Ommatius pulcher ( Engel, 1885 )

Lima, Sheila, Vieira, Rodrigo, Camargo, Alexssandro & Chagas, Cínthia, 2017, Ommatius: synonyms, new record, redescription of Ommatius erythropus and description of the female of Ommatius trifidus (Diptera: Asilidae: Ommatiinae), Zoologia (e 20784) 34, pp. 1-11 : 4-5

Ommatius pulcher ( Engel, 1885)

Figs 15, 16

Emphysomera pulchra Engel, 1885:146 .

Ommatius (Emphysomera) pulchra ; Bromley 1946: 112 (catalogue).

Ommatius pulchra ; Curran 1928: 1; Scarbrough 1990: 66; Vieira et al. 2005: 19.

Ommatius pulcher ; Martin and Papavero 1970 (35b): 60 (catalogue); Scarbrough 2008: 8 , figs 4, 33–41; Papavero 2009: 51 (catalogue); Vieira et al. 2010: 44 .

Ommatius ruficauda Curran, 1928: 2 ; Bromley 1946: 112 (catalogue); Hull 1962 (2): 435; Martin and Papavero 1970: 59 (catalogue); Papavero 2009: 51 (catalogue), syn. nov. ( Figs 17–30).

Ommatius ruficaudus ; Scarbrough 2008: 11 , fig. 5; Vieira et al. 2010: 47 . syn. nov. ( Figs 17–30).

Remarks. Scarbrough (2008) and Vieira et al. (2010) commented on the similarity between O. pulcher ( Figs 15, 16) and O. ruficaudus ( Figs 17–30). After studying the type material of O. ruficaudus ( Figs 17–30), we observed that, although the bodies of the specimens are covered with fungi, the male terminalia of O. ruficaudus and the illustrations of O. pulcher are essentially identical. Furthermore, Curran (1928) separated the two species by the coloration of genitalia of both sexes, reddish and shinning black, respectively. In O. pulcher and O. ruficaudus the apical scutellar setae are absent and both have the clavate abdomen. Vieira et al. (2010) mentioned that the type-locality of O. ruficaudus is Chapada dos Guimarães ( Brazil) and Scarbrough (2008) wrote that additional specimens of this species have not been located. We found nine specimens that were collected at the type-locality during the SISBIOTA – Diptera project. These specimens were identified as O. pulcher . Thus, after the combination of data from distinct sources, O. ruficaudus is established as a new synonym of O. pulcher .

Holotype condition. Body largely covered with fungi, postpedicel on both antennae lost, head partially damaged, left mid leg and left hind tibia lost.

Geographical records. Brazil: Pará, Rondônia, Alagoas, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina; Paraguay.

Type examined. Holotype: Ommatius ruficauda Curran Holotype / Chapada [dos Guimarães – Mato Grosso, BRAZIL] [15°26’57.6”S 55°46’12.1”W]/ S.W. Williston Collection. 1 male ( AMNH) .

Paratype: Same data as holotype, except: Allotype ♀. 1 female ( AMNH) .

