Observations on Camposella insignata (Diptera: Acroceridae) from the Tropical Andes of Ecuador

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Figure 1. Collection site of C. insignata ZSFQ-i5155 specimen on a road crossing a secondary forest near the town of Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador (a). Picture of the hilly landscape of the zone (b). Photo credits: GMRC, taken on 21 October 2017

Figure 2. Photographs of the C. insignata ZSFQ-i5155 specimen. Lateral (a), frontal (b), and dorsal (c). Scale bar: 1 mm. Photo credits: AGTR

Figure 3. Photographs of the C. insignata ZSFQ-i5155 specimen. Wing (a) and head in lateral view showing the antenna (b). Scale bar: 1 mm. Abbreviations: A₁, first branch of anal vein; bm, basal medial cell; br, basal radial cell; Cup, posterior cubital cell; d, discal cell; M₁, first branch of medial vein; M₂, second branch of medial vein; m-cu, medial cubital crossvein; m₃, third medial cell; R₁, anterior branch of radius; R₂₊₃, second branch of radius; R₄, upper branch of third branch of radius; R₅, lower branch of third branch of radius; r₄₊₅, r₄₊₅ cell; r-m, radial-medial crossvein; 2 r-m, second radial-medial crossvein; Sc, subcostal vein. Photo credits: AGTR

Table 1. Mygalomorph spider species found on the Andean slopes of northwestern Ecuador, where C. insignata inhabits, and that might serve as hosts for Panopinae spider flies

Species	Family	Record localities	Province	Source
Idiophthalma ecuadoriensis	Barychelidae	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	[44]
Ischnothele caudata	Ischnothelidae	Pichincha volcano slopes	Pichincha	[45]
Linothele longicauda	Dipluridae	Andean slopes near Quito	Pichincha	[46]
L. pukachumpi	Dipluridae	Reserva Otonga	Cotopaxi	[47]
L. quori	Dipluridae	La Florida, Alluriquín, San Francisco de las Pampas	Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Cotopaxi	[47]
L. tsachilas	Dipluridae	La Florida, Alluriquín	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	[47]
L. yanachanka	Dipluridae	San Francisco de las Pampas	Cotopaxi	[47]
L. zaia	Dipluridae	La Florida, Alluriquín	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	[47]
Linothele spp.	Dipluridae	Mindo	Pichincha	Unidentified species recorded by authors
Masteria lasdamas	Dipluridae	Reserva Otonga	Cotopaxi	[48]
M. otongachi	Dipluridae	Reserva Otongachi, Reserva Otonga	Cotopaxi	[48]
Neischnocolus spp.	Theraphosidae	Mindo	Pichincha	Unidentified species recorded by authors
Pamphobeteus augusti	Theraphosidae	Los Puentes	Pichincha	[49]
P. vespertinus	Theraphosidae	Los Puentes	Pichincha	[49]
Pamphobeteus spp.	Theraphosidae	Mindo	Pichincha	Unidentified species recorded by authors
Paratropis elicioi	Paratropididae	Reserva Otonga, Reserva Pristirana	Cotopaxi	[47,50]
P. otonga	Paratropididae	Reserva Otonga, Mindo	Cotopaxi, Pichincha	[50]
P. pristirana	Paratropididae	Reserva Pristirana, Mindo	Cotopaxi, Pichincha	[50]
Paratropis spp.	Paratropididae	Mindo	Pichincha	Unidentified species recorded by authors

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