<documentid="159613B5D2BFA688F41765746F12ADE8"ID-DOI="10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2022-0005"ID-ISSN="1806-9665"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13196994"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1722637698113"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Soares, Matheus Mickael Mota & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly"docDate="2022"docId="0F6750170D668516FFE7FC2E4A18451D"docLanguage="en"docName="RevBrasEntomol.66.1.e20220005.pdf"docOrigin="Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20220005) 66 (1)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2022-0005"docStyle="DocumentStyle:0303D37C566E4E2A42C6591146119864.3:RevBrasEntomol.2015-.journal_article"docStyleId="0303D37C566E4E2A42C6591146119864"docStyleName="RevBrasEntomol.2015-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="3"docTitle="Pseudosympycnus rafaeli Soares & Ale-Rocha, 2022, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="14051400-C30E-4912-B909-2B001341AE01"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="3"lastPageNumber="9"masterDocId="F35E286F0D61851EFFB4FFB9482F4120"masterDocTitle="Three new species of Pseudosympycnus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Peru and an updated key to the species"masterLastPageNumber="10"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="8"updateTime="1722685567081"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0">
<mods:titleid="CC6B6C287DE904A1AEFABEB905B462AC">Three new species of Pseudosympycnus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Peru and an updated key to the species</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="10DDD1B8A6125D82B04E5143A69A2609">Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia (PPG-Ent), Manaus, AM, Brasil.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="FE1E1244F8A8FB052B2D70A641990E88">Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - (INPA), Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, Brasil.</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D668519FFE7FC2E49784289"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[83,343,918,938]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="7"pageNumber="8"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="rafaeli"status="sp. nov.">Pseudosympycnus rafaeli</taxonomicName>
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FEA4FC56496F4522"box="[272,320,1007,1026]"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="3.[83,136,1921,1938]"captionTargetBox="[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetId="figure-13@3.[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Figure 3 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male tarsus I and III respectively. A–B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂. A. Tarsus I. B. Tarsus III; C–D. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂. C. Tarsus I. D. Tarsus III, short dorsal projection on IIIt highlighted; E–F. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. E. Tarsus I. F. Tarsus III. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: It = fore 3 1–5 tarsomeres 1 to 5; IIIt1–5: hind tarsomeres 1 to 5"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197000"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197000/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">3E–F</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FEFDFC56494A4522"box="[329,357,1007,1026]"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="4.[113,166,765,782]"captionTargetBox="[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetId="figure-12@4.[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="Figure 4 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male femur III, anterior view. A. P. bicolor Robinson, holotype ♂; B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂; C. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂; D. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. Scale bars = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197002"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197002/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">4D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FE65FB9749C34561"box="[465,492,1070,1089]"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="4.[113,166,765,782]"captionTargetBox="[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetId="figure-12@4.[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="Figure 4 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male femur III, anterior view. A. P. bicolor Robinson, holotype ♂; B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂; C. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂; D. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. Scale bars = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197002"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197002/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">4D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FFEFFBD548B2455F"box="[91,157,1132,1151]"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="4.[113,166,765,782]"captionTargetBox="[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetId="figure-12@4.[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="Figure 4 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male femur III, anterior view. A. P. bicolor Robinson, holotype ♂; B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂; C. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂; D. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. Scale bars = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197002"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197002/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FEBCFBD54968455F"box="[264,327,1132,1151]"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="3.[83,136,1921,1938]"captionTargetBox="[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetId="figure-13@3.[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Figure 3 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male tarsus I and III respectively. A–B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂. A. Tarsus I. B. Tarsus III; C–D. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂. C. Tarsus I. D. Tarsus III, short dorsal projection on IIIt highlighted; E–F. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. E. Tarsus I. F. Tarsus III. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: It = fore 3 1–5 tarsomeres 1 to 5; IIIt1–5: hind tarsomeres 1 to 5"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197000"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197000/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">Fig. 3E</figureCitation>
with 3 long setae at apex, the 2 posteriormost as long as segment, and with anterior row of curved setae; It 3–4 laterally flattened with anterior surface mostly bare. Tarsus II unmodified. Tarsus III (
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FC32FF204BEB418D"box="[902,964,153,173]"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="3.[83,136,1921,1938]"captionTargetBox="[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetId="figure-13@3.[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Figure 3 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male tarsus I and III respectively. A–B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂. A. Tarsus I. B. Tarsus III; C–D. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂. C. Tarsus I. D. Tarsus III, short dorsal projection on IIIt highlighted; E–F. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. E. Tarsus I. F. Tarsus III. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: It = fore 3 1–5 tarsomeres 1 to 5; IIIt1–5: hind tarsomeres 1 to 5"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197000"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197000/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">Fig. 3F</figureCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D668519FAE6FF4A4DEC4026"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[1362,1475,243,262]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="7"pageNumber="8"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="pennipes"status="sp. nov.">P. pennipes</taxonomicName>
, except for: face ground color brown; frons dark green, with weak blue-purple reflections. Palpus thin, ovoid, 1.6 times longer than wide, 1/3 as long as eye height, ground color yellow, with dense silvery pruinosity, covered with few pale setae and 1 black seta near apex at posterior margin.
