FRUIT FLIES OF GENUS TOMOPLAGIA — ACZEL 



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Ovipositor sheath entirely shining reddish yellow, sparsely covered 

 with appressed fine black hairs, slightly flattened dorsoventrally and 

 with lateral edges; shorter (0.54 mm.) than basally wide (0.73 mm.) 

 and almost as long as wide at base (0.57 mm. in profile); at tip 0.34 

 mm. wide. Membranous median part (rasper) and strongly chitin- 

 ized apical part testaceous yellow, the latter translucent and shining. 



Types: Holotype 9 (in Dep. Zool. Sao Paulo), Brazil, Sao Paulo, 

 Itanhaem, November 1948, E. Rabello. 



Figure 98. — Tomoplagia argentiniensis: a. Dorsal thoracic markings; b, dorsal view of 

 epandrium; c, right maxillary palpus, inferior surface; d, lateral view of head. 7". costali- 

 mai: e, Left maxillary palpus, inferior surface;/, lateral view of head; g, lateral view of 

 ovipositor tip; h, dorsal view of ovipositor tip; i, dorsal view of epandrium. T. fiebrigi: 

 j, Left maxillary palpus, superior surface; k, dorsal view of epandrium. /, Lateral view of 

 head; m, lateral view of epandrium; n, lateral view of ovipositor tip; o, dorsal view of 

 ovipositor tip. T. formosa: p, Left maxillary palpus, superior surface; q, lateral view of 

 ovipositor tip; r, lateral view of head; s, dorsal view of ovipositor tip. 



