taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C32351FFE3FFFB550FFAE8FB3EFDDF.taxon	description	Head. Armed with 6 pairs of spines fused basally to form a concave arch (Fig. 1); the two median ones placed one above the other, the ventral one is twice as long as the other; a third pair, placed lateral to the median two, is similar in length to the longer median one (Fig. 2); ventral to the base of the third pair there is a fourth pair pointed downwards measuring half the length of the third one. In a more lateral position there are two small spines, similar in length, and with half the length of the fourth one; all of them with sharp apex; arch of the cephalic spines without bristles (Fig. 3). In ventral view, there is a pair of not well developed anterior cephalic processes; there is also a projection lateral to this process (Fig. 2). Thorax. With two pairs of dorsal setae; prothoracic spiracle heavily sclerotized, raised above surface and located directly posterior to the head (Fig. 1). Abdomen. Tergite I with sparse long setae on the anterior margin and central row of not well developed chitinous rods similar to spines; tergites II – V with a central row of chitinous rods, each of which becomes shorter beyond the lateral margin; the chitinous rods are intercalated with long setae except laterally; tergites VI – VII with a central row of small chitinous rods, similar to spines intercalated with long setae; tergite VIII with a dorsal central chitinous process; anal segment with only one simple pair of tubercles (Fig. 4). Pleura I – VII with a transverse row of three setae; sternites I – VII with a row of setae at the posterior margin. Hosts: Hymenoptera – Sphecidae (Podium rufipes Fabricius, 1804, Trypoxylon rogenhoferi Kohl, 1884 and Trypoxylon sp.). Examined material: BRAZIL: São Paulo, Est. Ecol. Paulo de Faria, 21. XI. 1998, 1 female, Garófalo, Gazola and Serrano leg. (MNRJ), 14. IV. 1998, 1 male, Garófalo, Gazola and Serrano leg. (FFCLRP), 30. IX. 1998, 1 male, Garófalo, Gazola and Serrano leg. (MNRJ), Matão (Faz. Cambuhy), 1997, 1 female, Serrano and Jesus leg. (MNRJ). Notes: This is the first record of Lepidophora culiciformis for São Paulo, Brazil.	en	Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, Lopes, Daniele De Araujo (2004): Description of the pupae of Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Ecliminae) and host records. Zootaxa 562: 1-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157543
