Comprehensive Description
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Ptilomyia parva (Williston)
Hydrellia parva Williston, 1896:399.
Ptilomyia enigma Coquillett, 1900a:262.—Wirth, 1968:4 [synonymy].
Ptilomyia parva.—Wirth, 1968:4 [generic combination, Neotropical catalog].—Mathis and Edmiston. 1991:823–824 [discussion].
SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—BELIZE. Belize District: Turneffe Islands: Calabash Cays (17°17′N, 87°48′W), Mar 1993, W.N. Mathis (16, 14). Stann Creek District: Man of War Cay, Nov 1987, W.N. and D. Mathis (3, 3); Stewart Cay, Mar 1988, W.N. Mathis (1); Twin Cays (Aanderaa Flats), Mar 1988, W.N. Mathis (1); Wee Wee Cay, Nov 1987, Mar 1988, W.N. and D. Mathis (14, 25). Glover's Reef (Northwest Cay), Jul 1989, W.N. Mathis (1, 2).
DISTRIBUTION.—Nearctic: USA (AK, FL, GA, MO, NM, OH, SC, TX, VA). Neotropical: Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, West Indies (Grenada, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent).
DIAGNOSIS.—This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: lack of a well-developed, presutural, dorsocentral seta; mostly hyaline wing (lacking transverse bands but with crossvein dm-cu infuscate); sparsely microtomentose mesonotum and abdomen, which are dark brown and subshiny; and larger dorsocentral and acrostichal setae at the sutural level.
- citation bibliographique
- Mathis, Wayne Neilsen. 1997. "Shore Flies of the Belizean Cays (Diptera: Ephydridae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-77. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.592
