Muscidae

Muscidae

sociabilis [Bithoracochaeta] . Blanchard, 1937: 41 –43. Argentina, Misiones, Loreto.

LECTOTYPE: male, glued on card, and legs, wing & genitalia on plastic cards pinned with the specimen; “Loreto / 26/XII/1935 / Ogloblin” handwritten on white paper, black frame; “S/ guavita / Eugenia / sp.” handwritten on white paper, black frame; “ Bithoracochaeta / sociabilis / Blnchd. [handwritten] / det. E.E. Blanchard [printed]” on white paper, black frame; “251” handwritten with blue ink, on white paper, black frame; “ Holotypus [printed] / ♂ [handwritten]” on red paper; “ Lectotype / Bithoracochaeta sociabilis / Blanchard 1937 / L. D. Patitucci det. 2012” printed on red paper. PARALECTOTYPES: One female glued on card, “Est. Exp. Loreto / 193 [printed] 5-12-26 [handwritten] / Dr. A. Ogloblin [printed]” on white paper; “S/ guavita / (Eugenia sp.)” handwritten on white paper, black frame; “ Bithoracochaeta / sociabilis / Blnchd. [handwritten] / det. E.E. Blanchard [printed]” on white paper, black frame; “250” handwritten with blue ink, on white paper, black frame; “ Paratypus [printed] / ♀ [handwritten]” on red paper; “ Paralectotype / Bithoracochaeta sociabilis / Blanchard 1937 / L. D. Patitucci det. 2012” printed on red paper. One male, in good condition, glued on card, “S/ guavita / Eugenia / sp.” handwritten on white paper, black frame; “Loreto / 26/XII/35 / Ogloblin” handwritten on white paper, black frame; “253” handwritten with blue ink, on white paper, black frame; “ Paratypus [printed] / ♂ [handwritten]” on red paper; “ Paralectotype / Bithoracochaeta sociabilis / Blanchard 1937 / L. D. Patitucci det. 2012” printed on red paper. One female, glued on card, legs on plastic cards pinned with the specimen; “S/ guavita / Eugenia / sp.” handwritten on white paper, black frame; “Loreto / 26/XII/35 / Ogloblin” handwritten on white paper, black frame; “252” handwritten with blue ink, on white paper, black frame; “ Paratypus [printed] / ♀ [handwritten]” on red paper; “ Paralectotype / Bithoracochaeta sociabilis / Blanchard 1937 / L. D. Patitucci det. 2012” printed on red paper.

Note. Bithoracochaeta sociabilis was described on an unspecified number of males and females collected from Loreto, Misiones province, and from Chaco province, Argentina. The lectotype and paralectotypes were designated and synonymized with Atherigona orientalis Schiner by Patitucci et al. (2012).