Euxesta sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830: 463)

Freitas, Devair dos Santos, Olivier, Renan da Silva & Mello, Ramon Luciano, 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).

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.