Eight new species of Regasilus Curran, 1931 (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) from Peru
Author
Sánchez, Pável
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-09
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10.11646/zootaxa.4894.2.3
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Regasilus supay
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 16–17
)
Regasilus strigaria
:
Lamas, 1972: 314
(in part; misidentification).
Diagnosis.
Red thorax and femora, the latter, as in
R. strigarius
,
black ventrally, though only 10–12 anteroventral macrosetae on the hind pair, besides the scutellar disc is whitish setose. In males the terminalia is red (
Figs. 16
B–C), and the phallus strongly flattened laterally, broader on its posterior half (
Fig. 16D
).
Description of male
holotype
. (
Fig. 16A
).
Lengths.
Body:
16 mm
; wing:
10 mm
.
Head.
Antenna black, scape and pedicel black setose ventrally and whitish dorsally, scape 1.5 times the length of pedicel; postpedicel similar in length to scape and pedicel together, about 10 times as long as first article of antennal stylus and twice the length of second article; face, frons and vertex golden cinereous tomentose; ocellar setae black, barely longer than length of scape and pedicel together; mystacal macrosetae black in the upper face, yellowish bellow; proboscis, labium and palpus yellowish setose; postocular macrosetae black above and yellowish bellow; occiput golden cinereous tomentose, yellowish setose.
Thorax.
Red, golden tomentose except the dark paramedial and lateral mesonotal stripes, and the pleural tomentum that becomes mostly cinereous posteriorly. Chaetotaxy: Pronotum yellowish setose, some pale macrosetae on antepronotum; mesonotum with black macrosetae, 2 notopleural, 1 supra-alar (alongside with some black setae) and 1 postalar; dorsocentral and acrostichal setae black, short anteriorly and becoming longer and bristly posterior to transverse suture; scutellar disc white setose, 2 apical scutellar black macrosetae; uppermost portion of anepisternum black setose; katepisternum and anepimeron yellowish setose; katatergal macrosetae black.
Wing.
Similar to
R. apu
sp. nov.
; halter yellowish.
Leg.
Coxae black, golden tomentose; all femora red, black ventrally; tibiae reddish brown with dark apex; tarsi, empodia and claws dark; pulvilli yellowish. Chaetotaxy: Coxae and femora yellowish setose; femora and tibiae mainly with black macrosetae; mid femur with 5–6 anteroventral and 3 anterior; hind femur with 4 anterior, 10–12 anteroventral, 5–6 posteroventral, most of them pale and weak, and dorsally a subapical black macroseta on each side; fore tibia with 1 dorsal, basal, 4 posterodorsal, and 3 posteroventral, quite long; mid tibia with 1 anterodorsal, 3 dorsal, 3 posterior, 1–2 posteroventral and 3 anteroventral; hind tibia with 1 dorsal, 3 anterodorsal, 3 posterodorsal and 2 anteroventral.
Abdomen.
Dark brown, subshining, golden cinereous tomentose on sides and posterior margins of tergites, yellowish setose, setae longer laterally; sternites golden cinereous tomentose, yellowish setose, except sternite 8, with an apical band of long black macrosetae.
Terminalia
(
Figs. 16
B–C). Red; epandrium elongate, medially attenuated and broad at apex, black setose basally and yellowish posteriorly; hypandrium broad, yellowish setose, excision at posterior margin u-like (
Fig. 16 F
); gonocoxite subtriangular, with blunt apex and yellowish long setae on external margin (
Fig. 16E
); gonostylus curved upwards, visible on lateral view; phallus strongly flattened laterally, broader on its posterior half, curving upwards at apex, ejaculatory apodeme wide and large in lateral view, extending to seventh segment of abdomen (
Fig. 16D
).
FIGURE 17.
Regasilus supay
sp. nov.
Female paratype.
A.
Habitus lateral;
B.
Terminalia, ovipositor, lateral view;
C.
Furca and spermathecae.
Abbreviations.
ar, arms of furca; cap duct, capsular duct; cerc, cercus; com duct, common duct; exp duct, expulsory duct; f apod, furcal apodeme; med scl, median sclerite (remnant of tergite 9); spmth, spermathecae; tg 6, tg 7, tg 8, tg 10, abdominal tergites.
Female
(
Fig. 17A
). Similar to male, except terminalia (
Fig. 17B
); spermathecae attenuated apically, coiled, situated almost on seventh abdominal segment; common duct smooth, thin and long, though shorter than arms of furca; expulsory ducts about 1.7 times the length of capsular ducts and subequal to length of common duct (
Fig. 17C
).
Etymology.
A masculine noun in apposition, given to Supay, a prehispanic god of the Inca empire, known as the god of death and lord of the underworld.
Holotype
condition.
Good. Detached terminalia placed in microvial with glycerin and pinned along with the specimen.
Distribution
(
Fig. 20B
).
Peru
; Huancabamba and Ayabaca, both provinces in the Department of
Piura
.
Type material.
Holotype
.
PERU
,
PI
[
Piura
],
Huancabamba
,
Canchaque
,
Agua Blanca
05°20’12.7”S
,
79°33’37.4”W
,
11-15.viii.2018
,
2168 m
, trampa de luz [light trap],
D. Silva
leg. /
HOLOTYPE
Ƌ
Regasilus supay
Sánchez
, 2020
(
MUSM
)
.
Paratypes
: Same data as holotype (5Ƌ,
4♀
);
PERU
,
PI
, Huancabamba, Canchaque, Agua Blanca
05°20’13”S
,
79°33’40”W
,
08.viii.2018
, 2219 m, trampa de luz, D. Silva leg./
Paratype
(1 Ƌ,
1 ♀
)
Regasilus supay
Sánchez, 2020
(
MUSM
); Ayavaca [=Ayabaca,
04°38’22”S
,
79°42’53”W
],
Piura
,
PERU
,
2715 m
, 27.ix.[19]55 Coll: F. Blancas/ MHN 4610/
Regasilus
sp. G. Lamas M. det. [19]71 /
Paratype
Ƌ
Regasilus supay
Sánchez, 2020
(
MUSM
).
Variation.
In some males, the apical band of macrosetae on sternite 8 is yellowish, and only a few black macrosetae are present. One specimen has the right wing with a stump vein on fork of R
4+5
.