Review of the Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina), with a key and description of a new species

Abstract

Thirty-nine species of Sarcophaginae are recorded from Buenos Aires Province (Argentina). A new species, Microcerella asymmetrica sp. nov., is described. Females of Oxysarcodexia bicolor Lopes, O. marina Hall, and Sarcophaga (Lipoptilocnema) koehleri Blanchard are described for the first time. Four nomenclatorial actions are reported: Sarcohelicobia elegans Blanchard is established as a new junior synonym of Nephochaetopteryx cyaneiventris Lopes, and lectotypes are designated for Oxysarcodexia delpontei Blanchard [a junior synonym of Oxysarcodexia paulistanensis (Mattos)], Sarcophaga argentina Brèthes [a junior synonym of Sarcophaga (Liopygia) argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy)], and Neobellieria brethesi Blanchard [a junior synonym of Sarcophaga (Neobellieria) polistensis Hall]. Blaesoxipha (Tephromyia) hospes (Aldrich), Peckia (Euboettcheria) florencioi (Prado & Fonseca), Ravinia advena (Walker), R. aureopyga (Hall) and Sarcodexia lambens (Wiedemann) are newly recorded from Buenos Aires Province, and Udamopyga percita is newly recorded from Argentina. A key is presented to the adult males and females of 36 of the 39 species of Sarcophaginae recorded from Buenos Aires province. Notes on distribution, biology, life history and host records are also given.

Bionomy of two flies of sanitary and forensic importance: Peckia (Sarcodexia) lambens (Wiedemann) and Oxysarcodexia amorosa (Schiner) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)

“…P. (S.) lambens is considerate an obligatory wound myiasis and infested 12.1% of 66 wound myiasis cases in Goiás, Brazil (Fernandes et al, 2009;Francesconi and Lupi, 2012). These flies are most commonly found in the Neotropical Region and have been reported as a predator of wounded insects, a producer of myiasis in birds and mammals, as well as a species that uses vertebrate and invertebrate carcasses to lay its larvae on (Guimarães et al, 1983;d'Almeida, 1988d'Almeida, , 1989Fessl et al, 2001;Mulieri et al, 2010).…”

Artropodofauna cadavérica asociada a cerdo doméstico (Sus scrofa) en un ambiente ribereño en Chubut, Argentina

“…Durante el verano se registró a Stevenia deceptoria (Loew, 1847) asociada a los cadáveres de cerdo en descomposición. Esta especie junto a Melanophora roralis (Linnaeus, 1758) son las únicas de la familia Rhinophoridae presentes en la región Neotropical, y fueron registradas en Argentina para la provincia de Buenos Aires ( parasita isópodos terrestres, por lo tanto su ocurrencia depende de la presencia de sus hospedadores (Mulieri et al 2010).…”

Comparative morphology and identification key for females of nine Sarcophagidae species (Diptera) with forensic importance in Southern Brazil

“…The species share three gray black stripes pattern in the mesonotum, meron with bristles, undeveloped subscutellum, and abdomen checkered or spotted and medium to large size, ranging from 8 to 14 mm (de Q3 2008). Probably because of this morphological similarity and the lack of keys, this group is considered to be difficult for identification (Barros et al, 2008;Mulieri et al, 2010;Vairo et al, 2011).…”

“…Mulieri et al (2010) provided a key to male and female adults of Sarcophaginae from Buenos Aires Q5 Province, including 39 species, that can be used partially to identify fauna from southern Brazil, but only four species herein analyzed were included among them. Nevertheless, a more detailed comparison of females of most species of forensic importance is essential to provide a greater number of characters and minimize the difficulties in the problematic task of female identification, especially by non-taxonomists, in medical, veterinary and forensic applications (de Carvalho and de Mello-Patiu, 2008;Mulieri et al, 2010). Therefore, as a first step to fill this gap, we present a pictorial key for females of nine necrophagous species of Sarcophaginae from southern Brazil.…”