1806FBC9B504" box="[1008,1075,1564,1590]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CAR</collectingCountry>
</collectionCode>
). Floreana:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BABEC1806FAD0B504" box="[1216,1322,1564,1590]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="male">14 males</specimenCount>
and females, Black Beach,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BAD69185EFD17B56C" box="[581,749,1604,1630]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1989-03-21" valueMax="1989-03-28" valueMin="1989-03-21">21­28.iii.1989</date>
, 10 m, littoral, arid, FIT, Peck &amp; Sinclair (
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BABF6185EFAE7B56C" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" box="[1242,1309,1604,1630]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" name="Museo de Historia Natural La Salle" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BABF6185EFAE7B56C" box="[1242,1309,1604,1630]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CAR</collectingCountry>
</collectionCode>
). Pinta:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BAE791876FE33B5B4" box="[341,457,1644,1670]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="female">2 females</specimenCount>
,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BAEFA1876FDB4B5B4" box="[470,590,1644,1670]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1990-07-09">9.vii.1990</date>
, on flowers of
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFAF881BAC2F1876FB85B5B4" authority="C.K. McMullen" authorityName="C.K. McMullen" box="[771,1151,1644,1670]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Scalesia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="baurii">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAC2F1876FC49B5B7" box="[771,947,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Scalesia baurii</emphasis>
, C.K. McMullen
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BABA31876FB10B5B4" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[1167,1258,1644,1670]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">USNM</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BABD31876FE82B59C" name="Saint Kitts and Nevis" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">San Cristobal</collectingCountry>
:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BAEAF188EFE16B59C" box="[387,492,1684,1710]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="male">34 males</specimenCount>
and females, Punto Bazquero, south beach,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BACD8188EFB6EB59C" box="[1012,1172,1684,1710]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1989-02-14" valueMax="1989-02-21" valueMin="1989-02-14">14­21.ii.1989</date>
, littoral, yellow pan traps, B.J. Sinclair (
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAD7B18A6FD62B5E4" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" box="[599,664,1724,1750]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" name="Museo de Historia Natural La Salle" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BAD7B18A6FD62B5E4" box="[599,664,1724,1750]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CAR</collectingCountry>
</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAD8818A6FD01B5E4" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" box="[676,763,1724,1750]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">BPBM</collectionCode>
). Santa Fe:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BACA818A6FC14B5E4" box="[900,1006,1724,1750]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BACD518A6FB90B5E4" box="[1017,1130,1724,1750]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1989-04-05">5.iv.1989</date>
, sweeping vegetation near beach, B.J. Sinclair (
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BADA318FEFD28B5CC" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" box="[655,722,1764,1790]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" name="Museo de Historia Natural La Salle" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BADA318FEFD28B5CC" box="[655,722,1764,1790]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CAR</collectingCountry>
</collectionCode>
). Santa Isabela:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BACB518FEFBFFB5CC" box="[921,1029,1764,1790]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="male">16 males</specimenCount>
and females,
<quantity id="811294B0FFAF881BAB9E18FEFB0AB5CC" box="[1202,1264,1764,1790]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" unit="km" value="4.0">4 km</quantity>
NW Villamil,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BAE561916FDEEB414" box="[378,532,1804,1830]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1989-03-02" valueMax="1989-03-15" valueMin="1989-03-02">2­15.iii.1989</date>
, arid forest,
<quantity id="811294B0FFAF881BAD9C1916FD0BB414" box="[688,753,1804,1830]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" unit="m" value="20.0">20 m</quantity>
, FIT, Peck &amp; Sinclair (
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFAF881BAB221916FBABB414" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" box="[1038,1105,1804,1830]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13632" name="Museo de Historia Natural La Salle" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BAB221916FBABB414" box="[1038,1105,1804,1830]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CAR</collectingCountry>
