Check-list of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Check-list de Tachinidae (Diptera) do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Abstract

In the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, which is composed by four macroregions, Cerrado, Chaco, Atlantic Forest and Pantanal, there are 39 species and 24 genera of Tachinidae based on the literature. The subfamily Tachininae, with 15 species occurring in the State, has the highest representativeness, while the other subfamilies, Exoristinae, Phasiinae, and Dexiinae, with respectively 14, 7 and 3 species.

Keywords
Brazil; diversity; Neotropical region; Biota-MS Program

Resumo

No estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, que é composto por quatro macrorregiões, Cerrado, Chaco, Mata Atlântica e Pantanal, foram encontrados 39 espécies e 24 gêneros de Tachinidae, baseado na literatura. A subfamília Tachininae, com 15 espécies ocorrendo no estado, teve maior representatividade, enquanto as outras subfamílias, Exoristinae, Phasiinae e Dexiinae, obtiveram respectivamente 14, 7 e 3 espécies.

Palavras-chave
Brasil; diversidade; região Neotropical; Programa Biota-MS

Tachinidae is one of the largest families of Diptera, with about 10,000 species worldwide distributed, inhabiting all regions except for Antarctic ( Stireman et al., 2006). The Neotropical region presents the highest diversity with 2,864 species ( Guimarães, 1971). This number is certainly down-estimated and after 40 years the number of species should be over the order of 3,000. In Brazil, about 720 species has been considered ( Carvalho et al., 2012, following Guimarães, 1971). The actual size of the family is probably much larger because some regions (Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian) contain a large number of undescribed species ( O’Hara, 2011). Add to that the out-of-date catalogues and the reduced number of experts in those regions and we could get much higher numbers into the actual account.

The family exhibits a huge diversity of morphological patterns, although there is a characteristic shared by all its species (whose larval development are known), the endoparasitoid habit on arthropods, mainly insects ( Stireman, 2006; Wood & Zumbado, 2010). As parasitoids, they have great importance regulating herbivorous populations and structuring ecological communities naturally. Over 100 tachinid species have been employed in the biological control of several insects in different continents ( Stireman et al., 2006).

We provide in this paper a check-list of the species of Tachinidae occurring in Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. All the four subfamilies of Tachinidae, Dexiinae, Exoristinae, Phasiinae and Tachininae ( O’Hara & Wood, 2004), are represented in the Brazilian fauna and in the state.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The Neotropical genera and species covered in our bibliographical review were mainly based on the catalogue of Guimarães (1971) and the world genera check-list of O’Hara (2011). The searching databases used for the bibliographical review were the Zoological Records ( http://apps.webofknowledge.com), Web of Knowledge ( http://apps.webofknowledge.com), and Google Scholar ( http://scholar.google.com). To check the taxonomic validity of each name, we also consulted the Systema Dipterorum ( http://www.diptera.org/NomenclatorSearch.php). Subfamily and tribe arrangements were based mainly on Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993) and O’Hara & Wood (2004). In our search, we only considered data from published articles, without considering neither Master dissertations and PhD theses, nor specimens’ labels from collections.

RESULTS

Check-list of the species of Mato Grosso do Sul State. We found 39 species and 24 genera of Tachinidae recorded to the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, belonging to the following subfamilies: Phasiinae (7 species), Dexiinae (3 species), Tachininae (15 species) and Exoristinae (14 species).

PHASIINAE

CYLINDROMYIINI

Cylindromyia atra (Roeder, 1885)

Type-locality: “Puerto Rico”. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju and Três Lagoas ( Guimarães, 1976).

Cylindromyia brasiliana (Townsend, 1927)

Type-locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Itaquecetuba. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Três Lagoas ( Guimarães, 1976).

PARERIGONINI

Neobrachelia grandis ( Townsend, 1940)

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Maracaju. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Townsend, 1940).

Neobrachelia mirabilis ( Townsend, 1940)

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Maracaju. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Townsend, 1940).

PHASIINI

Phasia chilensis (Macquart, 1851)

Type-locality: “Chile”. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Sun & Marshall, 2003).

Phasia transita ( Townsend, 1939)

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Maracaju. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Townsend, 1939).

TRICHOPODINI

Trichopoda giacomellii Blanchard, 1966

Type-locality: Argentina, La Rioja. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: ( Corrêa-Ferreira et al., 2008).

DEXIINAE

DEXIINI

Billaea argentaurea ( Townsend, 1939)

Type-locality: Mato Grosso , Maracaju. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Guimarães, 1977).

Billaea claripalpis (Wulp, 1896)

Type-locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Chilpancingo. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Três Lagoas , Maracaju and Bodoquena ; Miranda ( Guimarães, 1977).

Billaea shannoni ( Guimarães, 1977)

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Maracaju ( Guimarães, 1977). Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju (Guimarães, 1977).

TACHININAE

GERMARIINI

Trochilochaeta transcendens Townsend, 1940

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Maracaju ( Townsend, 1940). Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Townsend, 1940).

