Ravinia sueta ( Wulp, 1895 )

Mariluis, Pablo Ricardo Mulieri Juan Carlos & Patitucci, Luciano Damián, 2010, Review of the Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina), with a key and description of a new species, Zootaxa 2575, pp. 1-37 : 26

Ravinia sueta ( Wulp, 1895)

Sarcophaga sueta Wulp, 1895: 268 .

Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical – Argentina (Buenos Aires), Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Nayarít, Tabasco), Peru.

Material studied: Buenos Aires: 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ Balcarce, Balcarce, I.2005 on faeces, Torretta leg. ( ANLIS); 6 Ψ Olivos, Vicente Lopez, IX.1951 ( ANLIS); 4 ɗ, 16 Ψ Campana, Campana, III.2003, Mariluis leg. ( ANLIS); 3 ɗ Basural Tapado, Campana, XI.1998, Mariluis leg. ( ANLIS); 1 ɗ Villa Elisa, La Plata, III.1980 Mariluis leg. ( ANLIS); 1 Ψ Villa Elisa, La Plata, II.1982, Mariluis leg. ( ANLIS); 1 Ψ Burzaco, Alte. Brown, VIII.2001, Mulieri leg. ( ANLIS); 1 ɗ Carlos Casares, Pdo. C. Casares, II.2007 on faeces, Torretta leg. ( ANLIS).

Remarks: A good illustration of the male terminalia was provided by Blanchard (1942a) and Lopes (1946b, 1973b). The female was described by Blanchard (1942a) but not illustrated.

Biology: The adults of this species were captured principally on faeces according to previous findings ( Mulieri et al. 2008) and the present study. Larvae of this species were recorded feeding on sarcophagid larvae ( Oxysarcodexia ) in horse dung ( Hernandez 1992).