Myospila fluminensis Couri & Lopes 1988
Creators: name: Patitucci, Luciano Damián
name: Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo
name: Olea, Maria Sofia
name: Mariluis, Juan Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Myospila
Myospila fluminensis

description: Myospila fluminensis Couri & Lopes, 1988
(Figs. 26, 77)
Type material examined. Holotype female, pinned, “Taquara / Petropolis / E. do Rio, Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 9.I.71 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Holotipo” print on red paper, black frame; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4276 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, “Taquara / Petropolis / E. do Rio, Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 10.I.71 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4277 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, “Petropolis-E. do Rio / Le Vallon Alt. Mosélia / 24-1-23-2 -58 / D’Albuquerque col.” Printed on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4279 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, without head, “Trapicheiro / Rio de Janeiro / Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 2.XI.70 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4274 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, without abdomen, “Novo Horizonte / Conceição da Barra / Esp. Santo, Brasil ” printed on white paper; “Alvarenga & Roppa [printed] / X.72 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4278 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, “Repr. Rio Grande / Rio de Janeiro / Brasil ” printed on white paper; “M. Oliveira [printed] / VII.72 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper; “M. N. / N. [printed] 4275 [handwritten]” on white paper, black frame. Paratype female, pinned, damaged without abdomen, terminalia in plastic vial, “Angra dos Reis / E. do Rio, Brasil ” printed on white paper; “H.S.Lopes [printed] / 25.V.72 [handwritten]” on white paper; “Paratypo” printed on green paper, black frame; “♀” handwritten on white paper (MNRJ).
Other material examined. ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Campana, RNEO, 21-I-2010, Patitucci leg. (MACN).
Distribution in Argentina (Fig. 77): Buenos Aires.
References for Argentina. Patitucci et al. (2011b).
Remarks. The identification of M. fluminensis was made with the original description (Couri & Lopes 1988). This species is endemic of the Neotropical region, and was collected in Brazil (Carvalho et al. 2005) and Argentina (Patitucci et al. 2011b).
Biology. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, Olea, Maria Sofia & Mariluis, Juan Carlos, 2013, Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 3702 (4) on pages 336-338, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/247761