Physocephala bipunctata (Macquart)

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Skevington, Jeffrey H., 2007, The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae – Conopini & Tropidomyiini), Zootaxa 1528, pp. 1-40 : 5-6

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scientific name	Physocephala bipunctata (Macquart)
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Conops bipunctata Macquart 1844: 168 .

Specimens examined: Costa Rica: Prov. Puntarenas: Rancho Quemado, Península de Osa, 200m, viii. 1991, 1 ɗ, F. Quesada, L_S_ 292500, 511000, INBIO CRI 001301043 ( INBC).

The characters given by Camras (1957 a, 1996) to separate Physocephala bipunctata and Physocephala inhabilis cannot be used and we have seen specimens determined by Camras that don’t fit the characters given in his keys. The characters in our key are suitable to distinguish two closely related forms occurring in Costa Rica but don't work for material from other Neotropical regions. Further studies are required to discover if Physocephala bipunctata and Physocephala inhabilis are conspecific.

References

Camras, S. (1957 a). A review of the new world Physocephala (Diptera: Conopidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 50, 213 - 218.

Camras, S. (1996). New information on the New World Physocephala (Diptera: Conopidae). Entomological News, 107, 104 - 112.

Macquart, P. J. M. (1844). Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tom deuxiemme. 3. e partie. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille´42, 162 - 450.