Ptecticus testaceus
Creators: name: Fachin, Diego Aguilar
name: Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada
name: Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Stratiomyidae
Ptecticus
Ptecticus testaceus

description: testaceus (Fabricius, 1805) (Fig. 90)
= Musca elongata Fabricius, 1794: 338. Lectotype: male (UZMC), by designation of McFadden, (1972a: 125). Type locality: “Sierra Leon ” (corrected to “America meridionali” in Fabricius 1805: 257). Preoccupied, primary homonym of Musca elongata Müller, 1764 and Musca elongata Fabricius, 1787.
Sargus testaceus Fabricius, 1805: 257. New name for Musca elongata Fabricius, 1794.
= Ptecticus testaceous James & McFadden, 1982: 28. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
References. Lindner, 1928a: 95 (puparium descr., record from Paraguay); James, 1941: 301 (in key to species); James & McFadden, 1982: 24 (in key to species), 33 (list); James, 1973a: 26.18 (cat., Paraguay not mentioned); Leal & Oliveira, 1979: 44 (redescr.), 96 (in key to species); Woodley, 2001: 218 (cat., Paraguay not mentioned); Fachin & Amorim, 2015: 79, fig. 221 (antenna), 80, fig. 244 (wing), 82, fig. 270 (alula), 85, figs 300–301 (male genitalia), 92, fig. 342 (epandrium), 94, figs 366–367 (phallus), 95, fig. 372 (genital fork), 97, fig. 393 (habitus dorsal, female).
Material examined. Paraguay: 1 ♀, Canindeyú, Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú, Jejui-mí, Malaise 3, bosque bajo, 24–28.v.1996, A.C.F. Costa col. (DZUP). 1 ♀, Central, San Lorenzo, INFONA, 25,339°S 57,5243°W, 21.i.2016, B. Garcete coll. (MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2077); 1 ♀, Central, San Lorenzo, ii.2016, F. Bauer coll. (MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2079). 1 ♂, Dpto. [Departamento] Chaco [currently Alto Paraguay], Parq. Nac. Def. d/ Chaco [Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco], 16.x.1982, H. Ferreira C. (MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2082). 1 ♀, Depto. [Departamento] Concepción, Horqueta, xi.1983, P. Mueller (MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2081). 1 ♂, Cordillera, Piribebuy, Cruce Piribebuy, Ruta 2, 25.3778°S 57.0439°W, 03.i.2016, B. Garcete coll. (MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2078). 1 ♂, Itapúa, Isla Yacyretá, region oriental, coletado en bosque de arary, 26.iv.1993, B. Barrios (MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2080). 1 ♀, Itapúa, Natalio, ii.1982 (MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX 2076). 3 ♂, San Pedro, [Estancia] Carumbé, 10.i–10.ii.1973, Col, R. Golbach (MZUSP). 1 ♂, San Pedro, Yaguarete Forest, 23°79’S 56°06’W, 25.i– 06.ii.1996, Malaise trap, J. Beierl (LACM; LACM ENT 350262).
Distribution. Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay (Alto Paraguay: Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco; likely Asunción: Santísima Trinidad, see Lindner 1928a: 94; Canindeyú: Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú; Central: San Lorenzo; Concepción: Horqueta; Cordillera: Piribebuy; Itapúa: Isla Yacyretá, Natalio; San Pedro: Estancia Carumbé, Yaguarete Forest).
description: Published as part of Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada & Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete, 2022, An illustrated checklist of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Paraguay with three new synonyms and 22 new records of species for the country, pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 5190 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7119906