Lista de Espécies de Bombyliidae (Diptera) com Registro de Ocorrência Assinalado para o Estado do Rio De Janeiro, Brasil

A list of the Bombyliidae species with record for the Rio de Janeiro State was elaborated. The information was taken from the world catalogue of Bombyliidae and from records found the two major Diptera collections, regarding the representative of the Brazilian southeast fauna: the collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and the collection of Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. A map demonstrating the distribution of the Bombyliidae species is also presented. The small number of species found (only 28 of the 472 Neotropical species) can be explained by the concentration of projects in certain areas, suggesting collecting efforts to increase the knowledge of the group, focusing the areas poorly investigated.Uma lista das espécies de Bombyliidae com registro de ocorrência assinalado para o Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) foi elaborada. Como base foi utilizado o catálogo mundial de Bombyliidae e acrescido a este os registros encontrados nas duas principais coleções de Diptera em termos de representatividade da fauna do sudeste brasileiro: coleção do Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e a coleção do Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Um mapa demonstrando a distribuição das espécies de Bombyliidae no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, é também apresentado. O pequeno número de espécies relatadas (apenas 28 das 472 espécies Neotropicais) pode ser atribuído à concentração de trabalhos em certas regiões e sugere esforços de coleta para aumentar o conhecimento do grupo, focando as áreas pouco investigadas

Revisão taxonômica das espécies neotropicais de Heterostylum Macquart, 1848 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae)

The genus Hetrostylum Macquart contains medium size species (10 – 15 mm), and may be characterized for having a robust body covered by long pile. Contains 14 described species, of which nine are Neotropical and five are Nearctic. They are included among the Bombyliidae in the Homoeophthalmae division, differing from most genera in this division for presenting an indented hind margin of the eye. The revision of the Neotropical species is necessary because of their incomplete descriptions, the incomplete morphological knowledge, especially of the genitalia, and for the need of an identification's key for the species. The aim of this paper is to redescribe the genus Heterostylum Macquart and the known Neotropical species, present the main characters of external morphology, photos and illustrations of the genitalia of both genders and an identification key to the species. ln addition to the previously named species (H. bicolor (Loew), 1861, H. duocolor Painter & Painter, 1974, H. ferrugineum (Fabricius), 1805, H. haemorrhoicum (Loew), 1863, H. hirsutum (Thunberg), 1827, H. pallipes Bigot, 1892 and H. rufum (Olivier), 1789), two new ones were added, H. evenhuisi Cunha & Lamas, 2005 and H. maculipennis Cunha & Lamas, 2005. The studied material belongs to the collections of Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Universidade Federal do Paraná and to The Natural History Museum, London. The identification key was elaborated with the material studied in this paper, the original descriptions of H. duocolor (Painter & Painter, 1974) and H. bicolor (Loew, 1861) and the redescriptions of the neartic species recently published.O gênero Heterostylum Macquart, inclui espécies de tamanho médio (10 – 15 mm) caracterizadas por possuir corpo robusto e coberto por longos pelos. Possui atualmente 14 espécies descritas, sendo nove neotropicais e cinco neárticas. Está incluído entre os Bombyliidae na Divisão Homoeophthalmae, diferenciando-se da grande maioria dos gêneros incluídos nesta, por apresentar a margem posterior dos olhos sinuosa. A revisão das espécies neotropicais do gênero é necessária em função de suas incompletas descrições, do pouco conhecimento morfológico, em especial das terminálias, e, pela necessidade de elaborar uma chave de identificação para as espécies. Os objetivos deste trabalho são redescrever o gênero Heterostylum Macquart e suas espécies neotropicais conhecidas, apresentar fotografias dos principais caracteres diagnósticos da morfologia externa e ilustrações das terminálias de ambos os sexos e elaborar uma chave de identificação para as espécies conhecidas. Além das espécies atualmente válidas (H. bicolor (Loew), 1861, H. duocolor Painter & Painter, 1974, H. ferrugineum (Fabricius), 1805, H. haemorrhoicum (Loew), 1863, H. hirsutum (Thunberg), 1827, H. pallipes Bigot, 1892 e H. rufum (Olivier), 1789) foram descritas duas novas espécies, H. evenhuisi Cunha & Lamas, 2005 e H. maculipennis Cunha & Lamas, 2005. O material estudado pertence às coleções do Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Departamento de Zoologia da Universidade Federal do Paraná e do “The Natural History Museum”, Londres. A chave de identificação foi elaborada a partir dos exemplares utilizados nesse estudo, das descrições originais de H. duocolor Painter & Painter, 1974 e H. bicolor (Loew), 1861 e das redescrições das espécies neárticas recentemente publicadas

Pupal case description of Systropus (Systropus) fumipennis Westwood, 1842 (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae: Systropodini)

