Morellia ( Trichomorellia ) trichops ( Malloch, 1923 )

Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, Olea, Maria Sofia & Mariluis, Juan Carlos, 2013, Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species, Zootaxa 3702 (4), pp. 301-347 : 313-314

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scientific name	Morellia ( Trichomorellia ) trichops ( Malloch, 1923 )
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Morellia ( Trichomorellia) trichops ( Malloch, 1923) View in CoL

( Figs. 4 View FIGURES 4 – 5 , 33 View FIGURES 33 – 37 )

Type material examined. Paratype, male, pinned, “Huaquinia [print.] / 20/7 [handwr.] Peru [print.]” on white paper; “Yale Peru / Exp. 1911” handwr. on white paper; “ Paratype N° [print.] / 27031 [handwr.] / U.S. N.M. [print.]” on red paper; “♂” print. on white paper; “M.N.R.J [print.] / 1350 [handwr.]” on white paper, black frame ( MNRJ).

Other material examined. ARGENTINA : BUENOS AIRES: 1 female, Buenos Aires, XI-1975, Mariluis leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Burzaco, 23-IX-2005, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Magdalena, Estancia Carretero, on Schinus sp., 20-IX-1998, Basilio leg. ( FAUBA); 2 females, Magdalena, Estancia Carretero, XI-1999, Basilio leg. ( FAUBA); 1 male, Magdalena, Estancia Carretero, on Colletia spinosissima , 20-VIII-1999, Medan leg. ( FAUBA); 1 male, Magdalena, Estancia Carretero, on Colletia spinosissima , 20-VIII-1999, Basilio leg. ( FAUBA); 3 females, 2 males, Magdalena, Estancia Carretero, on Scutia buxifolia , 30-XI-2000, Torretta leg. ( FAUBA); 1 male, Ministro Rivadavia, IV-2006, Mulieri leg. ( MACN); 1 male, Sierra de los Padres, Laguna La Brava, XI-2007, Patitucci leg. ( MACN); 1 female, 2 males, Villa Laguna La Brava, 37° 51' 45.78" S, 57° 58' 22.26" W, 25-III-2011, Mulieri & Patitucci leg. ( MACN). CÓRDOBA: 2 females, 1 male, Copina, II-1975, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). ENTRE RÍOS: 2 females, 3 males, Delta, 23-XII-1951, Schults leg. ( ANLIS). RÍO NEGRO: 1 female, Choele-Choel, 18-I-1977, Mariluis leg. ( MACN). SAN LUIS: 2 males, Merlo, II-2007, Mulieri leg. ( MACN). SALTA: 1 male, San Lorenzo, 20-I-1949, Aczél leg. ( IFML); 1 female, 1 male, Cerrillos, 24º53'40'S–65º28'16'W, 1240 m.a.s.l., 12-VII-2003, 1 female, 01-V-2007, 1 female, 1 male, 02-V-2007, 1 male, 04-V-2007, 1 female, 20-V-2007, 1 female, 24-V-2007, 1 female, 1 male, 31-X-2007, Allon leg. ( MACN). TUCUMÁN: 1 female, Siambon, 21-X-1945, Wittine leg. ( IFML); 1 female, 1 male, V. Padre Monti-Burruyacu, 17-I–7-II-1948, Golbach leg. ( IFML).

Distribution in Argentina ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 33 – 37 ): Buenos Aires (new record); Córdoba (new record); Entre Ríos (new record); Jujuy; Mendoza; Río Negro (new record); Salta (new record); San Luis (new record); Tucumán. References for Argentina . Karl (1935); Pamplona (1983); Shannon & Del Ponte (1926).

Remarks. Morellia ( T.) trichops was described by Malloch (1923), and later redescribed by Pamplona (1983). Biology. Adult habits are unknown. In this work several adult specimens were collected on vegetation ( Schinus L. sp., Colletia spinosissima Gmel. , Scutia Brongn. sp.) and over decaying meat.