Musca illucens, (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada & Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete, 2022, An illustrated checklist of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Paraguay with three new synonyms and 22 new records of species for the country, Zootaxa 5190 (1), pp. 1-55 : 20-21

illucens ( Linnaeus, 1758) ( Fig. 73 )

Musca illucens Linnaeus, 1758: 589 . Syntype: female (NHRS; see Fachin et al. 2021 for further information about the identity of the type specimens). Type locality: “South America”.

[For nomenclatural history, see Fachin et al. (2021: 38) and Fachin & Hauser (2022); no changes are proposed here.]

References. Lindner, 1928a: 94 (record from Paraguay); Curran, 1934: 316 (in key to species); Iide & Mileti, 1976: 925 (suppl. descr. figs 1–37), 932 (record from Paraguay); James, 1973a: 26.38 (cat.); Woodley, 2001: 182 (cat.).

Material examined. Paraguay: 1 ♀, [Alto Paraná], Puerto Stroessner [Ciudad del Este], 17–20.xii.1971, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ010619). 1 ♂, Depto. [Departamento] Amambay, Bella Vista, 06.xi.1983, colr. [collector] T. Bonace ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2025). 1 ♀, Asunción, 17.i.1972, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ010620); 1 ♂, 30.x.1980, H. Ferreira C. ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2019); 1 ♀, ii.1982, J.A. Kochalka ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2016). 2 ♀, [Caaguazú], Coronel Oviedo, 21.xii.1971, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ010645). 1 ♀, [Caaguazú], Pastoreo [Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos], 03–07.i.1972, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ010616). 1 ♀, [Canindeyú], Salto del Guairá, 01– 02.xii.1971, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ010617); 3 ♀, 07–10.xii.1971 ( MZUSP; MZ010618, MZ010632, MZ010649); 1 ♀, xii.1971, L. Peña col. ( MZUSP; MZ010137). 1 ♀, Dpto. [Departamento] Central, San Lorenzo, 14.xi.1981, J.A. Kochalka ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2017); 1 ♀, 12–30.xi.1981, J.A. Kochalka ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2024); 5 ♀, ii.1982, J.A. Kochalka ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2011–2012, 2014–2015, 2023); 1 ♀, 24.viii.1982 ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2029); 4 ♀, ii.2016, F. Bauer ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2026–2028, 2031). 1 ♀, Dpto. [Departamento] Chaco [currently Alto Paraguay], Parq. Nac. Def. d/ Chaco [Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco], Madrejón, 11.09.1982, H. Ferreira C. & F. Colman M. ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2018). 1 ♀, Dpto. [Departamento] Cordillera, Caacupé, Inst.Agron. Nac. [Instituto Agronómico Nacional], 17.xii.1980, R. Cave ( MNHNPY; MNHNPHX 2022 ). 2 ♀, [Cordillera], Colonia Pirareta , 1971, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ010653, MZ010654). 1 ♀, Cordillera, Naranjo, i.1996, C. Aguilar ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2030). 1 ♀, Cordillera, Piribebuy, Cruce Piribebuy, Ruta 2, 25,3778°S 57,0439°W, 03.i.2016, B. Garcete coll. ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2010); 1 ♂, 20.ii.2016, B. & N. Garcete coll. ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2032); 1 ♀, km 64 Ruta 2, Ramal-Piribebuy, 03.iv.2018, C. Aguilar ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2033). 1 ♂, Depto. [Departamento] Itapúa, Cap. Meza [Capitán Meza], vii-viii.1982, E. Brotcke ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2020). 1 ♀, Itapúa, Isla Yacyretá , 15.i.1993, col. B. Barrios ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2021). 1 ♀, [Itapúa], Pirapó, 30–31.xii.1971, [L. Peña] ( MZUSP; MZ010610). 1 ♀, Dpto [Departamento] Pte. Hayes [Presidente Hayes], 30.ix.1982, H.F. C. [Hernán Ferreira. C.] ( MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2013). Paraguay: 1 ♀, San Pedro, Carumbé , 10.i–10.ii.1973, Col. R. Golbach ( MZUSP); 2 ♀, San Pedro, Cororo-Rio Ypane, 27– 30.xi.1983, Malaise traps, M. Wasbauer coll. ( CSCA); 1 ♀, San Pedro, Cororo-Rio Ypane, 01–04.xii.1983, Malaise traps, M. Wasbauer coll. ( CSCA); 4 ♀, San Pedro, Cororo-Rio Ypane, 05–09.xii.1983, Malaise traps, M. Wasbauer coll. ( CSCA); 1 ♀, San Pedro, Cororo-Rio Ypane, 06–10.xii.1983, Malaise traps, M. Wasbauer coll. ( CSCA); 1 ♀, San Pedro, Cororo-Rio Ypane, 28–30.xi.1983, Malaise traps, M. Wasbauer coll. ( CSCA).

Distribution. Paraguay (from Paraguay River to Cordillera, see Lindner 1928a: 94; Alto Paraguay: Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco; Alto Paraná: Ciudad del Este; Amambay: Bella Vista; Asunción; Caaguazú: Coronel Oviedo, Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos; Canindeyú : Salto del Guairá; Central: San Lorenzo; Cordillera:

Caacupé, Colonia Pirareta, Naranjo, Piribebuy; Itapúa: Capitán Meza, Isla Yacyretá, Pirapó; Presidente Hayes: without precise locality; San Pedro: Cororo-Rio Ypane); worldwide (for a summary of its worldwide distribution see Woodley 2001: 182).

Figures

FIGURES 73–84. Stratiomyid species, habitus dorsal. 73. Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), female. 74. Hermetia pulchra Wiedemann, 1830, female. 75–76. Hermetia teevani Curran, 1934, male and female, respectively. 77. Nemotelus sp. 1, female. 78. Acanthinomyia elongata (Wiedemann, 1824), male. 79. Artemita podexargenteus Enderlein, 1914, female. 80. Panacris nigribasis Lindner, 1949, male. 81. Raphiocera armata (Wiedemann, 1830), male. 82. Acrochaeta fasciata Wiedemann, 1830, male. 83. Merosargus cingulatus Schiner, 1868, male. 84. Merosargus coxalis Lindner, 1949, male. Scale bar, 1 mm.