Physocephala carbonaria (Bigot)

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Skevington, Jeffrey H., 2007, The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae – Conopini & Tropidomyiini), Zootaxa 1528, pp. 1-40 : 7

Physocephala carbonaria (Bigot) (figures 9–12)

Conops carbonarius Bigot 1887: 42 .

Specimens examined: Costa Rica: 1920, 4ɗ, leg. Paul Serre (MNHN); 1922, 1ɗ, leg. Paul Serre (MNHN); Prov. Alajuela: San Cristobal, 600–620m, 18. v.1998, 1 ɗ, F.A. Quesada, En Flores, L_N_318056_383200, #50698, INBIO CRI002605412 (INBC); Prov. Guanacaste: Sendero Pailas, Catarata, 800m, 11–12. i.1994, 1 ɗ, M. Zumbado, L_N_306300_388600, #2666, INBIO CRI001725800 (INBC); Est. Pitilla, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 700m, ii.1989, 1 ɗ, xi.1988, 1 Ψ, GNP Biodiversity Survey, 6–19. ix.1993, 1 ɗ, P. Rios, L_S_330200_380200, (10°59'26" N, 85°25'40" W), INBIO CRI000105737, INBIO CRI001048681, INBIO CRI001613927 (CNC); Rincón de la Vieja, Upala, Dos Rios, San Cristobal, 600–620m, 1ɗ, F. A. Quesada, En Flor, L_N_318056_383200, #63528, INB0003341167 (INBC); Prov. Limon: Cero Tortuguero, P.N. Tortuguero, 100m, iv.1989, 1 Ψ, R. Aguilar & J. Solano, 28500, 588000, INBIO CRI000088780 (INBC); Fca. Jenny, 31 km N Liberia, 300m, ix.1988, 1 Ψ, GNP Biodiversity Survey, 10°51'55" N, 85°34'27" W, INBIO CRI001048686 (INBC); Tilarán, P.N. Tenorio, Send. Rancho Capú, Cerca Torres Elécticas, 740m, 23. xi.2000, 1 Ψ, J. Gutiérrez, Manual, L_N_428401_284482, #60989, INB0003117321 (CNC); Prov. Puntarenas: Cotoncito, 3.5 km N de la Lucha, 1600m, 15. xii.1997, 1 Ψ, A. Picado, L_S_322100_597200, #48768, INBIO CRI002593507 (INBC); Fca. Buen Amigo, Monteverde, 4 km S de la Reserva, 1350m, 1–15. viii.1997, 1 ɗ, Z. Fuentes, En Vegetac. Con Red., L_N_ 250850 _449250, #47755 INBIO CRI002572275 (INBC); Buen Amigo, San Luis Monteverde, 1000–1350m, vi.1995, 1 Ψ, vii.1997, 1 Ψ, vii.1998, 1 ɗ, Z. Fuentes, L_N_ 250850 _449250, #5336, INBIOCRI002147878, INBIOCRI002560231, INB0003046071 (INBC, ZMHB); Est. Biol. Las Alturas, Coto Brus, 1500m, 1–21. iii.1992, 1 ɗ, M.A. Zumbado, L_S_322500_591300, INBIO CRI000750262 (INBC); Cerro de Oro, Rio Nino, 200m, 4–15. v.1995, 1 Ψ, M. Chinchita, L_S_279300_518700, #6017, INBIO CRI002350838 (CNC); Prov. San José: Send. Rio # 2, 1km ai NE de la Estacion Sta Elena, 1300m, 1ɗ, 9–12.i.1996, A. M. Maroto, L_S_372000_508800, #7514, INBIO CRI002376058 (CNC). Literature: Camras (1996); Kröber (1937).

Some of the female specimens listed here have been determined by Camras as Physocephala aurifrons ( Walker, 1849) . Using the information of Camras (1996) these species can be separated by the pubescence and the form of the male abdomen. We cannot see any differences in the material available and therefore the status of aurifrons as well as its occurrence in Costa Rica remains doubtful.