Lista das espécies de Pantophthalmidae e Stratiomyidae (Diptera, Stratiomyioidea) do estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

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ABSTRACT. Checklist of species of Pantophthalmidae and Stratiomyidae (Diptera, Stratiomyioidea) of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. In this paper we provided a checklist of the Pantophthalmidae and Stratiomyidae species registered in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Only one species of Pantophthamildae is recorded for the state. Stratiomyidae is represented by 12 species in nine genera: Acrochaeta Wiedemann (1), Artemita Walker (1), Neochauna Williston (1), Chrysochlorina James (3), Cyphomyia Wiedemann (1), Hermetia Latreille (2), Ptecticus Loew (1), Sargus Fabricius (1), and Hoplitimyia James (1).KEYWORDS. Central-Western region, distribution, diversity, taxonomy, Biota-MS Program.RESUMO. Nesse artigo é fornecida uma lista de espécies de Pantophthalmidae e Stratiomyidae registradas no estado Mato Grosso do Sul. Apenas uma espécie de Pantophthalmidae possui registro para o estado. Stratiomyidae é representada por 12 espécies distribuídas em nove gêneros: Acrochaeta

New record of <i>Pantophthalmus pictus</i> (Wiedemann, 1821) (Diptera, Pantophthalmidae) in the Cerrado vegetation of central Brazil

“…Later, other records were obtained for Colombia (Amat, 2005;Wolff et al, 2016), Brazil (Papavero, 2009a;Fachin et al, 2017), and Argentina (Pujol-Luz & Pujol-Luz, 2014) (Table 1). Pantophthalmus pictus (Figs.…”

First record of parasitism in soldier flies by tachinids: Lixophaga stratiophaga Gudin, sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae), reared from Ptecticus testaceus (Fabricius) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Amazon rainforest and updated catalogue of dipteran hosts of Tachinidae

“…Considering the distribution of C. combaymensis and P. testaceus , L. stratiophaga could have a wider distribution. Casearia combaymensis occurs in several localities in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest and also in Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador and Peru (Marquete & Mansano 2016); this distribution, combined with the widespread distribution of P. testaceus in the Neotropical Region (Fachin et al 2017), reflects the potential distribution of specimens of L. stratiophaga .…”

“…The soldier fly genus Ptecticus Loew (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) includes about 140 described species distributed worldwide, except Antarctica, but only 17 species are recorded from Brazil (Fachin 2022; Hauser et al 2017). Among the Neotropical species, P. testaceus (Fabricius) is one of the most common and widely distributed, occurring from Mexico to Argentina (Fachin et al 2017). Immatures of this species feed on a wide variety of decaying fruit and plants, such as oranges, lemons, cacti, mangoes and cannonball fruit (Cordero‐Jenkins et al 1990; Lindner 1928; Pujol‐Luz & Leite 2001).…”

Study on the Pantophthalmidae Family (Diptera: Pantophthalmidae)

“…They are popularly known as wood flies, and most adults are dark brown to reddish or black in color, with longitudinal stripes in the mesonotum (Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4) [1,2]. They are distinct from other basal brachycerans by having large pulvilliform empodia, absence of spurs on the anterior and posterior tibias, and the presence of a distinct tuft of bristles below or close to the posterior spiracle (Figure 5) [3,4,5]. The wings are hyaline, with spots of varied patterns, yellow or brown.…”

“…Females are dicoptic and males are holoptic, both with eight segments on the antenna. The larvae have a body with 12 segments, the first segment of the thorax and the last segment of the abdomen are strongly chitinized (Figures 6 and 7) [5,6,7].…”