Guerinioestrus daguerrei, Del Ponte, 1939: 530

Letana, Socrates D., Pape, Thomas & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2025, South American bot fly types (Diptera: Oestridae) in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 5653 (2), pp. 229-245 : 237-238

daguerrei Del Ponte, 1939: 530

HOLOTYPE ♂ ( Figure 8 )

Data labels: (1) [blank label, possibly faded] (2) “ Rogenhofera [handwritten, underlined]| Daguerrei [handwritten, underlined] n. sp. [handwritten] | ♂ – tipo. – (D. P.)” [handwritten] (3) “A139” [handwritten] (4) “ BAires ” [typewritten].

Remarks: Described from a single male specimen (holotype); material found in MZUSP comprised of a male adult specimen missing right antenna, right wing, right foreleg, right midleg, right hindtarsus, left midleg, left hindtarsomeres, and terminalia. Originally stated to be housed in and belonging to the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ( Del Ponte 1939). Although the data code number does not match with the code from the original description, Del Ponte (1939) used the term “tipo” for holotype, and we have no reason to doubt that this specimen is the original holotype. The missing terminalia (including abdominal segment 5) appear to suggest it has been dissected. However, there are no genitalia vials nor glued parts on any card pinned together with the specimen. Even the top blank label card does not have any remnants of adhesive under ultraviolet light. More so, Del Ponte (1939) did not include any description nor any figures of the terminalia. Synonymized with Rogenhofera grandis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) by Guimarães (1990).

Nomenclatural status: Valid as Cuterebra grandis Guérin-Méneville, 1844 .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Guerinioestrus daguerrei Del Ponte, 1939, holotype ♂ habitus: A. Dorsal view, B. Lateral view, C. Associated labels; scale bars: 5 mm.