LESKIINI

Genea australis (Townsend, 1929)

Type-locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Itaquaquecetuba. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Três Lagoas ( Guimarães, 1975; Nunez & Couri, 2011).

Genea jaynesi (Aldrich, 1932)

Type-locality: Argentina, Tucuman. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Nunez & Couri, 2011).

ORMIINI

Ormia depleta (Wiedemann, 1830)

Type-locality: “Brazil”. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Sabrosky, 1953).

POLIDEINI

Chrysotachina braueri Townsend, 1931

Type-locality: “Brazil”. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Nunez et al., 2002).

Chrysotachina panamensis Curran, 1939

Type-locality: Panama, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju and Corumbá ( Nunez et al., 2002).

Chrysotachina tropicalis Nunez, Couri & Guimarães, 2002

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Maracaju. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Nunez et al., 2002).

TACHININI

Archytas arnaudi Guimarães, 1963

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Fazenda Murtinho . Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Porto Murtinho ( Guimarães, 1963b).

Archytas divisus (Walker, 1852)

Type-locality: Brazil, Pará. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Bodoquena ( Guimarães, 1961).

Archytas lopesi Guimarães, 1961

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Bodoquena. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Bodoquena ( Guimarães, 1961).

Archytas shannoni Guimarães, 1960

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Maracaju. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Guimarães, 1960).

Archytas thompsoni Guimarães, 1973

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Corumbá, Porto Esperança. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá and Porto Esperança ( Guimarães, 1973).

Adejeania andina Townsend, 1939

Type-locality: Peru, Ollachea, Canyon of San Gabán River. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Guimarães, 1966).

Copecrypta nitens (Wiedemann, 1830)

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada . Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Guimarães, 1963a).

Neocuphocera nepos Townsend, 1927

Type-locality: Brazil, São Paulo, (Itaquaquecetuba). Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Bodoquena ( Guimarães, 1963a).

EXORISTINAE

BLONDELIINI

Calodexia mattoensis ( Townsend, 1939)

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Maracaju. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Townsend, 1939).

Eucelatoria aurescens Townsend, 1917

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada (dos Guimarães) and Corumbá. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá ( Townsend, 1917).

Miamimyiops mattoensis Townsend, 1939

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Maracaju ( Townsend, 1939). Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Townsend, 1939).

Phyllophilopsisanomala ( Townsend, 1939)

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Maracaju. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Townsend, 1939).

Phyllophilopsis caudata (Townsend, 1927)

Type-locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Itaquaquecetuba. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Townsend, 1939).

ERYCIINI

Lespesia brasiliensis ( Townsend, 1917)

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso , Corumbá. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá ( Townsend, 1917).

GONIINI

Atacta argentifrons Aldrich, 1925

Type-locality: Brazil. Mato Grosso , Corumbá. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá ( Aldrich, 1925).

Leschenaultia bigoti Toma & Guimarães, 2002

Type-locality: Peru, Huanuco, Tingo Maria. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Toma & Guimarães, 2002).

Leschenaultia braueri Toma & Guimarães, 2002

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada . Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Maracaju ( Toma & Guimarães, 2002).

Leschenaultialeucophrys Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Type-locality: “Surinam”. . Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá and Maracaju ( Toma & Guimarães, 2002).

Thysanopsis albicauda Townsend, 1917

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Chapada . Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Miranda and Três Lagoas ( Toma, 2001).

WINTHEMIINI

Avibrissosturmia avida Townsend, 1927

Type-locality: Peru, nr. Tabalosas. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Bodoquena ( Guimarães, 1983).

Hemisturmia brasiliensis Guimarães, 1983

Type-locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Três Lagoas ( Guimarães, 1983).

Winthemia angusta Coelho, Carvalho & Guimarães, 1989

Type-locality: Brazil, Paraná, Foz do Iguaçu. Distribution in Mato Grosso do Sul: Três Lagoas ( Coelho et al.,1989).

Main research groups on Tachinidae in Brazil. The information below was mainly based on the Directory of South American Dipterists ( http://zoo.bio.ufpr.br/diptera/south/index.html).

Dr. Silvio Shigueo Nihei coordinates the Laboratory of Systematics and Biogeography of Diptera, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo. Main interests in Diptera: Tachinidae, Rhinophoridae, Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Muscidae, and Anthomyiidae.

Dr. Ronaldo Toma is currently professor at the University of Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela, but he had successfully applied for a position at the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Campo Grande, and will soon assume that new position and come back to Brazil. Main interests in Diptera: Tachinidae and Calliphoridae.

Dr. Enio Nunez at the University Severino Sombra, Vassouras, Brazil. Main interest in Diptera: Tachinidae.

Dr. Claudio José Barros de Carvalho at the Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba. Main interests in Diptera: Muscidae, Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Calliphoridae, and Tachinidae.

