Anthomyia pluripunctata ( Albuquerque, 1959 )

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 : 95-97

Anthomyia pluripunctata ( Albuquerque, 1959)

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Hylemyia pluripunctata Albuqueque 1959: 30 . Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Eugène Lefèvre. Pont 1974: 3 (catalogue), de Carvalho et al. 2002: 108 (key).

Diagnosis. Ground-color dark brown, with areas of yellow pruinosity. Legs brown. Dorsocentral setae 2+3. Prealar seta strong, longer than anterior notopleural seta. Katepisternal setae 2+2. Vein dm-cu curved. Vein A 1 +CuA 2 reaching the wing margin. Wing with spots on vein h, vein R 1 apex, vein R 2+3 base, vein R 4+5 pre-apex and apex, vein M apex, vein r-m and 2 on vein dm-cu corners.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Paraná: 1 ♀, Palmas, CPWR, A.C. Pereira col., inside forest, 26.viii.2014 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Palmas, PGWR, A.C. Pereira col., Ar, 21.ix.2012 (LabDip); 1 ♀, Palmas, PGWR, A.C. Pereira col., Ar, 6.x.2012 ( DZUP); 1 ♀, Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha: 28.viii.2000, Ganho and Marinoni col., ( DZUP); 2 ♀, Curitiba: viii.1980, C. B. Jesus col., ( DZUP); 1 ♀, Curi- tiba, ix.1980, C. B. Jesus col., ( DZUP); 1 ♂, Curitiba, x.1980, C. B. Jesus col., ( DZUP); 1 ♂, São José dos Pin- hais, Serra do Mar, BR 277 km 54, 23–30.vii.1984 ( CIIF) ( DZUP); same locality and collector: 1 ♂, 10-17.ix.1984; 3 ♂, 1–8.x.1984; 1 ♀, 8-16.x.1984; 1 ♂, 8–19.x.1984; 1 ♂, 20.x.1986; 1 ♀, 5.x.1986 ( DZUP); Santa Catarina: 1 ♀, Nova Teutônia, iv.1967, Fritz Plaumann ( MZUSP); same locality and collector: 1 ♀, viii.1967; 1 ♂, x.1967; 1 ♂, xi.1967; 1 ♂, v.1971 ( MZUSP).

Distribution. Brazil: São Paulo, Paraná ( Albuquerque 1959).

Biology. According to label information, some specimens from Curitiba were collected with light trap, malaise trap and on liver, sardine and decayed onions, both in urban and forest environment. It is a synanthropic species ( de Carvalho et al. 2002).