Emmesomyia auricollis ( Stein, 1918 )

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 : 100

Emmesomyia auricollis ( Stein, 1918)

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Taeniomyia auricollis Stein 1918: 237 . Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Teresópolis. Pont 1974:9 (catalogue), Albuquerque and Couri 1979: 496 (catalogue, redescription).

Diagnosis. Antenna yellow. Palpus basally light brown and apically yellow. Flagellomere not enlarged. Thorax yellow with sparse gray pruinosity, presenting dorsally a dark brown transverse stripe in the medial third. Dorsocentral setae 2+3. Katepisternal setae 1+2. Suprasquamal ridge ciliated. Scutellum dark brown. Vein dm-cu slightly curved.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Paraná: 1 ♀, Palmas, PGWR, A.C. Pereira col., Ar, 6.xi.2013 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Palmas, PGWR, A.C. Pereira col., Ar, 21.xi.2013 (Lab- Dip); 1 ♂ Telêmaco Borba, Reserva Biológica Samuel Klabin, 3.xi.1986 (PROFAUPAR) ( DZUP); same locality and collector: 1 ♂, 29.xi.1986; 1 ♀, 1.xii.1986; 1 ♀, 15.xii.1986; 17.viii.1987; 2 ♀, 24.viii.1987; 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, 7.ix.1987; 2 ♀, 21.ix.1987; 1 ♀, 28.ix.1987; 1 ♀, 5.x.1987; 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, 12.x.1987; 1 ♀, 19.x.1987; 1 ♀, 2.xi.1987; 1 ♂, 16.xi.1987; 1 ♀, 21.iii.1988; 2 ♂, São José dos Pinhais, Br 277, Km 54, 30.vii–5.viii.1984 (C.I.I.F.) ( DZUP); same locality and collector: 1 ♂, 16.x.1984; 1 ♂, 14.i.1985; 1 ♂, 21.i.1985; 1 ♀, 22.i.1985; 1 ♀, 8.iii.1985; 1 ♂, 13.iii.1985; 1 ♀, 4.x.1986; 1 ♀, 3.xi.1986; 1 ♂, 24.xi.1986; 1 ♀, Guar- apuava, Estância Águas Santa Clara, 1.ix.1986 ( PRO- FAUPAR) ( DZUP); same locality and collector: 1 ♂, 8.ix.1986; 1 ♀, 15.ix.1986; 1 ♀, 10.xi.1986; 1 ♀, 15.xii.1986; 1 ♀, 22.xii.1986; 1 ♀, Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha, IAPAR, 8.v.2000, Ganho and Marinoni col. ( DZUP); 6 ♂ and 2 ♀, Ponta Grossa, 2–23.xi.2003, Melo, G. A. R. ( DZUP); same locality and collector: 6 ♂ and 2 ♀, 23.xi-14.xii.2003 ( DZUP). Santa Catarina: 1 ♀, Nova Teutônia, vii.1963, Fritz Plaumann, col. ( MZUSP); same locality and collector: 2 ♂, ix.1967; 1 ♀, ii.1967; 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, v.1970; 8 ♂ and 1 ♀, x.1970; 14 ♂ and 1 ♀, xi.1970; 1 ♀, ii.1971; 1 ♀, iv.1971; 1 ♀, v.1971; 1 ♀, xi.1971 ( MZUSP); São Paulo: 1 ♂, Cantareira, Chapadão xi. 1945, M. Carreira ( MNRJ); Rio de Janeiro: 1 ♂, Pet- ropolis, RJ, Alto Mosella, 1100m, 5.xi.1956, D. Albuquerque ( MNRJ); 1 ♂, Angra dos Reis, 1936, Trav. and Lopes ( MNRJ); 1 ♀, Nova Friburgo, 1–31.i.1965, Gred and Guimarães ( MNRJ).

Distribution. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santa Catarina) ( Albuquerque and Couri 1979).

Biology. The females of this species have a strong spine on the ovipositor, a characteristic found in dipteran leaf miners ( Albuquerque and Couri 1981).

New record. Paraná (Guarapuava, Palmas, Ponta Grossa, São José dos Pinhais, Telêmaco Borba).