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Compsomyiops verena Walker 1849

Description

verena (Walker), 1849: 874 (Musca). Type locality: “ Venezuela ”. HT M (BMNH). Distr.: Colombia (Antioquia (Caldas Gallego; La Ceja; Medellín; Río Claro, Reserva Ecológica El Cañón del río Claro; Rionegro; San Pedro; Santa Rosa de Osos; Valle de Aburrá); Boyacá (Cerro San Lorenzo; Tunja; SFF Iguaque Cabaña Chaina; SFF Iguaque La Planada; Sogamoso); Caldas (Manizales); Cauca (Páez); Cundinamarca (Facatativá, Carretera San Francisco; Fusagasuga; La Carlera; Monterredondo; Mosquera; Ubaque, Vda. San Antonio; Ubaté; Zipaquirá); Distrito Capital (Alto del Cable; Bogotá, Monteserrate, Normandía; Parque Nacional, Estación de Carabineros; Suba, “Lomas José”); Meta (Puerto Sofia; San Juan de Arama; Villavicencio); Norte de Santander (Cucuta); Quindio (Salento, La Montaña); Risaralda (SFF Otún Quimbaya); Santander (Pie de Cuesta); Tolima (Armero, Finca Inbora; Herveo; Honda; Ibagué)), Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, Venezuela. Refs.: James, 1970: 8 (cat.); Dear, 1985: 153 (rev.); Pape et al., 2004: 204; Amat, 2009: 698; Barrios & Wolff, 2011: 166; Ramírez-Mora et al., 2012: 30; Salazar-Ortega et al., 2012: 563; Kosmann et al., 2013: 76.

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia, 1500m, 1F, entomological net over a rabbit carcass (CEUA); same information except: 1450m, entomological net over a pig carcass; same information except: San Pedro, Vereda Cerezales, 2800m, 1M, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); same information except: Santa Rosa de Osos, 1M, entomological net over carcass (CEUA); Boyacá: Tunja, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica, 2690m, 1M, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); Caldas: Manizales, Vereda Las Palmas, Reserva Rio Blanco, 5°7.2'6.58''N 75°43.7'9.58''W, 2592m, 1M, 03.iv.2005, Vsr. trap baited with fish, Seminario Entomologia (CEUA); Cundinamarca: La Calera, San José, 4°43'22''N 73°58'20''W, 2748m, 1F, 10.ii.2002, Castro, Molano & Alméciga, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); same information except: 2F, 17.ii.2002 (CEUA); Mosquera, Finca Tibaitatá, 2543m, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); Risaralda: SFF Otún Quimbaya, bosque, 1890m, 1F, 07.v.2001, Grupo Entomología, Vsr. trap baited with fish (CEUA); Santander: Pie de Cuesta, Corregimiento Sevilla, Vereda Cristales, 2200m, 1F, 25.viii.2001, Wolff & Duque, Pitfall trap baited with human faeces (CEUA).

Notes

Published as part of Wolff, Marta & Kosmann, Cecilia, 2016, FAMILIES CALLIPHORIDAE AND MESEMBRINELLIDAE, pp. 856-875 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on pages 861-862, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.72, http://zenodo.org/record/263487

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Compsomyiops
Species
verena
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Compsomyiops verena Walker, 1849 sec. Wolff & Kosmann, 2016

References

  • Walker, F. (1849) List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 4. Printed by order of the Trustees, London, 484 pp. [pp. 689 - 1172]
  • James, M. T. (1970) 102. Family Calliphoridae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of Americas south of the United States. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 28 pp.
  • Dear, J. P. (1985) A revision of the new world Chrysomyini (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 3, 109 - 169. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81751985000300001
  • Pape, T., Wolff, M. & Amat, E. C. (2004) Los califoridos, estridos, rinoforidos y sarcofagidos (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Rhinophoridae, Sarcophagidae) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana, 5, 201 - 208.
  • Amat, E. (2009) Contribuicion al conocimiento de las Chrysomyinae y Toxotarsinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) de Colombia. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 80, 693 - 708.
  • Barrios, M. & Wolff, M. (2011) Initial study of arthropods succession and pig carrion decomposition in two freshwater ecosystems in the Colombian Andes. Forensic Science International, 212, 164 - 172. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. forsciint. 2011.06.008
  • Ramirez-Mora, M. A., Boaventura, E., Gomez-P, L. M. & Amat, E. (2012) Updated checklist and new records of Calyptratae carrion flies (Diptera, Schizophora) from Valle de Aburra and other localities in Colombia. Entomotropica, 27, 27 - 35.
  • Salazar-Ortega, J. A., Amat, E. & Gomez-Pinerez, L. M. (2012) A check list of necrophagous flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from urban area in Medellin, Colombia. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 83, 562 - 565.
  • Kosmann, C., de Mello, R. P., Harterreiten-Souza, E. S. & Pujol-Luz, J. R. (2013) A list of current valid blow fly names (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Americas south of Mexico with key to the Brazilian species. Entomobrasilis, 6, 74 - 85. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.12741 / ebrasilis. v 6 i 1.266