Additional material examined. Brasil. Pará: Oriximiná [01°45’56”S 55°51’58”W], 1 female ( MZSP) ; Rondônia: Vilhena [12°44’26”S 60°08’45”W], 1 male, 1 female ( DZUP) ; Alagoas: Mangabeira [9°38’46.2”S 35°42’51.1”W], 1 female ( MZSP) ; Mato Grosso: Chap. [ada] Guimarães [15°26’57.6”S 55°46’12.1”W], 1 female ( DZUP) ; Chap. [ada] Guimarães (12°50’S 51°47’W), 1 female ( MZSP) ; Chap. [ada] Guimarães (12°50’S 51°45’W), 2 males ( NHM) ; Chap. [ada] dos Guimarães (15°24’33.5”S 55°49’59.0”W), 5 males, 2 females ( MZSP) ; Chap. [ada] dos Guimarães (15°26’10.7”S 55°47’22.9”W), 1 female ( MZSP) ; Chap. [ada] dos Guimarães , (15°24’21.8”S 55°50’97”W), 1 male ( MZSP) ; Mato Grosso do Sul: Aquidauana (20°26’07,2”S 55°39’32.8”W), 1 female ( MZSP) ; Bahia: Cachoeira (Faz. [enda] Vila Rial ) [12°35’44.8”S 38°54’01.6”W], 1 male ( MZUEFS) ; Distrito Federal: Brasília [15°46’48”S 47°55’45”W], 1 male, 2 females ( MZSP) ; Goiás: (no locality), 3 females ( DZUP) ; Catalão [18°09’57”S 47°56’35”W], 1 female ( DZUP) ; Campinas [Goiânia] [16°40’16.9”S 49°17’38.0”W], 1 female ( MNRJ) , 2 males, 4 females ( MZSP) ; Corumbá [de Goiás][15°55’30”S 48°48’43”W] (F.[azenda] Monjolinho), 2 males, 1 female ( MZSP) ; Corumbá [de Goiás], 1 female ( MZSP) ; Anápolis [16°19’42”S 48°57’06”W], 1 female ( MZSP) ; Minas Gerais: Barbacena [21°13’20”S 43°46’16”W], 4 males, 18 ( DZUP) ; Passos [20°43’23”S 46°36’43”W], 2 males ( DZUP) ; Poços de Caldas [21°47’08”S 46°34’01”W] (Retiro dos Carneiros), 3 males, 2 females ( MNRJ) ; Poços de Caldas ( Morro de Ferro ) [21°55’S 46°31’W], 1 female ( MNRJ) ; Poços de Caldas ( Campo do Saco ), 3 males, 3 females ( MNRJ) ; Poços de Caldas ( Alto da Santa Cruz ), 2 females ( MNRJ) ; Poços de Caldas ( Alto do Selado ), 1 female ( MNRJ) ; S.[erra] do Cipó ( Santana do Riacho ) [19°20’41.2”S 43°38’26.9”W], 2 males, 1 female ( MNRJ) ; Ibiá [19°29’09”S 46°32’41”W], 1 male ( DZUP) ; Belo Horizonte, 1 male, 1 female ( MZSP) , Varginha [21°33’25”S 45°26’37”W], 1 female ( MZSP) ; Mato Grosso do Sul: Caarogó [Caaropó] [22°37’57”S 54°49’23”W] (Faz. [enda] Pai Cué), 1 male ( MZSP) ; Três Lagoas (marg.[em] esq.[uerda] rio Sucuriu ) [20°32’25.8”S 51°50’57.9”W], 1 female ( MZSP) ; Três Lagoas [20°47’11”S 51°41’52”W] (Faz. [enda] Floresta), 1 male ( MZSP) ; Maracajú [21°36’39”S 55°09’58”W], 1 female ( MZSP) ; São Paulo: Severínia [20°48’19”S 48°48’32”W], 14 males, 12 females ( MZSP) ; Sumaré [22°49’20”S 47°16’23”W], 3 males, 2 females ( MZSP) ; Ribeirão Preto [21°10’15”S 47°48’06”W] ( Rio Tamanduá ), 7 males, 13 females ( MZSP) ; Ribeirão Preto (Faz. [enda] Monte Alegre), 1 male ( MZSP) ; Rib. [eirão Preto], 1 female ( DZUP) ; Campinas [22°54’51”S 47°04’38”W], 1 male ( MZSP) ; M.[ogi] das Cruzes [23°31’20”S 46°11’25”W], 13 males, 7 females ( MZSP) ; Tamoio, 3 males, 3 females ( MZSP) ; Cajuru ( Coqueiros ) [21°16’30”S 47°18’04”W], 1 male, 4 females ( MZSP) ; Batatais [20°53’39”S 47°35’26”W], 25 males, 25 females ( MZSP) , 1 male ( DZUP) ; Araraquara [21°47’06”S 48°10’35”W], 1 male ( MZSP) ; Juquiá [24°19’06”S 47°38’06”W], 1 female ( MZSP) ; Pontal [21°01’42”S 48°02’08”W], 1 female ( MZSP) ; Guatapará [21°29’41”S 48°02’07”W], 2 females ( MZSP) ; Mairiporã [23°19’17”S 46°34’32”W], 1 ( MZSP) ; Jundiaí [23°11’09”S 46°53’34”W], 1 male ( MZSP) ; Salesópolis (Est. [ação] Biol. [ógica] Boracéia ) [23°37’51”S 45°52’11”W], 1 male ( MZSP) ; São Paulo [23°32’50”S 46°38’09”W], 9 males, 15 females ( MZSP) ; Poá [23°32’01”S 46°20’54”W], 1 male, 1 female ( MZSP) ; Rio Claro [22°24’58”S 47°33’25”W], 9 males, 18 females ( MZSP) ; Onda Verde [20°36’00”S 49°17’43”W](Faz. [enda] São João), 2 males, 10 females ( MZSP) ; Barueri [23°30’47.8”S 46°52’22.5”W], 2 males, 1 female ( MZSP) ; Paraná: Ponta Grossa [25°04’51”S 50°09’20”W], 1 male ( DZUP) ; [Ponta Grossa] ([Parque] Vila Velha ) [25°14’45.1”S 50°00’19.5”W], 2 females ( DZUP) ; Curitiba [25°25’57”S 49°16’19”W], 1 male, 1 female ( DZUP) , 1 male ( MZSP) ; Laranjeira do Sul [25°24’22”S 52°24’50”W], 1 female ( DZUP) .