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Mimocalla gigantea 1868

Description

gigantea (Schiner), 1868:340 (Baccha). Type locality: "South America ". HT M (NMW). Distr.: Colombia (Antioquia (Girardota, La Ceja, Medellín), Boyacá (Arcabuco, Tunja), Cundinamarca (Bogotá), Meta, Risaralda (Pereira)), Costa Rica, Venezuela. Refs.: Thompson et al. 1976:19 (cat.); Zumbado & Thompson, 2000:776 (key), 781, fig 8–9 (M genitalia complex), 785 (desc.).

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Girardota, Vereda El Palmar, 6.343502° -75.435102°, 2200m, 1male, Leg. N. Uribe, Vsr. Fish (CEUA); La Ceja, Alto la Union, Forest, 6.016132°, -75.370182°, 2500m, 1male, 10.ix.2008, Leg. A.L. Montoya, Net (CEUA); Medellín, Vereda Piedras Blancas, 6.291588°, -75.493345°, 2300m, 3male, Leg. A. Velez, Vsr. Fish (CEUA); Boyacá: Arcabuco, Pomeca, 5.750000°, -73.433333°, 2650m, 1.iv.1997, Leg. F. Escobar (ICN); Tunja, Santuario Iguaque Quebrada La Laguna, 6.044559°, -73.154046°, 2340m, 3.iii.1990, Leg. H. Hurtado (ICN); Cundinamarca: Bogotá, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 4.638194°, -74.084046°, 2567m, 2600m, iv.2011, Leg. E. Vergara, R. Simbaqueba (UNAB); Risaralda: Pereira, Wildlife Sanctuary Otún Quimbaya, 4.728880°, -75.577850°, 1890m, 1female, 13-14.iv.11, Leg. N. Uribe, Vsr. Chiken (CEUA).

Notes

Published as part of Montoya, Augusto L., 2016, FAMILY SYRPHIDAE, pp. 457-537 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.39, http://zenodo.org/record/259323

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Mimocalla
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Species
gigantea
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mimocalla gigantea , 1868 sec. Montoya, 2016

References

  • Schiner, I. R. (1868) Diptera. In: von Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. (Ed.), Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wullerstorf - Urbair. K. Gerold, Vienna, pp. 1 - 388.
  • Thompson, F. C, Vockeroth, J. R. & Sedman, Y. S. (1976) Family Syrphidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Edanee, Sao Paulo, pp. 1 - 195. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 49898
  • Thompson, F. C, Thompson, B. J. & Fairman, J. E. (2000) Only in Costa Rica, New Neotropical flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 7, 33 - 43.