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Published December 14, 2018 | Version v1
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Sargus fulvithorax Fachin & Hauser 2018, comb. nov.

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.

Notes

Published as part of Fachin, Diego Aguilar & Hauser, Martin, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Himantigera James, 1982 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae), including the description of two new species and a key to the known species, pp. 451-498 in Zootaxa 4531 (4) on pages 495-496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2614794

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Additional details

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.