Hermetia pulchra, Wiedemann, 1830

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 : 21

pulchra Wiedemann, 1830 ( Fig. 74 )

Hermetia pulchra Wiedemann, 1830: 24 . Holotype: sex not stated (ZMHB, but was not found in the collection, Jenny Pohl, pers. comm.). Type locality: Suriname.

[For nomenclatural history, see Fachin & Hauser (2022); no changes are proposed here.]

References. Curran, 1934: 315 (in key to species); James, 1973a: 26.39 (cat.); Woodley, 2001: 184 (cat.); Pujol-Luz et al., 2016: 360 (puparium descr., figs 1–2, 5–17).

Material examined. Paraguay: 1 ♀ , San Pedro, Cororo-Rio Ypane , 01–04.xii.1983, Malaise trap, M. Wasbauer coll. ( CSCA); 1 ♀ , San Pedro, Cororo-Rio Ypane , 05–09.xii.1983, Malaise traps, M. Wasbauer coll. ( CSCA). 1 ♀ , San Pedro, [Estancia] Carumbé , 10.i–10.ii.1973, Col. R. Golbach ( MZUSP). 1 ♀ , San Pedro, Yaguarete Forest , 23°79’S 56°06’W, 17–25.i.1996, Malaise trap, J. Beierl ( LACM; LACM ENT 350246 ) .

Distribution. Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay (San Pedro: Cororo-Rio Ypane, Estancia Carumbé, Yaguarete Forest), Suriname.

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.