Description of the puparium of Cyphomyia albitarsis (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Clitellariinae) from Colombia
Torres-Toro Juliana, Wolff Marta
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59(2): 555-560, 2019
Published online: 27th December 2019
Published in print: 31st December 2019
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Abstract: The puparium of Cyphomyia albitarsis(Fabricius, 1805) is described and
illustrated for the first time, based on six puparia, of which five emerged into
adults. In Cyphomyia Wiedemann, 1819, the immature stages (6th instar larva or
puparia) of only eight species are known (Cyphomyia aurifrons Wiedemann, 1830,
C. bicarinata Williston, 1900, C. erecta McFadden, 1969, C. leucocephala
Wiedemann, 1819, C. marginataLoew, 1866, C. picta Schiner, 1868, C. pilossisima
Gerstaecker, 1857, and C. souzalopesi Iide, 1967), which represents only 9% of
the Cyphomyia species described. In addition, some features of the previously
known immature stages of the genus are summarized and compared with the puparium
of C. albitarsis.
Key words: Diptera, Stratiomyomorpha, soldier flies, taxonomy, immature stages, Colombian
Western Cordillera, Neotropical Region