Sargus fulvithorax Fachin & Hauser 2018, comb. nov.
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Description
Sargus fulvithorax (Bigot, 1879) comb. nov.
Chrysonotus fulvithorax Bigot, 1879: 228. Type locality: Brazil, “Amazonia”. Syntype ♀ [unknown depositary institution].
Geographic distribution. Brazil (“Amazonia”).
Comments. As the female type is currently lost, our recombination is based only on the original description of Bigot (1879), who mostly described coloration. The species is mostly yellow, except the vertex and upper frons that are dark metallic blue, the wings are grey, and the abdominal fourth and fifth segments are dark brown with metallic purple reflections. The abdomen was described by Bigot (1879) as being metallic purple with three transverse triangular yellow maculae at the base (probably the first segment). It is likely that this species is closely related to S. analis and S. flavoniger, or possibly even related to S. dichrous because of its metallic abdomen. As this description appears to most reliably place the species in Sargus, it will be transferred there until further material is available, but this color pattern clearly excludes it from Himantigera.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Stratiomyidae
- Genus
- Sargus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Fachin & Hauser
- Species
- fulvithorax
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sargus fulvithorax (Bigot, 1879) sec. Fachin & Hauser, 2018
References
- Bigot, J. M. F. (1879) Dipteres nouveaux ou peu connus. 11 e partie. XVI. Curiae Xylophagidarum et Stratiomydarum (Bigot) [part]. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Cinquieme Serie, 9, 183 - 208.