Euxesta sororcula ( Wiedemann, 1830 )

Korneyev, Severyn V., Hauser, Martin, Kameneva, Elena P. & Gaimari, Stephen D., 2022, A key to species of the Euxesta sororcula species group (Diptera: Ulidiidae: Lipsanini), with new synonymy and a new record from the U. S. A., The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 98 (2), pp. 150-162 : 157-158

Euxesta sororcula ( Wiedemann, 1830)

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Ortalis sororcula Wiedemann, 1830:463 (original description). Euxesta sororcula Hendel, 1909:154 (key), 167 (comparison), 1910:28 (catalog); Curran, 1935:11 (key); Steyskal, 1968:54. 19 (catalog); Martos-Tupes, 1982:55 (pest status); Kameneva, 2004:619 (material).

Type Specimen. Syntype ♂, BRAZIL, labeled: “ Ortalis sororcula W. Amer. [ica] mer. [idionalis]” (NHMD).

Additional Specimens Examined. 1 ♂, BOLIVIA: Prov. La Paz: Mapiri, 640 m, ex lights, 15°18′26″S 68°13′14″W, 10.IV.2004, S. D. Gaimari (CSCA); 1 ♀, 680 m, along road, 15°18′48″S 68°13′27″W, 11.IV.2004, S. D. Gaimari (CSCA); 1 ♀, Alto San Lorenzo Valley, vicinity of Caranavi, 1400 m, 15°47′48″S 67°28′11″W, flowering tree, 17.IV.2004, S. D. Gaimari (CSCA). 1 ♀, BRAZIL: “Brasilia / Coll. Winthem”, (NHMW); 1 ♀, “Brasilien” “sororcula, Alte Sammlung ” (NHMW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Prov. Alajuela: E San Gerardo, S San Cristobal, S Palo Seco, 600 m, 24–28.IV.2000, Bricefio (INBC); 1 ♀, Prov. Cartago: Turrialba, La Suiza, 31.VIII.1924, Schild (USNM); 1 ♀, Prov. Guanacaste: 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Est. Pitilla, 700 m, 31.III–15.IV.1992 Rios (INBC); 2 ♂, Prov. Puntarenas: Peninsula de Osa, Rancho Quemado, 200 m, II.1992, Quesada (INBC). 2 ♀, GUATEMALA: Antigua, 1.IX.1951, Painter (USNM); 1 ♂, Lake Atitlán, 20.VIII.1965, Spangler (USNM). 1 ♀, HONDURAS: Dept. Francisco Morazan Zambrano: 40 km NW Tegucigalpa, 17.XI.1987, Knutson (USNM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 24.XII.1965, Freytag (USNM). 1? MEXICO: Puebla: 5 km S Huapanapan (Hwy 125), 6015ft, 18°06′30″S 97°41′13″W, 22.X.2004, C. L. Bellamy (CSCA); 1 ♀, [Veracruz], Orizaba, 1871, Bilimek (NHMW). 2 ♀, U.S.A.: Texas: Donna, 8.X.1933, J. W. Monk (TAMU); 1 ♀, Tex. [Texas]: Alamo, 12.I.1984, Paul T. Riherd (TAMU); 1 ♂, Texas: Govt Springs, Grapevine Hills, Big Bend Nat Park, Sphaeralcea angustifolia , 1.IX.1971, E. E. Grissell, R. F. Denno Col (UCDC), new country record, new state record. 2? VENEZUELA: “Lindig/1864 / Venezuela”, 2 ex. (NHMW).

Distribution. Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica ( Kameneva, 2004), Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru ( Steyskal, 1968), Venezuela, USA (Texas) (this study).

Figures

Figure 1. Wings: (a) Euxesta latifasciata; (b) E. leucomelas (=E. fascipennis); (c) E. wettsteini; (d) E. abdominalis, syntype, MCZ; (e) E. sororcula, type, NHMD; (f) E. obliquestriata, syntype, NHMW. (a–b modified from Wulp (1899); and d modified from EOL site https://eol. org/pages/734579/media). Abbreviations: SA = subapical band; A = apical band; phi – preapical hyaline interspace. Fine black lines show the ratio of SA and phi along vein R4+5 and light blue arrows indicate other characters mentioned in the key.

Figure 3. Euxesta sororcula. (a–d) Texas additional specimen; (e–i) syntype, NHMD. (a) habitus, left-side lateral view; (b) wing; (c) head, anterodorsal view; (d) habitus, dorsal view and labels; (e) habitus, left-side lateral view and labels; (f) wing; (g) head, left-side lateral view; (h–i) head, anterodorsal view.