A REVISION OF THE NEW WORLD AND PACIFIC PHTHITIA ENDERLEIN (DIPTERA; SPHAEROCERIDAE; LIMOSININAE), INCLUDING KIMOSINA ROHÁčEK, NEW SYNONYM AND AUBERTINIA RICHARDS, NEW SYNONYM

Abstract

The non-Palaearctic species of the genus Phthitia Enderlein are revised, including descriptions of 30 species, of which 19 are described as new by the first author: P . antillensis , P . bicalyx , P . cercipilus , P . mulroneyi , P . digiseta , P . digistylus , P . lineasterna , P . lobocercus , P . luteocercus , P . luteofrons , P . megocula , P . merida , P . nigrifacies , P . notthomasi , P . obunca , P . occimosa , P . ovicercus , P . quadricercus , and P . spinicalyx . The genera Kimosina Rohacek and Aubertinia Richards are newly placed in synonymy with Phthitia , and the following new combinations are given for species previously in Kimosina : Phthitia chilenica (Duda), P . antipoda (Rohacek), P . rennelli (Harrison), P . thomasi (Harrison), P . empirica (Hutton), P . levigena (Spuler), P . plumosula (Rondani), P . spinosa (Collin), P . pappi (Rohacek), P . glabrescens (Villeneuve), P . ciliata (Duda), P . longisetosa (Dahl), P . sicana (Munari), P . soikai (Munari), and Archicollinella dolichoptera (Richards). Phthitia sanctaehelenae (Richards) is given as a new combination for Aubertinia sanctaehelenae Richards. Limosina phycophila Richards is a new junior synonym of Archicollinella caerulea (Duda). A key, illustrations, descriptions of adults, distribution maps, and a phylogeny are provided for all New World and Pacific species. The puparium of P . empirica is described. A lectotype is designated for P . chilenica .