Kelloggina shannoni Lane & d’Andretta, 1956

Gil-Azevedo, Leonardo Henrique & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2021, An illustrated catalogue of the types of Blephariceridae (Diptera) in the collection of Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-19 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.61
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7173788
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scientific name	Kelloggina shannoni Lane & d’Andretta, 1956
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Kelloggina shannoni Lane & d’Andretta, 1956 View in CoL ( Fig. 9 View Figure 9 )

Lane & d’Andretta (1956: 195, fig. 12). Hogue (1971: 6).

Types in MZSP: HOLOTYPE ( Fig.9 View Figure 9 ): 1 ♂ (# MZ 006165)from Brazil,RJ, Itatiaia , Cachoeira Simões, 1,150 m a.s.l., II/1941, Raymond C. Shannon coll. PARATYPES: 1♀ ( allotype) from Brazil, RJ, Itatiaia , Cachoeira Bonita, 2,100 m a.s.l., II/1941 ; 6 ♂ from Brazil, RJ, Itatiaia , Cachoeira Simões, 1,150 m, II/1941, Raymond C. Shannon coll ; 1 ♂ from Brazil, SP, Salesópolis , Boracéia ( EstaÇão Biológica), 1948 .

Diagnosis: Male ( Fig. 9 View Figure 9 ): General coloration yellow. Head: Front and clypeus dark brown. Eyes broadly contiguous and united above; upper portion quite larger than the lower one. Antenna with 14 segments, scape and pedicel brown, flagellum black. Proboscis slightly longer than head. Palpus with four black segments. Thorax: Pronotum dark brown. Scutum yellow, with 1+1 antero-lateral dark brown spots continuous to the pronotum. Scutellum yellow. Pleura dark brown with large yellow marks. Legs: Coxae dark brown, trochanters yellow, femora and tibiae yellow at base and darker apically, tarsi dark brown.Hind tibia with two spurs.Hind last tarsal segment with a bristly basal enlargement. Wing hyaline,with costal cell yellowish.Vein m-m present and complete.

Distribution: BRAZIL: RJ (Itatiaia), SP (Salesópolis, Santo Antônio do Pinhal).

Remarks: Lane & d’Andretta (1956) listed an additional 17 ♂ and 2 ♀ paratypes. Five male and one female paratypes were lost during the MNRJ fire. The other 12 ♂ and 1 ♀ were not examined. Lane & d’Andretta (1956) cited paratypes from: “Campos do Jordão, Eugênio Lefévre ( 1,200 m. alt.), ii.1953 (Travassos, col.)”, but Eugênio Lefevre train station belongs to the Santo Antônio do Pinhal municipality and not to Campos do Jordão municipality.