Main Tachinidae holdings in Brazil. The largest Tachinidae collection in Brazil is at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo (MZSP), with 32,554 pinned adult specimens ( Carvalho et al., 2002). It has 847 type-specimens, representing 263 nominal species of Tachinidae ( Toma & Nihei, 2006). Other important Tachinidae collections are housed at the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ) with 9,397 specimens; Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belém, Pará (MPEG) with 4,990 specimens; Coleção de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure, Curitiba, Paraná (DZUP) with 4,871 specimens; and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Amazônicas, Manaus, Amazonas (INPA), with 3,849 specimens ( Carvalho et al., 2002).

Main knowledge gaps in the study of Brazilian Tachinidae. If anyone asks for one real example of taxonomic impediment we would say quickly and without thinking: “the Neotropical Tachinidae”. There are many reasons supporting our statement. We do not have a number of experts publishing on Brazilian (and Neotropical) Tachinidae, we do not have identification keys to tribes or genera, we do not have up-to-date catalogues, and we do not have a sufficient number of research groups working on Brazilian (and Neotropical) Tachinidae. According to the Neotropical catalogue ( Guimarães, 1971), there are 2,864 species in 944 genera in the region. Most of these genera are monotypic, and the vast majority of them was described by Charles H. T. Townsend. During a 61-year period (1884 to 1944) of intense and prolific activity, he was able to describe 1,491 genera and 1,555 species in Diptera ( Arnaud, 1958), most of them in the family Tachinidae, Townsend’s favorite group, and most of them in the Neotropical region, his home in the last decades of his life. This all means that revising tribes or genera is the same as revising all the species of those groupings.

On the other hand, José Henrique Guimarães, between the 1960s and 1980, instead of describing more and more species and genera, spent his time mainly on revisionary works of Tachinidae grouping (tribes and large genera). He was not able to produce a generic key to the Neotropical Tachinidae, but his studies reflected a great contribution for the understanding of a number of tribes ( e.g., Tachinini, Sophiini, Winthemiini, Cylindromyiini) and genera ( e.g., Archytas, Adejeania, Peleteria, Lespesia, Billaea).

Eventually, some efforts have come from non-Brazilian authors: Charles H. Curran, John M. Aldrich, Reinhard, Curtis W. Sabrosky, and more recently, James O’Hara and D. Monty Wood. However, as they were or have been occupied with his own regional tachinid fauna, these foreign efforts added to the homemade ones, have not been enough to describe the Brazilian (and Neotropical) Tachinidae and to order its generic and suprageneric classification. The major concern here is that we should urgently train a number of young experts in Tachinidae in Brazil. It is NOT a matter of time to have a good and useful identification key and to have an up-to-date catalogue to Neotropical Tachinidae, it is indeed a matter of the number of local experts studying and publishing on Tachinidae.

Systematics of Tachinidae: a ten-year perspective. In the past 10 years, the number of postgraduate students in Brazil working on systematics of Tachinidae in their Master or PhD was only one, Enio Nunez finished his PhD in 2005 supervised by Marcia Couri, a muscoid expert at the Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), and co-supervised by José Henrique Guimarães. Some years before, in 1999, Ronaldo Toma completed his PhD directly supervised by Guimarães and co-supervised by Claudio Carvalho at Universidade Federal do Paraná (Curitiba), and then he conducted his postdoc research with Guimarães in 1999 in São Paulo. Enio and Ronaldo were the last two researchers (among a total of three) who worked under the supervision of Guimarães on systematics of Tachinidae.

For the next 10 years, the perspectives are much better. In São Paulo, Silvio Nihei has been conducting active research on systematics of Tachinidae and is now supervising two PhDs and three Masters on the family. The planning is that in the next decade we have at least five or six young systematists working on the Neotropical Tachinidae. In fact, this is not much (with regard to the high diversity of Tachinidae in the region) but it is a better scenario than we have now. In Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba, Marcia Couri and Claudio Carvalho, respectively, have traditionally trained and formed young systematists in a number of families, mainly on Muscoidea, but also on Oestroidea, including Tachinidae. With the addition of these new young systematists, the efforts to elaborate reasonable and useful identification keys to the Neotropical genera and species will be multiplied, some of the more complicate tribes and genera could be finally studied and understood, and, therefore, the study of Neotropical groupings could finally, and actually, contribute to a better resolution in the classification of the world Tachinidae.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino, Ciências e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul (Fundect) and Superintendência de Ciências e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul (Sucitec/MS) for the invitation to participate in this special issue of Iheringia, Série Zoologia and financial support for publication; research grants from CNPq (Proc. No. 563256/2010-9) and FAPESP (FAPESP) (Proc. No. 2010/52314-0), and the scholarships for ACL (CNPq Proc. No. 141033/2012-6), RVPD (CNPq Proc. No. 130204/2012-9) and FMG (CNPq Proc. No. 134257/2012-0).

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  2017

History

• Received
  21 Nov 2016
• Accepted
  06 Feb 2017