Psilochaeta chlorogaster Wiedemann 1830
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
Psilochaeta
Psilochaeta chlorogaster

description: Psilochaeta chlorogaster (Wiedemann, 1830)
(Figs. 1 a, 46)
Anthomyia chlorogaster Wiedemann, 1830: 427 Limnophora chlorogaster Bigot, 1885: 271
Phyronota platensis Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926: 578
Lectotype designation of Phyronota platensis. Shannon & Del Ponte (1926) described Phyronota platensis from one female and one male (syntypes) from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The authors referred to "San Isidro, BA [Buenos Aires]" as the type locality and that male was captured on August 8, 1926 by Shannon & Shannon. Also mentioned that the female specimen was collected in "Capital Federal" on September 15, 1926 by Shannon & Shannon. We located the female specimen in ANLIS. The female syntype is hereby designated lectotype of Phyronota platensis Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926. Lectotype female (ANLIS): in good condition, labels: “Cap. Federal / Buenos Aires / 15.9.26 / R.C. Shannon” handwritten on white paper; “ Phyronota / platensis / S & D P.” handwritten on white paper, “ Lectotype / Phyronota platensis / Shannon & Del Ponte, 1926 / L. D. Patitucci det. 2012” [red label, printed].
Other material examined. ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Balcarce, II-1947, Wappers leg. (ANLIS); 1 female, Burzaco, VII-2006, Mulieri leg. (MACN); 1 female, Capital Federal, IX-1926, Shannon leg. (ANLIS); 1 female, Capital Federal, 29-IX-1926, Shannon leg. (USNM); 1 female, Ciudad Universitaria, Capital Federal, VIII-2007, Patitucci leg. (MACN); 1 male, Ciudad Universitaria, Capital Federal, I-2008, Patitucci leg. (MACN); 1 female, General Conesa, P. del Monte, 5-XII-1938, Biraben-Scott leg. (MLP); 1female, 1 male, Magdalena, Estancia San Isidro, VIII-1998, Medan & Basilio leg. (FAUBA); 1 male, Magdalena, Estancia Carretero, over Colletia spinosissima, 20-VIII-1999, Medan leg. (FAUBA); 1 female, Moreno, XII-1972, Fritz leg. (ANLIS); 1 female, San Antonio Oeste, 20-II-1915, (INTA); 2 females, Villa Elisa, La Plata, II-1982, Mariluis leg. (MACN). ENTRE RÍOS: 2 females, Salto Grande, III-1976, Mariluis leg. (MACN); 2 females, Salto Grande, III- 1977, Mariluis leg. (MACN). JUJUY: 5 females, Abra Pampa, 30-IV-1995, (ANLIS). MENDOZA: 1 male, Mendoza capital, 9-XI-2008, Aballay leg. (IADIZA). SALTA: 1 female, Cafayate, III-1954, Haymand leg. (FML); 1 female, Iruya, 2700 m. VIII-2008, Mulieri leg. (MACN). TUCUMÁN: 1 female, Hualinchay, 1700 m., III-1979, Mariluis leg. (MACN).
Distribution in Argentina (Fig. 46): Buenos Aires; Catamarca; Entre Ríos (new record); Jujuy; La Rioja; Mendoza; Salta (new record); Santiago del Estero; Tucumán (new record).
References for Argentina. Bigot (1885); Carvalho (1989); Karl (1935); Malloch (1934); Shannon & Del Ponte (1926); Wulp (1883).
Remarks. Psilochaeta chlorogaster was redescribed by Carvalho (1989), it is recognized by the metallic green coloration of the abdomen as opposed to non-metallic coloration of the thorax.
Biology. Unknown. The specimens captured by the authors were collected on decaying beef liver, chicken viscera, and dog faeces.
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 page 323, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/247761