Abstract
The male of Cyphomyiactia costai Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991 is described and illustrated for the first time. New records are provided from the states of Bahia, Maranhão and Mato Grosso, Brazil. The holotype is illustrated, as well as structures of male and female terminalia.
Highlights
Artigas, Papavero & Serra (1991) proposed the genus Cyphomyiactia to include an undescribed Brazilian species, Cyphomyiactia costai Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991, because of its singular morphology
New records are provided from the states of Bahia, Maranhão and Mato Grosso, Brazil
Cyphomyiactia costai possesses a relatively wide face and an evenly convex, first flagellomere prolonged into a filiform process; the abdomen is very wide; short, and cup-shaped
Summary
Artigas, Papavero & Serra (1991) proposed the genus Cyphomyiactia to include an undescribed Brazilian species, Cyphomyiactia costai Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991, because of its singular morphology. The male of Cyphomyiactia costai Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991 is described and illustrated for the first time. The generic description was based on a single female specimen collected in Goiás state. Due to the overall coloration, the body being blackish with blue reflections and with a golden tomentose occiput, these robber-flies resemble stratiomyids of the genus Cyphomyia Wiedemann (Artigas, Papavero & Serra, 1991).
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