Classification > Family
Ceratopogonidae
> Subfamily
Ceratopogoninae
> Tribe
Heteromyiini
> Genus
Pellucidomyia
Pellucidomyia oliveirai Lane, 1946
Slide Collection Material female with pupal exuviae
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Corrientes
Other distribution
Brazil
oliveirai (Lane), 1946a: 209 (Macfiehelea; female). Type locality: Brazil; Minas Gerais, Governador Valadares. HT F (DEFS). Distr.- Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais), Argentina (Corrientes: Estación Biológica Corrientesa (EBCo), 27°32'51.8''S, 58°40'47.4''W, 55 m). Refs.: Ronderos et al., 2017b: 58.
Male adult: The only species of Pellucidomyia with femora and tibiae dark brown except basal 1/2 of hind femur slightly paler; base of midtibia and proximal 3/4 of hind tibia with pale band; and parameres fused with a bulbous apex. Female adult: the only species of Pellucidomyia with femora and tibiae dark brown except bases of tibiae with a narrow pale band (best developed on hind leg). Pupa: the only species of Pellucidomyia with setae of cephalothorax and abdomen branched and tergite 1 without sensillum D-9-I. Female pupa (Figs. 1–7 and 21–23). Exuviae brown.
Male adult: The only species of Pellucidomyia with femora and tibiae dark brown except basal 1/2 of hind femur slightly paler; base of midtibia and proximal 3/4 of hind tibia with pale band; and parameres fused with a bulbous apex. Female adult: the only species of Pellucidomyia with femora and tibiae dark brown except bases of tibiae with a narrow pale band (best developed on hind leg). Pupa: the only species of Pellucidomyia with setae of cephalothorax and abdomen branched and tergite 1 without sensillum D-9-I. Female pupa (Figs. 1–7 and 21–23). Exuviae brown.
- LANE, J. 1946b. Duas espécies novas de Ceratopogonídeos Brasileiros (Diptera Ceratopogonidae (Heleidae)). Livro de Homenagem a R.F. d’Almeida. 22: 219–225.:219-225.
- RONDEROS, M. M., P. I. MARINO & F. DIAZ. 2017. First description of the pupa and male of the Neotropical predatory midge Pellucidomyia oliveirai (Lane) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 53: 57-65:57-65.
