Taxonomic notes on Borgmeiermyia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae) with the first host record for the genus

By

Nihei, Silvio
Toma, Ronaldo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

42

Pages

101-110

Subjects

host record , multifissicorn antenna , Neotropical region , Phylloptera , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.42.190

 

Abstract

Borgmeiermyia Townsend, 1935 is a small Neotropical genus of Tachinidae (Diptera) with four described species. Brief descriptions are given to the previously unknown females of B. brasiliana Townsend, 1935 and B. paraguayana Sehnal, 1998, and the male of B. peruana Arnaud, 1963. An identification key to the four known species is given, as well as comments on characters with intraspecific variation. Change of depository of the holotype of B. brasiliana from one institution to another is discussed and its current location is given. Also, the first host is recorded for the genus with the occurrence of B. paraguayana parasitizing Phylloptera aff. ovalifolia Burmeister, 1839 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae).