Megaselia (M.) notipennis Borgmeier, 1962
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Megaselia (M.) notipennis Borgmeier, 1962 |
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Megaselia (M.) notipennis Borgmeier, 1962 View in CoL :
Figures 22, 23
Megaselia (M.) notipennis Borgmeier 1962: 310 View in CoL , 422, figs 72, 80–81.
Material examined. Point 1 (30♂, COLEPAV); point 2 (4♂, COLEPAV); point 4 (9♂, COLEPAV); point 7 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 10 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 14 (2♂, COLEPAV); point 15 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 17 (3♂, COLEPAV); point 19 (66♂, COLEPAV); point 20 (5♂, COLEPAV); point 21 (130♂, COLEPAV); point 23 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 24 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 25 (6♂, COLEPAV); point 26 (12♂, COLEPAV); point 27 (5♂, COLEPAV); point 28 (4♂, COLEPAV); point 34 (6♂, COLEPAV).
Diagnostic characters. This species belongs to the group VII of Megaselia ( Borgmeier 1962) . This is a very striking species, easily recognizable by the unique morphology of the asymmetrical hypopygium with 2 expanded lobes. Right lobe large, spoon shaped, hollowed out in the inside face; and left lobe smaller, bifurcated.
Distribution. Argentina; south and southeastern Brazil.
Updated distribution for Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina.
Borgmeier T (1962) Versuch einer Uebersichtueber die neotropischen Megaselia - Arten, sowie neue oder wenig bekannte Phoriden verschiedener Gattungen (Diptera, Phoridae). Studia Entomologica 5: 289 - 488.
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