</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFAF881BAB491911FB00B417" box="[1125,1274,1803,1829]" name="Curaçao" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFAF881BAB491911FB00B417" bold="true" box="[1125,1274,1803,1829]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">CURAÇAO</emphasis>
</collectingCountry>
:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFAF881BAA211916FEB6B47C" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="male">15 males</specimenCount>
and females, Coral Specht,
<quantity id="811294B0FFAF881BAD8B192EFD1DB47C" box="[679,743,1844,1870]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" unit="km" value="3.0">3 km</quantity>
E. Willemstad,
<date id="32541F95FFAF881BAC81192EFBC5B47C" box="[941,1087,1844,1870]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="1997-02-09" valueMax="1997-02-15" valueMin="1997-02-09">9­15.ii.1997</date>
, dung­baited pitfall trap in desert scrub near coast, W.E. Steiner &amp; J.M. Swearingen (
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFA08814AB241F06FB9EB204" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[1032,1124,284,310]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">USNM</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814AB541F01FE65B26F" name="Dominican Republic" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AB541F01FE65B26F" bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">DOMINICAN REPUBLIC</emphasis>
</collectingCountry>
:
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFA08814AE9C1F5EFDF8B26C" box="[432,514,324,350]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="50ECF2DCFFA08814AD231F5EFD82B26C" box="[527,632,324,350]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, Pedernales,
<quantity id="811294B0FFA08814AC3F1F5EFC8EB26C" box="[787,884,324,350]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.45" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" unit="km" value="14.5">14.5 km</quantity>
N. Cabo Rojo,
<quantity id="811294B0FFA08814AB031F5EFB87B26C" box="[1071,1149,324,350]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.65" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" unit="m" value="165.0">165 m</quantity>
,
<geoCoordinate id="23DE5F92FFA08814ABA51F5EFB00B26C" box="[1161,1274,324,350]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="925" value="18.05">18° 03' N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="23DE5F92FFA08814AA2E1F5EFEABB2B4" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="925" value="-71.65">71° 39' W</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="32541F95FFA08814AE4C1F76FDEEB2B4" box="[352,532,364,390]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="1990-07-13" valueMax="1990-07-19" valueMin="1990-07-13">13–19.vii.1990</date>
, L. Masner, J. Rawlins, C. Young, arid thornscrub, intercept trap (
<collectionCode id="20FBA190FFA08814AE3C1F8EFE94B29C" box="[272,366,404,430]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/daw7-8h44" name="The Cleveland Museum of Natural History" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">CMNH</collectionCode>
). The specimens from Floreana and Santa Isabela are preserved in alcohol, the remainder are preserved on pins.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0EF06ADEFFA08814AE141FFEFD06B114" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="46553955FFA08814AE141FFEFD06B114" blockId="24.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AE141FFEFE49B2CF" box="[312,435,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species is named for Brad Sinclair, who has significantly improved our knowledge of the Galápagos fly fauna.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0EF06ADEFFA08814AE141C2EFC72B62C" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="46553955FFA08814AE141C2EFDEEB00C" blockId="24.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AE141C2EFE64B17F" box="[312,414,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Remarks</emphasis>
. Greasy specimens have the interhumeral, prescutellar, and notopleural marks vague, and the color of the thorax and abdomen may appear dark brown to black. Fresh specimens are all dusky brownish with pale pubescence. The scutellum can vary from all yellow, yellow with a median black spot, to brown with yellow only on sides. The female spermathecal reservoir is very similar in some respects to that of
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFA08814ABB91CCEFD47B024" authority="Melander" authorityName="Melander" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Paraconsors" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutellaris" subGenus="Paraconsors">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814ABB91CCEFDC8B027" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Paraconsors (Paraconsors) scutellaris</emphasis>
(Melander)
</taxonomicName>
from the southwestern
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814ACFD1CE6FB8AB024" box="[977,1136,764,790]" name="United States of America" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">United States</collectingCountry>
, though the two species are not related.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46553955FFA08814AE141D56FE76B734" blockId="24.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
Specimens have been collected from
<date id="32541F95FFA08814ADC21D56FC01B054" box="[750,1019,844,870]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">13 February to 14 July</date>
. Due to its being found in relatively tropical latitudes where seasonality in bombyliids is uncommon, it could be expected that this species would be found all year long.