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D668519FB3FFE314CD340BB"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[1163,1276,392,411]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="7"pageNumber="8"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="pennipes"status="sp. nov.">P. pennipes</taxonomicName>
, except for: scutellum mostly metallic green with weak bluish reflections; fifth pair of dorsocentrals slightly offset laterally; pleura pale brown, with weak greenish reflections.
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FB30FE584C9B40D4"box="[1156,1204,481,500]"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="3.[83,136,1921,1938]"captionTargetBox="[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetId="figure-13@3.[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Figure 3 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male tarsus I and III respectively. A–B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂. A. Tarsus I. B. Tarsus III; C–D. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂. C. Tarsus I. D. Tarsus III, short dorsal projection on IIIt highlighted; E–F. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. E. Tarsus I. F. Tarsus III. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: It = fore 3 1–5 tarsomeres 1 to 5; IIIt1–5: hind tarsomeres 1 to 5"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197000"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197000/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">3E–F</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FB0AFE584CF640D4"box="[1214,1241,481,500]"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="4.[113,166,765,782]"captionTargetBox="[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetId="figure-12@4.[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="Figure 4 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male femur III, anterior view. A. P. bicolor Robinson, holotype ♂; B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂; C. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂; D. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. Scale bars = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197002"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197002/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">4D</figureCitation>
Podomere ratios: 30/30/21/3/7/8/5. Anterior surface of coxa I covered by short black setae, with 3–4 long black setae on anterior apical edge, outer edge with 1 long black seta at apex. Femur I with short vestiture oft black setae, ventral surface mostly bare, with row of ventral subequally long and slender setae (MSSC). Tibia I not thickened, with 2 posterior setae at 4.5/8 and 6/8. Tarsus I (
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FAEEFD084DB643E4"box="[1370,1433,689,708]"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="3.[83,136,1921,1938]"captionTargetBox="[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetId="figure-13@3.[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Figure 3 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male tarsus I and III respectively. A–B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂. A. Tarsus I. B. Tarsus III; C–D. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂. C. Tarsus I. D. Tarsus III, short dorsal projection on IIIt highlighted; E–F. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. E. Tarsus I. F. Tarsus III. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: It = fore 3 1–5 tarsomeres 1 to 5; IIIt1–5: hind tarsomeres 1 to 5"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197000"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197000/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">Fig. 3E</figureCitation>
7 times longer than It 2, without modified setae; It 2 with 3 long setae at apex, the 2 posteriormost setae as long as segment, and with anterior row of curved setae; It
Podomere ratios: 34/47/30/10/10/6/3. Coxa II with row of short pale setae on outer margin of anterior surface, ending in 1 much longer black seta near apex. Femur II covered with vestiture of short black setae, except basal part of posterior surface and entire ventral surface mostly bare, with anteroventral row of slender pale setae decreasing in length from basal 1/8 to basal 3/8, with 1 anterior and 1 posterior pre-apical setae. Tibia II with 1 anterior seta at 6.5/8, 4 anterodorsal setae at 1/8, 2.5/8, 5/8 and 8/8, 3 posterodorsal setae at 1/8, 3.5/8 and 8/8, 3 ventral setae at 3/8, 5/8 and 6/8, 1 antero- and 1 posteroventral setae at apex. IIt
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D668519FC37FB374BEB4581"box="[899,964,1166,1185]"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="4.[113,166,765,782]"captionTargetBox="[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetId="figure-12@4.[252,1365,151,748]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="Figure 4 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male femur III, anterior view. A. P. bicolor Robinson, holotype ♂; B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂; C. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂; D. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. Scale bars = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197002"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197002/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
