Lycopale lizeri (Brèthes, 1914)

Montoya, Augusto León, 2024, Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2), pp. 307-325 : 319

Lycopale lizeri (Brèthes, 1914)

Helophilus lizeri Brèthes, 1914: 97 . Type locality: Argentina: Córdoba, La Cumbre. Holotype: J (MACN).

Habromyia (Helophilus) lizeri : THOMPSON et al. (1976: 101)

Meromacrus vittata Hull, 1937: 170 . Type locality: Argentina: Villa Nougués. Holotype: ♀ (USNM, catalog number 51366).

Habromyia (Meromacrus) vittata : THOMPSON et al. (1976: 101).

Lycopale lizeri . THOMPSON (2012): 13 (key); MAZA et al. (2023): 344 (distributional record).

References. NAVARRO et al. (2007) (https://ri.conicet. gov.ar/bitstream/handle/11336/75002/CONICET_Digital_Nro.323d5e84-52c0-4aab-8f2f-ca08123f5a47_A. pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y, as Lycopale vittata ).

Distribution. Argentina: Córdoba (Punilla, La Cumbre, -30.709764, -64.571589, 1144 m), Lules (Tucumán province, Villa Nougués, -26.852556, -65.380939, 1408 m), Mendoza (Las Heras, -32.621772, -69.36653, 1832 m), Yungas (Montane Forest, 600–1500 m) ( THOMPSON et al. 1976; THOMPSON et al. 2006). MAZA et al. (2023) also record- ed the species in the provinces of Córdoba and Tucumán. Altitudinal distribution. 600–1144 m.

Remarks. Thoracic and abdominal patterns are illustrated in Fig. 9e . Photos of the holotype of Meromacrus vittata housed in the USNM are available on the website: http://n 2t.net/ark:/65665/34bdbd2df-449d-4a11-b5d- 5-8663d45267c6.

Figures

Fig. 9. Lycopale thoracic and abdominal patterns, dorsal view:A – Lycopale magnifica (Bigot, 1880); B – L. rectilinea (Hull, 1942); C – L. chrysotaenia (Fluke, 1937); D – L. woodi Thompson, 2012; E – L. lizeri (Brèthes, 1914); F – L. lipoflava (Fluke, 1937); G – L. mendozai sp. nov.; H – L. radioheadi sp. nov. The pile has been omitted.