Delia sp.

Gomes, Roberto Pereira, Fogaça, João Manuel, Bortolanza, Mariza & Pereira, Adriana Couto, 2019, New records of the Brazilian Anthomyiidae (Diptera) and a checklist of species from Palmas Grasslands Wildlife Refuge, Check List 15 (1), pp. 93-103 : 99-100

Delia sp.

Diagnosis. Similar to D. platura (Meigen, 1826) , but it differs in leg ciliation and genitalia.The current taxon- omy of Delia do not allow for a precise identification of this morphospecies.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Paraná: 1 ♂, Palmas, PGWR, A.C. Pereira col., Ag, 9.xii.2014 (LabDip); same locality and collector: 1 ♀, Ag, 8.vii.2014; 12 ♂ and 10 ♀, Ar, 6.x.2012; 2 ♀, Ar, 2.xi.2014; 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, Ar, 19.x.2012; 1 ♂, Af, 26.viii.2014; 1 ♂, Ar, 6.x.2012; 1 ♂, Ag, 5.vii.2014 (LabDip); 2 ♂ and 5 ♀, Ar, 1.xi.2012; 1 ♀, Ag, 4.xi.2014 (LabDip); 1 ♂, Ar, 6.x.2012 ( DZUP); 1 ♀, Ar, 7.x.2013 ( DZUP); 1 ♂, Ag, 9.ix.2014 ( DZUP); 2 ♂ and 1 ♀, Ar, 9.viii.2013 (LabDip); 1 ♂, Ar, 10.i.2013 ( DZUP); 1 ♀, Ag, 10.vi.2014 ( DZUP); 3 ♂ and 2 ♀, Ar, 10.vii.2013 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Ar, 10.vii.2014 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Ar, 11.xi.2014 (LabDip); 1 ♂, Ar, 16.xi.2012 (LabDip); 3 ♂ and 2 ♀, Ar, 16.xi.2012 (LabDip); 7 ♂, Ar, 21.ix.2012 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Ar, 24.i.2013 (LabDip); 1 ♂ and 3 ♀, Ar, 25.vii.2013 (LabDip); 1 ♂, Ar, 29.x.2014 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Ar, 6.ii.2013 (LabDip); 4 ♂ and 4 ♀, Ag, 9.xii.2013 (Lab- Dip); 1 ♂, Ag, 9.xii.2014 (LabDip).

Biology. The larvae of Delia species are polyphagous, and some species cause important crop losses (Gouingauen and Städler 2006).

Distribution. It is a cosmopolitan genus found in all biogeographic regions ( Griffiths 1993).

Emmesomyia Malloch, 1917