The pupal case of Systropus (Systropus) fumipennis is described, illustrated and photographed for the first time. A pupae was found inside an unidentified Limacodidae coocon (Insecta: Lepidoptera), and a male adult emerged, allowing the species identification.The pupal case of Systropus (Systropus) fumipennis is described, illustrated and photographed for the first time. A pupae was found inside an unidentified Limacodidae coocon (Insecta: Lepidoptera), and a male adult emerged, allowing the species identification

Phylogeny and biogeography of Heterostylum (Diptera: Bombyliidae): Evidence for an ancient Caribbean diversification model

A cladistic and biogeographic analysis is presented of Heterostylum Macquart (Diptera: Bombyliidae), a New World bee-fly genus with 14 species. A phylogenetic hypothesis was obtained based on a data matrix with 27 characters, using the cladogram analysis and search program, TNT, and the matrix editing and tree viewing program, WINCLADA. Character states were polarized by tree rooting with the following outgroup taxa: Toxophora aurea Macquart, Apiformyia australis Yeates, Triploechus novus Williston, T. bellus Philippi, and T. heteronevrus Macquart. The monophyly of Heterostylum was well supported, and after successive weighting was applied, 2 major clades were found: a Nearctic clade including H. robustum (Osten Sacken), H. helvolum Hall & Evenhuis, H. deani Painter, H. croceum Painter, and H. engelhardti Painter, and a Neotropical clade with H. haemorrhoicum (Loew), H. rufum (Olivier), H. evenhuisi Cunha & Lamas, H. maculipennis Cunha & Lamas, H. ferrugineum (Fabricius), H. hirsutum (Thunberg), and H. pallipes Bigot. For the biogeographic analysis we derived an area cladogram based on the phylogenetic hypothesis obtained to analyze the distributional pattern and spatial diversification of Heterostylum. The divergence between Nearctic and Neotropical clades is associated with a spatial disjunction along the Mexican Transition Zone, which supports evidence that an ancient Caribbean event was mainly responsible for the diversification of major lineages of Heterostylum. This biogeographic scenario, as well as alternative scenarios, was also analyzed and discussed along with the results obtained from an event-based biogeographical analysis (DIVA).Se presenta un análisis cladístico y biogeográfico del género Heterostylum Macquart (Diptera: Bombyliidae), un género de mosca-abeja del Nuevo Mundo con 14 especies. Se obtuvo una hipótesis filogenética basado sobre una matriz de datos con 27 caracteres, utilizando el análisis de cladograma y un programa de búsqueda, TNT, y el programa de edición de matriz y de visualizar el árbol, WINCLADA. Los estados de los carácteres fueron polarizados por el árbol de enraizamiento con el siguiente taxa del grupo externo: Toxophora aurea Macquart, Apiformyia australis Yeates, Triploechus novus Williston, T. bellus Filipos y T. heteronevrus Macquart. La monofilia de Heterostylum fue bien apoyado, y después de aplicar parcialidad sucesiva, se encontraron 2 clados principales: el clan Neártica que incluye H. robustum (Osten Sacken), H. helvolum Hall & Evenhuis, H. deani Painter, H. croceum Painter, y H. engelhardti Painter, y el clados Neotropical con H. haemorrhoicum (Loew), H. rufum (Olivier), H. evenhuisi Cunha y Lamas, H. maculipennis Cunha y Lamas, H. ferrugineum (Fabricius), H. hirsutum (Thunberg), y H. pallipes Bigot. Para el análisis biogeográfico derivamos un cladograma de área basada en la hipótesis filogenética obtenida al analizar el patrón de distribución y la diversificación espacial de Heterostylum. La divergencia entre los clanes del Neártico y Neotropico se asocia con una disyunción espacial por la Zona de Transición Mexicana, que apoya la evidencia de que un evento antiguo del Caribe fue responsable principalmente por la diversificación de los principales linajes de Heterostylum. Este escenario biogeográfico, así como los escenarios alternativos, también fueron analizados y discutidos junto con los resultados obtenidos de un análisis biogeográfico basado en eventos (DIVA).The authors thank David Notton (BMNH), Neal Evenhuis (Bishop Museum, Hawaii, USA), curator of the USNM Bombyliidae collection, and Claudio José Barros de Carvalho (DZUP), for loaning us specimens of Heterostylum. Special thanks to Fernando Marques for help in calculating the Bremer support on TNT; to Peterson Lopes for providing the macro file for calculating characters indexes on TNT; to John Grehan and Augusto Ferrari for valuable comments on the manuscript; and to Isabel Sanmartín for discussion on DIVA methodology. Financial support from FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) (Proc. No. 2004/09431-5, 2009/17190-1, 2010/52314-0 to CJEL and 2007/50836-7 to SSN) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) (Proc. No. 563256/2010-9)

