Limnophora patagonica Malloch 1934
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Limnophora patagonica Malloch, 1934
(Figs. 35, 36)
Diagnosis: Thorax brown with grey pruinosity, with two dorsal (interrupted in the middle on males) and two lateral grey pruinose vittae; prestomal teeth developed; legs fully dark brown; halter yellow; abdomen with grey pruinosity on all tergites dorsally and laterally. Prealar seta absent; dorsocentral setae 2+4; katepisternal setae 1+2, lower seta shorter than the upper posterior seta; prosternum setulose; wing with cilia on both sides of base of Rs sector; hind tibia with one median anterodorsal seta and one submedian anteroventral seta; sternite 1 bare. Body length: 4.4–5.6 mm. Wing length: 3.6–4.8 mm.
Material examined: CHILE: Juan Fernández, Robinson Crusoe Island 9 males and 6 females, Bahia Cumberland, 1–11.i.1993, Marshall & Gonzalez; 2 males and 3 females, Mirador Selkirk, 24–28.i.1992 and 1–11.i.1993, S. A. Marshall; 3 males and 4 females, Plazoleta - El Yunque, 23-29.i.1992 and 1–9.i.1993, S. A. Marshall; 2 males, Puerto Ingles, 5.i.1993, S. A. Marshall.
References: Malloch (1934); Lopes & Couri (1987); Couri & de Carvalho (2002).
Distribution: Argentina, Uruguay and Chile (including Juan Fernández Archipelago) (Löwenberg-Neto & de Carvalho 2013).
Biology: Most species live associated with aquatic environment; larvae are aquatic and both larvae and adults are predators (Werner & Pont 2006).
Comments: Hennig (1955) identified 12 males and 5 females specimens only at Robinson Crusoe Island.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 1993-01-01 , 1993-01-05
- Verbatim event date
- 1993-01-01/11 , 1993-01-05
- Scientific name authorship
- Malloch
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Muscidae
- Genus
- Limnophora
- Species
- patagonica
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Limnophora patagonica Malloch, 1934 sec. Gomes, Couri & Carvalho, 2018
References
- Malloch, J. R. (1934) Muscidae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Part VII. Fascicle 2. Muscidae. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 171 - 346.
- Lopes, S. M. & Couri, M. S. (1987) Estudo sobre Limnophorinae - IV - Contribuicao ao conhecimento de Limnophora Robineau - Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Muscidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 47, 647 - 655.
- Lowenberg-Neto, P. & de Carvalho, C. J. B. (2013) Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Latin America and the Caribbean: geographic distribution and check-list by country. Zootaxa, 3650 (1), 1 - 147. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3650.1.1
- Hennig, W. (1955) Los Insectos de Las Islas Juan Fernandez. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 4, 21 - 34.