Abstract
Sciomyzidae (Diptera) has been recorded in several countries of South America, but few species have been found in Uruguay. We report the first record of Sepedonea lindneri (Hendel, 1932) and Protodictya lilloana Steyskal, 1953 (Diptera, Sciomyzidae) from Uruguay. The specimens were collected in rice crops and in adjacent native vegetation with sweep net and vacuum sampler from December to March (2012–2015) in the Eastern region of the country. Photos of collection areas, habitus of adults and distribution map of the species are provided.
Highlights
The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) are commonly known as marsh flies or snail-killing flies
We report the first record of Sepedonea lindneri (Hendel, 1932) and Protodictya lilloana Steyskal, 1953 (Diptera, Sciomyzidae) from Uruguay
We report Sepedonea lindneri (Hendel, 1932) and
Summary
The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) are commonly known as marsh flies or snail-killing flies. They are the only family formed almost exclusively by obligate killers of mollusks (Marinoni and Knutson 2010, Chapman et al 2012). Within the Diptera, Sciomyzidae is the family of greatest relevance as biocontrol agent of gastropods (Gormally 1988, Maharaj et al 1992, Barker et al 2004, Marinoni and Knutson 2010, Kirst et al 2015). Species of this family are small to moderately large and range from 1.8 to 11.5 mm in length. Sciomyzid flies are recognized by the absence of oral vibrissae, postocellar setae parallel or slightly diverging, costa entire, subcostal complete, one or more tibia with preapical setae (Barker et al 2004)
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