Euxesta sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830: 463)

Freitas, Devair dos Santos, Olivier, Renan da Silva & EntomoBrasilis, Ramon Luciano Mello, 2025, New records of Ulidiidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) from state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, EntomoBrasilis (e 1098) 18, pp. 1-9 : 3

* Euxesta sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830: 463) . Type locality: Brazil. Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil ( Distrito Federal , Mato Grosso do Sul), Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru ( Figure 8 ) .

Studied material: one male, and three females, 17-19. ix.2018 [ ZUFMS-DIP01419-1422 ] ; three females, 17-21. ix.2018 [ ZUFMS-DIP01431 , 1432 , 1494 ] ; three males, and four females, 27-29.vii.2019 [ ZUFMS-DIP01433-1439 ] ; two males, and two females, 27-31.vii.2019 [ ZUFMS-DIP01423-1426 ] .

Remarks: Euxesta is a large genus with more than 90 species distributed in Americas and Oceania, with some species accidentally introduced into Europe and Asia ( Kameneva & Korneyev 2010). Actually, the Brazilian fauna is represented by 14 species ( Mello 2024a). Larvae of the two species recorded here are known to infest ear corn ( Martos-Tupes 1982; Huepe et al. 1986).

Notogramma Loew, 1868: 289 . Type species: Notogramma cimiciformis Loew, 1868 (monotypy).

Notogramma cimiciforme Loew, 1868: 289 . Type locality: Cuba. Distribution : Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, USA, Venezuela ( Figure 9 ).

Studied material: two females, 15-17.viii.2018 [ZUFMS-

DIP01418, 1493].

Remarks: Notogramma is actually composed by four species distributed through USA to Chile ( Kameneva & Korneyev 2010; Mello et al. 2024). From Brazil is recognized only the species N. cimiciforme ( Mello 2024a) . Species of the genus have been reared from rooting tomatoes, immatures coconuts, banana, liver, wild tubers, Solanum fruits, watermelon, and fruits of Attalea palms ( Steyskal 1963, 1991).

Figures

Figures 6-16. Specimen from the sampled species in habitus, lateral view. Figure 6: Acrosticta scrobiculata Loew, 1868. Figure 7: Euxesta eluta Loew,1868. Figure 8: Euxesta sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830). Figure 9: Notogramma cimiciforme Loew, 1868. Figure 10: Paragorgopis euryale Kameneva, 2024. Figure 11: Plagiocephalus lobularis Wiedemann, 1830.