) with ventral row of strong setae abruptly decreasing in length from base to apical 5/8, with 1 anterior preapical seta. Tibia III with 5 anterior setae at 1/8, 2/8, 3/8, 5/8 and 8/8, with dorsal row of more conspicuous setae from 2/8 to apex, and with group of short ventral fine pale hairs at apex (MSSC). Tarsus III (
<figureCitationid="1FF5FD840D698516FDE1FF0E4ABC41EA"box="[597,659,183,202]"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="3.[83,136,1921,1938]"captionTargetBox="[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetId="figure-13@3.[217,1339,1110,1905]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Figure 3 Pseudosympycnus Robinson. Male tarsus I and III respectively. A–B. P. pennipes sp. nov., holotype ♂. A. Tarsus I. B. Tarsus III; C–D. P. latitarsus sp. nov., holotype ♂. C. Tarsus I. D. Tarsus III, short dorsal projection on IIIt highlighted; E–F. P. rafaeli sp. nov., holotype ♂. E. Tarsus I. F. Tarsus III. Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: It = fore 3 1–5 tarsomeres 1 to 5; IIIt1–5: hind tarsomeres 1 to 5"figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13197000"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13197000/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="9">Fig. 3F</figureCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D698516FFC4FEA948CF4002"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[112,224,271,291]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="8"pageNumber="9"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="pennipes"status="sp. nov.">P. pennipes</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D698516FDA6FE944A524060"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[530,637,301,320]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="8"pageNumber="9"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="pennipes"status="sp. nov.">P. pennipes</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D698516FDE7FED14AEB405A"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[595,708,359,379]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="8"pageNumber="9"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="pennipes"status="sp. nov.">P. pennipes</taxonomicName>
except as noted: ventral lobe of surstylus wide, rounded at apex, with 4 long setae at ventral edge and few short setae at dorsal edge and apex; dorsal lobe of surstylus long, triangular, slightly narrow than ventral lobe; cercus as long as ventral lobe of surstylus, slightly narrowing at apex; epandrial lobe short, with 1 long seta at apex; phallus: basal part narrow, u-shaped ventrally, with 1 long and strong medial projection; postgonites wide and cap-like at apex.
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D668519FEA8F80949D346E1"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[284,508,1968,1985]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="7"pageNumber="8"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="pennipes"status="sp. nov.">Pseudosympycnus pennipes</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D668519FDD0F8094B6A46E1"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[612,837,1968,1985]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="7"pageNumber="8"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="latitarsus"status="sp. nov.">Pseudosympycnus latitarsus</taxonomicName>
<materialsCitationid="37A6EB5C0D698516FE9BFDC94A7443FC"collectingDate="2012-08-22"collectionCode="MUSM"collectorName="J. A. Rafael & R. R. Cavichioli & D. M. Takiya"country="Peru"elevation="1000"latitude="-13.3550005"location="Rio Araza"longLatPrecision="21"longitude="-70.88944"municipality="Quincemil"pageId="8"pageNumber="9"specimenCount="1"specimenCount-male="1"stateProvince="Cusco"typeStatus="holotype">
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D698516FDE9FD12488143FC"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="8"pageNumber="9"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="rafaeli">Pseudosympycnus rafaeli</taxonomicName>
in good condition (terminalia not dissected), left mid leg broken off.
<materialsCitationid="37A6EB5C0D698516FD2DFD5F494F4214"collectingDate="2012-08-22"collectionCode="INPA"collectorName="J. A. Rafael & R. R. Cavichioli & D. M. Takiya"country="Peru"elevation="1000"latitude="-13.3550005"location="Rio Araza"longLatPrecision="21"longitude="-70.88944"municipality="Quincemil"pageId="8"pageNumber="9"specimenCount="1"specimenCount-male="1"stateProvince="Cusco"typeStatus="paratype">
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, with detached genitalia stored in microvial with glycerin)
<taxonomicNameid="40CE9A820D698516FF4EFC2E49C4428A"authorityName="Soares & Ale-Rocha"authorityYear="2022"box="[250,491,919,938]"class="Insecta"family="Dolichopodidae"genus="Pseudosympycnus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Diptera"pageId="8"pageNumber="9"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="rafaeli"status="sp. nov.">Pseudosympycnus rafaeli</taxonomicName>