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFA08814AC9F1D86FB7DB084" author="McMullen" box="[947,1159,924,950]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refString="McMullen, C. K. (1993) Flower-visiting insects of the Galapagos Islands. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 69, 95 - 106." type="journal article" year="1993">McMullen (1993)</bibRefCitation>
recorded this species (as “
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFA08814AE861DDEFDC2B0EF" box="[426,568,964,989]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Mythenteles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AE861DDEFDC2B0EF" box="[426,568,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Mythenteles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.”) from flowers of the composite
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFA08814AB371DDEFB29B0EF" box="[1051,1235,964,989]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Scalesia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="baurii">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AB371DDEFB29B0EF" box="[1051,1235,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Scalesia baurii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Galápagos.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46553955FFA08814AE141A0EFC72B62C" blockId="24.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
This species is the most common of all the species of
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFA08814AC911A0EFC04B71F" box="[957,1022,1044,1069]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Pieza" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AC911A0EFC04B71F" box="[957,1022,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Pieza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
thus far collected, which no doubt only reflects the poor concentrated collecting for other species. Specimens of these species were collected using a mixture of collecting trap methods, but the most successful appear to be the flight intercept traps (FIT) and pan traps. The majority of the specimens collected in this fashion consisted of females. This phenomenon was also found in insular specimens of
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFA08814AD251AC6FBB6B7C4" authority="Greathead. Greathead (1986)" authorityName="Greathead. Greathead" authorityYear="1986" box="[521,1100,1244,1270]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="freyi">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AD251AC6FD12B7C7" box="[521,744,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Empidideicus freyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFA08814ADDD1AC6FBB6B7C4" box="[753,1100,1244,1270]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refString="Greathead, D. J. (1986) The genus Empidideicus Becker (Diptera: Bombyliidae) in the Cape Verde Islands. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 122, 85 - 88." type="journal article">Greathead. Greathead (1986)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
surmised that this disparate sex ratio could be due to swarming behavior.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0EF06ADEFFA08814AE141B36FD5AB47C" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="46553955FFA08814AE141B36FD5AB47C" blockId="24.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AE141B36FE3DB677" box="[312,455,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Distribution</emphasis>
. Known only from a relatively small series of specimens from
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814ABE51B36FAD1B674" box="[1225,1323,1324,1350]" name="Curaçao" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Curaçao</collectingCountry>
(15) and
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814AE591B4EFDDEB65C" box="[373,548,1364,1390]" name="Dominican Republic" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">the Dominican</collectingCountry>
Republic (2) and the large series of specimens from the Galápagos. It is doubtful that the Galápagos population is indigenous to the islands. Previous records of collecting there (
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFA08814AD7A1BBEFCECB68C" author="Coquillett" box="[598,790,1444,1470]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refString="Coquillett, D. W. (1901) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898 - 1899. II. Entomological results (2): Diptera. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 3, 371 - 379." type="journal article" year="1901">Coquillett 1901</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFA08814AC0A1BBEFC44B68C" author="Curran" box="[806,958,1444,1470]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refString="Curran, C. H. (1932) The Norwegian zoological expedition to the Galapagos Islands 1925, conducted by Alf Wollebaek. Meddelelser, Zoologisk Museum, Oslo, 30, 347 - 366." type="journal article" year="1932">Curran 1932</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFA08814ACE21BBEFBF6B68C" author="Curran" box="[974,1036,1444,1470]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refString="Curran, C. H. (1934) The Templeton-Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 13. Diptera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 21, 147 - 172." type="journal article" year="1934">1934</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFA08814AB371BBEFB3EB68C" author="Johnson" box="[1051,1220,1444,1470]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refString="Johnson, C. W. (1924) Diptera of the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica, 5, 85 - 92." type="journal article" year="1924">Johnson 1924</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="227B44A4FFA08814ABFF1BBEFE20B6D4" author="Linsley" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refString="Linsley, E. G. &amp; Usinger, R. L. (1966) Insects of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 33, 113 - 196." type="journal article" year="1966">Linsley and Usinger 1966</bibRefCitation>
) do not mention microbombyliids and, given that
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFA08814AB0B1BD6FB73B6D7" box="[1063,1161,1484,1509]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Pieza" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinclairi">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AB0B1BD6FB73B6D7" box="[1063,1161,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">sinclairi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been collected by the 100s in Malaise and other insect traps in the 6 Galápagos islands listed above (and many 100s more unmounted specimens exist in
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814AC5B1806FC49B504" box="[887,947,1564,1590]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">CAR</collectingCountry>
and CNC), it is highly probable that this species represents a recent accidental introduction. However, until the immature stages of
<taxonomicName id="81EA42D6FFA08814AE5B1876FE23B5B7" box="[375,473,1644,1669]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Pieza" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinclairi">
<emphasis id="749EE547FFA08814AE5B1876FE23B5B7" box="[375,473,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">sinclairi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are known, it is impossible to say for sure how it could have been introduced. Adult are weak fliers, fly close to the ground and, therefore, are not good dispersers. The non­Galápagos localities of
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814ADEA18A6FCD2B5E4" box="[710,808,1724,1750]" name="Curaçao" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Curaçao</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814AC4B18A6FBEDB5E4" box="[871,1047,1724,1750]" name="Dominican Republic" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">the Dominican</collectingCountry>
Republic, both insular habitats, could also be evidence of introduced populations of this species. It is possible that concentrated collecting in
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814AD6E1916FD43B414" box="[578,697,1804,1830]" name="Colombia" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Colombia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3EFD79C5FFA08814ADEA1916FCB8B414" box="[710,834,1804,1830]" name="Venezuela" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, and the Ecuadorian mainland could turn up more specimens of this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>
Reference in a new issue View git blame Copy permalink