Morellia (M.) diversipalpis ( Rondani, 1863 )

Pamplona, Denise, Nihei, Silvio S., Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2016, Taxonomy of Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): revision of the subgenera Morellia s. str. and Parapyrellia Townsend, Zootaxa 4163 (1), pp. 1-110 : 38

14. Morellia (M.) diversipalpis ( Rondani, 1863)

( Figs 52–53 )

Pyrellia diversipalpis Rondani, 1863: 30 . Replacement name for Pyrellia rufipalpis Macquart, 1855a , preocc.

Pyrellia rufipalpis Macquart, 1855a: 134 ; 1855b: 114. [Junior primary homonym of Pyrellia rufipalpis Macquart, 1851a .] Type locality: SOUTH AMERICA (" de l'Amérique méridionale") . Lectotype ♀, BMNH (des. Pont 2012: 86; seen).

Descriptive notes. Ovipositor. Tergite 6 as 2 golf-club-like rods, posteriorly with setulae; tergite 7 as 2 rods, posteriorly with 2 plates with very small spines; tergite 8 as 2 rods, posteriorly enlarged and with 2 plates with strong spines; sternite 6 very small, rod-like, posteriorly with 1 small plate with setae; sternite 7 as 1 rod, posteriorly with 3 plates with setae; sternite 8 as 2 small rods, posteriorly with 2 plates with setae; epiproct with 4 setae; hypoproct longer than broad with many setae; cercus cylindrical and long ( Figs 52–53 ).

Material examined. SOUTH AMERICA (" de l'Amérique méridionale"), lectotype ♀ of Pyrellia rufipalpis ( BMNH) . The lectotype is in very poor condition.

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL (" South America").

Figures

FIGURES 52 – 53. Morellia (M.) diversipalpis (Rondani), lectotype female. 52. Ovipositor, dorsal view. 53. Ovipositor and spermathecae, ventral view.