Orosarcophaga Townsend, 1927

Mello-Patiu, Cátia Antunes de & Riccardi, Paula Raile, 2021, On the identity of Lepidodexia (Orosarcophaga) ornata (Townsend, 1927) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) and a new generic synonym, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 61, pp. 1-6 : 2

Genus Orosarcophaga Townsend

Orosarcophaga Townsend, 1927: 231 . Type species: Orosarcophaga ornata Townsend, 1927 , by original designation. New status

Oxyvinia Dodge, 1966: 692 . Type species: Oxyvinia piliventris Dodge, 1966 , by original designation. New synonym

Generic diagnosis: Rows of almost parallel frontal setae; parafacial plate with setulae only; four dorsocentral postsutural setae; postalar wall setose; vein R₁ bare; ctenidium on mid femur; male ST 5 with cushion-like protuberances in the inner margins of the cleft ( Fig. 2B ; arrow) covered by setae or spines; reddish or yellowish-brown male terminalia; apically curved pregonite relative to the base in profile; phallus with a distinct hinge between basi- and distiphallus; paraphallus bent in its proximal third; well-developed vesica with proximal section (vesical arm-shaped lever sensu Buenaventura & Pape, 2018 ) covering the remaining parts and distal section bifid; juxta attached to the paraphallus with a smooth surface, often with a sclerotized distal portion and a membranous proximal portion; median stylus with a basal pair of elongated processes (capitis sensu Buenaventura & Pape, 2018 ); robust lateral styli with an elongated base that extends laterally towards the paraphallus wall.

Distribution: Neotropical.

Comments: No females were available; therefore, they were not included in the generic diagnosis.

Figures

Figure 2. Orosarcophaga ornata postabdomen.(A) Male postabdomenin profile.(B) Fifth sternite;arrow indicates a cushion-like protuberance.(C) Phallic complex in profile (lectotype). (D) Phallus in ventral view (lectotype); arrow indicates an elongated process on the medial stylus. Scale bar: 1 mm. Abbreviations: ap pg, postgonal apodeme; bas, basiphallus; cer, cercus; ep, epandrium; hyp, hypandrium; ju, juxta; phal, phalapodeme; pog, postgonite; preg, pregonite; S 7 + 8, syntegosternite 7 + 8; stl, lateral stylus;st m, medial stylus;sur,surstylus;ves,vesica.