Ophyra capensis (Wiedemann, 1818)

Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, Olea, Maria Sofia & Mariluis, Juan Carlos, 2013, Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species, Zootaxa 3702 (4), pp. 301-347 : 318

Ophyra capensis (Wiedemann, 1818)

( Figs. 14 , 40 )

Material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 2 males, Capital Federal, Cementerio de la Chacarita, 8- VIII-1998, Oliva leg. ( MACN); 5 females, 2 males Capital Federal, 5-I-2000, Oliva leg. ( MACN); 2 females, Burzaco, 03-X-2009, Mulieri leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 40 ): Buenos Aires.

References for Argentina . Patitucci et al. (2010a).

Remarks. A redescription with good illustrations of male and female terminalia was given by Pamplona & Couri (1989). The immature stages were studied by Skidmore (1985).

Biology. Ophyra capensis is native to the Old World ( Skidmore 1985). This species has been bred in human faeces, carcasses of mammals and birds, and was found in human corpses in forensic situations of confinement ( Bourel et al. 2004).

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 14. 13. Ophyra chalcogaster, female. 13 a. Ocellar triangle, frontal view. 13 b. Lateral view with detail of arista, on the left, and details of calypters, on the right. 14. Ophyra capensis, female. 14 a. Ocellar triangle, frontal view. 14 b. Lateral view with detail of arista, on the left.

FIGURES 38 – 41. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 38. Ophyra aenescens. 39. O. albuquerquei. 40. O. capensis. 41. O. chalcogaster. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution. Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.