Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot 1876
Creators: name: Caloca, Pablo
name: Suárez, Daniel
name: Peña, Gustavo
name: Ruiz, Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tachinidae
Trichopoda
Trichopoda pictipennis

description: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Gustavo Peña; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: CB27062D-1AF5-59F2-955F-4A40C2482BA8; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: Fasnia; locality: Fasnia; decimalLatitude: 28.245555; decimalLongitude: -16.435555; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Gustavo Peña; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 19/01/2022; eventRemarks: On flowers of Argyranthemum frutescens (Asteraceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Gustavo Peña; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: D28506C1-567C-5AAA-B53A-D442F905DC51; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: Fasnia; locality: Fasnia; decimalLatitude: 28.245555; decimalLongitude: -16.435555; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Gustavo Peña; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 20/06/2022; eventRemarks: On flowers of Zygophyllum fontanesii (Zygophyllaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: DZUL- 36962; recordedBy: Pablo Caloca; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: CA2F2897-64C6-5DB7-BE32-193571A1A877; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: Puerto de la Cruz; locality: Puerto de la Cruz; decimalLatitude: 28.402587; decimalLongitude: -16.556857; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 01/03/2022; eventRemarks: On leaves of Bosea yervamora (Amaranthaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: DZUL- 36963; recordedBy: Pablo Caloca; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 08A9DD48-C7BB-564B-A415-D59575239239; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: Puerto de la Cruz; locality: Puerto de la Cruz; decimalLatitude: 28.402587; decimalLongitude: -16.556857; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Daniel Suárez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 01/03/2022; eventRemarks: On leaves of Bosea yervamora (Amaranthaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: María de Fuentes; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: ED223ECF-8281-5D7C-BAC5-01F6BB577CC3; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: San Cristóbal de La Laguna; locality: San Cristóbal de La Laguna; decimalLatitude: 28.403688; decimalLongitude: -16.335111; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Pablo Caloca; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 28/02/2022; Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: DZUL- 36964; recordedBy: Pablo Caloca; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: DEEF9D8F-D991-55FF-87CB-07D8A95011E0; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: Los Realejos; locality: Los Realejos; decimalLatitude: 28.403688; decimalLongitude: -16.575571; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Pablo Caloca; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 16/01/2023; eventRemarks: On leaves of Bosea yervamora (Amaranthaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Carlos Ruiz; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 226F34DD-88B0-5189-AD16-9EB4D917469D; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: Tegueste; locality: Tegueste; decimalLatitude: 28.544774; decimalLongitude: -16.318082; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Carlos Ruiz; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 16/01/2023; eventRemarks: On flowers of Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Eduardo Jiménez; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 8A6D3CD8-1C58-5568-9C19-6901CA0988B7; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: San Cristóbal de La Laguna; locality: Punta del Hidalgo; decimalLatitude: 28.544774; decimalLongitude: -16.318082; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Eduardo Jiménez; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 02/02/2023; eventRemarks: On flowers of Crithmum maritimum (Apiaceae); Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Carmen Delia González; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 2FD96D2F-7FC1-528F-B196-8CFBF2B23001; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: Tenerife; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: San Miguel de Abona; locality: San Miguel de Abona; decimalLatitude: 28.030278; decimalLongitude: -16.627952; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Carlos Ruiz; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 05/02/2023; Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Uquén Fernández; individualCount: 2; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 93AA6364-7D8B-5233-BD62-D09B0112CBAC; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/es/species/5059806; scientificName: Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876; order: Diptera; family: Tachinidae; genus: Trichopoda; Location: island: La Gomera; country: Spain; stateProvince: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; municipality: San Sebastián; locality: San Sebastián; decimalLatitude: 28.092127; decimalLongitude: -17.114348; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Pablo Caloca; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: eventDate: 29/01/2023; Record Level: basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Diagnosis
The collected individuals were identified as Trichopoda pictipennis by the following combination of diagnostic characters. Males: yellow to orange abdomen, yellow scutellum, black wing with a yellow marking, lower calypter orange (Fig. 1 A). Females: black abdomen and scutellum, black wing with a yellow marking (Fig. 1 B). Female genitalia: sternite 7 as a trapezoidal plate, distal margin slightly rounded; sternite 8 lingulate, apically round; cercus subquadrate (Fig. 1 C).
Biology
Parasitised individuals of Nezara viridula were collected from leaves of Bosea yervamora (Amaranthaceae) in the localities of Puerto de La Cruz and Los Realejos (north of Tenerife) on 17 December 2022 (Fig. 1 D). Trichopoda pictipennis full-grown larva emerged on 22 December 2022 and pupariated outside its host. The adult emerged on 8 January 2023.
description: Published as part of Caloca, Pablo, Suárez, Daniel, Peña, Gustavo & Ruiz, Carlos, 2025, First report of Trichopoda pictipennis (Diptera, Tachinidae) for the Canary Islands, pp. e 137821 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e137821, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e137821