Wendt Lisiane Dilli, GonÇalves Eduardo Gomes, Maia Artur Campos dÁlia
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Zootaxa. 2018 Jan 7;4369(4):587-599. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.4.8.
A new species of the genus Beebeomyia Curran found in the northern coastal region of the state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil is described and illustrated, including characteristics of the male and female terminalia, third instar larva and puparium. This new species is only the second record for the genus in Brazil and broadens its occurrence to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion. Beebeomyia taccarivora sp. nov. is straightforwardly distinguishable from all other known species of Beebeomyia for exhibiting an entirely yellowish orange thorax with a central brown-colored stripe on the scutum, and a brownish orange abdomen with a central brown stripe on tergites 1-4. Similarly to what had been previously described for congenerics, female B. taccarivora flies exclusively use the inflorescences of their host plant, Taccarum ulei, as oviposition and brooding sites. Developing larvae feed on living floral tissue and pollen, and pupariation occurs within the inner surface of the spathe.
描述并说明了在巴西东北部伯南布哥州北部沿海地区发现的库氏蜂蝇属（Beebeomyia Curran）的一个新物种，包括雄性和雌性尾器、三龄幼虫和蛹壳的特征。这个新物种是该属在巴西的第二个记录，并将其分布范围扩大到了大西洋森林生态区。新物种塔卡里沃拉蜂蝇（Beebeomyia taccarivora sp. nov.）与所有其他已知的库氏蜂蝇物种明显不同，其胸部完全呈橙黄色，盾片上有一条中央褐色条纹，腹部呈橙褐色，第1至4节背板上有一条中央褐色条纹。与之前对同属物种的描述相似，雌性塔卡里沃拉蜂蝇仅将其寄主植物乌氏塔卡棕（Taccarum ulei）的花序用作产卵和育雏场所。发育中的幼虫以活的花组织和花粉为食，化蛹发生在佛焰苞的内表面。