Hyperalonia morio subsp. morio Fabricius 1775

<i>Hyperalonia morio morio</i> Fabricius, 1775 <p>(Figs. 1–4)</p> <p> <i>Hyperalonia morio morio</i> Fabricius, 1775: 797; Kertész, 1909: 3; Edwards, 1930: 179; Paramonov, 1931: 64–65; Copello, 1932: 117­120; Stuardo Ortiz, 1946: 96; Hull, 1973: 431; Painter & Painter, 1968: 112; Painter & Painter, 1974: 3; Hall, 1976: 173; Painter <i>et al.</i>, 1978: 58; Couri & Lamas, 1994: 120 –121; Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 399 –400.</p> <p>Female: Length: 20.6–24.9 mm. Head width: 3.2–4.2 mm. Thorax width: 5.3–5.7 mm. Abdominal width: 5.1–6.0 tapering to 1.2–1.9 mm on anal segment. Coloration: light brown; cephalic and anal tubercles and abdominal chitinous rods dark brown, darker apically; setae yellowish.</p> <p>Head. Cephalic tubercles armed with three pairs of spines not fused in an arch; first pair same length as second pair, directed downwards; third pair 1/2 length of first pair, placed laterally on base of second pair (Fig. 1). Central pair of spines with two pairs of setae, first pair on dorsal surface, near its base, second placed laterally (Fig. 1). In ventral view, anterior facial tubercle same length as central pair, with a pair of setae placed laterally (Fig. 4), additional pair posteroventrally (Fig. 1).</p> <p>Thorax. With four pairs of setae, two pairs on dorsal surface closely placed, two pairs on lateral surface (Fig. 1); prothoracic spiracle spiral shaped, heavily sclerotized, with concavity directed posteriorly, dark brown, raised above surface and located immediately behind head (Fig. 1).</p> <p>Abdomen. Segment I with row of strong setae, darker on apex and base, interrupted in center; segments II–IV with row of chitinous rods intercalated with long, thin setae, row of setae interrupted in center; segment V with row of chitinous rods, without anterior projection, intercalated with long, thin setae, row of setae interrupted in center; segments VI– VII with reduced chitinous rods, resembling spines, intercalated with thin setae; segment VIII with row of thin setae, with two reduced chitinous rods in center of row; pleura with row of strong and long setae, sternites with row of strong setae located in center of the segments (Fig. 1); anal tubercle with one pair of spines (Fig. 3), directed upwards, with two pairs of ventral projections, first pair located on proximal third, second on medial third (Fig. 2). Abdominal spiracles spiral shaped, with concavity directed anteriorly, slightly darker and more sclerotized than surrounding area, raised above surface and placed laterally on segments I–VII (Fig. 1).</p> <p>Male: unknown.</p> <p> Hosts: Hymenoptera — Sphecidae: <i>Rubrica nasuta</i> (Christ, 1791) Distribution: Neotropical: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Salta, Rio Negro, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán); Bolivia (Cochabamba); Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Chile (Coquimbo, Chubut); Paraguay (Areguá, Assunción, Concepción, Villarica, Yegros); Uruguay (Maldonado, Montevideo, Santa Rita).</p> <p> Examined material: BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, 7­ IV­1994, 2 female, H.R. Pimenta <i>leg.</i> (C. Pref. /UFMG); BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, 23­ IV­ 1994, 1 female, H.R. Pimenta <i>leg.</i> (C. Pref. /UFMG); BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, 4­ IV­1994, 1 female, H.R. Pimenta <i>leg</i>. (C. Pref./UFMG).</p>Published as part of <i>Cunha, André Mallemont & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2004, Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini), pp. 1-5 in Zootaxa 658</i> on pages 2-4, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/158554">10.5281/zenodo.158554</a&gt

FIGURES 14–19 in Description of five Anthrax Scopoli puparia (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Anthracini)

FIGURES 14–19. Anthrax hylaios pupae: 14. General lateral view; 15. Cephalic tubercle, dorsal view; 16. Cephalic tubercle, lateral view; 17. Head, ventral view; 18. Anal tubercle, dorsal view; 19. Anal tubercle, lateral view

Pupal case description of Systropus (Systropus) fumipennis Westwood, 1842 (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae: Systropodini)

ABSTRACT The pupal case of Systropus (Systropus) fumipennis is described, illustrated and photographed for the first time. A pupae was found inside an unidentified Limacodidae coocon (Insecta: Lepidoptera), and a male adult emerged, allowing the species identification

Occurrence of Temnocephala (Platyhelminthes: Temnocephalida) in Immatures of Kempnyia reticulata (Enderlein) (Insecta: Plecoptera: Perlidae)

First register of Temnocephala (Platyhelminthes: Temnocephalida) in immature of Kempnyia reticulata (Enderlein) (Plecoptera: Perlidae). The insects were collected in rivers of Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia, Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo, Brazil.Primeiro registro de Temnocephala (Platyhelminthes: Temnocephalida) em imaturos de Kempnyia reticulata (Enderlein) (Plecoptera: Perlidae). Os insetos foram coletados em um riacho da Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brasil