Lispe setuligera ( Stein, 1911 )

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 : 339

Lispe setuligera ( Stein, 1911)

( Figs. 2 a, 82)

Material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Balcarce, Estancia La Blanquita on Alternanthera philoxeroides Griseb. , 0 9- I-2004, Medan, Devoto, Charmer & Torretta leg. ( FAUBA); 1 female, Capital Federal, II-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, Capital Federal, RECS, 19-VII-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 82 ): Buenos Aires (new record); Río Negro; Santa Fe.

References for Argentina . Malloch (1934); Lopes (1992).

Remarks. Lispe setuligera was recently redescribed by Lopes (1992).

Biology. Adults of this genus are highly predaceous on other insects ( Savage & Vockeroth 2010).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Head, anterior view. 2 a. Lispe setuligera. 2 b. Arthurella choelensis. The dotted line indicates the parafacial, the arrow indicates the palpus.

FIGURES 77 – 82. Geographic distribution in Argentina. 77. Myospila fluminensis. 78. M. obscura. 79. Limnophora aurifacies. 80. L. brevihirta, L. marginata, and Schoenomyza argyriceps. 81. L. narona. 82. Lispe setuligera. Black dots: new records; gray squares: previous distribution; grey stars: province record (inexact data). Buenos Aires province is denoted in blue.