Pelecinobaccha concinna Williston 1891, comb. nov.
Description
Pelecinobaccha concinna (Williston, 1891) comb. nov.
Map 11. Figure 23.
Baccha concinna Williston, 1891 — Williston, 1891: 38. Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Chilpancingo. Type female BMNH (not examined).
Ocyptamus concinnus. Thompson et al., 1976: 15 (catalog citation).
As in P. dracula except: Male. Wing bare on most of posterior ½ of cell bm and anterior margin of cu p. Genitalia: Surstylus setulae shorter. Basiphallus with posterior apex long and gently curved posteriorly; distiphallus with anterior surface strongly curved posteriorly. Postgonite ventro-apical extremity more rounded. Female. Second tergite rectangular and long, length ~1.5 times minimum width. Genitalia: 7th tergite with some pile on apical ½, apical margin slightly concave. Eighth tergite with short extensions at the dorsal start of the basal crest, densely pilose (unusual for Pelecinobaccha).
Length. 9–11mm; wing 7–8.5mm.
Distribution. Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero).
Material examined. GUATEMALA. Purchased from Fritz Plaumann by Paul H. Arnaud, Jr., Collection of Paul Arnaud Jr. [green label] April 1966 (1 ♂, USNM ENT 00257738). MEXICO. Chiapas, 20–25 Mi NE Huixtla, 3000 ft., 0 1 Jun 1969, H.J.Teskey (1 ♀, CNC Diptera 161220); ..., 25Mi N Huixtla, 3200 ft., Malaise trap, 4 Jun 1969 (1 ♂, CNC Diptera 161219); …, Finca Prusia (33Km S. Jaltenango, 1000m, 10–12 May 1985, A.Freidberg (1 ♂, USNM ENT 00257739); ..., Tuxtla Gutierrez, Jul 1959, N.L.H.Krauss (1 ♂, USNM ENT 00257734).
Comments. Nigel Wyatt studied the type specimens in the BMNH, confirming the wing microtrichosity difference between B. concinna and B. dracula.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Pelecinobaccha
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Williston
- Species
- concinna
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pelecinobaccha concinna (Williston, 1891) sec. Miranda, Marshall & Skevington, 2014
References
- Williston, S. W. (1891) Fam. Syrphidae. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Zoologia-Insecta- Diptera. Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 1 - 56.
- 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, Brasil, pp. 1 - 195.