Revision of the genus Amazunculus Rafael (Diptera: Pipunculidae), with description of six new species Author Marques, Dayse W. A. Author Skevington, Jeffrey H. Author Rafael, José A. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-08 4577 3 439 472 journal article 27356 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.2 665a714c-6c8e-4d42-a544-282471582c07 1175-5326 2632241 E935D0FF-BECD-4981-BAED-CAE1053B041B Amazunculus platypodus (Hardy) Figs 153–167 Dorylas (Eudorylas) platypodus Hardy, 1950 : 442 , figs. 6 a–d. Eudorylas platypodus ; Aczél, 1952 : 245 . Pipunculus (Eudorylas) platypodus ; Hardy, 1966 : 5 . Amazunculus platypodus ; Rafael, 1986 : 16 , figs 1–5; De Meyer, 1996 : 44 ; Galinkin & Rafael, 2008 : 521 , figs 12–13; Rodriguez & Rafael, 2012 : 15 ; Marques & Rafael, 2018 . Redescription. Mesopleuron ( Fig. 153 ) dark brown to black, mostly brown pruinose, except anepisternum grey pruinose anterodorsally; katatergite and anatergite grey pruinose. mediotergite brown pruinose. Legs ( Figs 153– 154 ) dark brown to black, except apices of trochanters, extreme apices of femora and bases of tibiae yellow; femora with grey pruinescence on the posterior face. Wing ( Fig. 154–155 ). Length 7.8 mm . LW/MWW = 3.5. LTC/LFC = 1.6. Membrane mostly hyaline except by basal third darkened. Abdomen ( Figs 153–154 ). Dark brown to black with brown pruinescence, except tergite 1 and tergites 3–5 with interrupted bands of grey pruinescence posteriorly. Tergite 6 and sternites 6 and 7 as in Fig. 157 . Terminalia . Syntergosternite 8 with a large membranous area ( Fig. 158 ). Epandrium yellowish brown, very inflated. Surstyli ( Fig. 159 ) yellowish brown, symmetric and fused with epandrium, with rounded apex, elongated ventrally ( Figs 160–161 ). Phallic guide ( Figs 163–165 ) long and curved, base distinctly expanded dorsally with apex elongated in lateral view ( Fig. 165 ), about 1.6× hypandrium length. Basal processes of phallus large and pointed, surpassing posterior margin of hypandrium ( Fig. 163 ). Phallus ( Figs 165–166 ) with large pointed projections apically. Ejaculatory apodeme as in Fig. 167 . Female . Unknown. Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ : “[ BRASIL ], Amazon. [? Amazonas ], 66–53 [without year and collector] [ 3°21'46.33"S , 65°50'37.80"W ]” “ Holotype ♂ Dorilas platypodus D. E. Hardy ” “ Holotype ” “ Dorilas ( Eudorylas ) platypodus Hardy, Det. 1950 , D.E. Hardy ” “ NHMUK 010863721 ” ( NHMUK ) ( Fig. 156 ). Additional material : “ BRASIL , Pará , C.[onceição do] Araguaia , [ 8°10'35.32"S , 49°26'47.49"W ], 19–31.i.1983 ” “ J. A. Rafael , armadilha de Malaise” “Comparado com tipo Eudorylas platypodus (Hardy) , J. A. Rafael—1985” “ J. Skevington Specimen #7959” ( 1 ♂ , INPA ). FIGURES 153–156. Amazunculus platypodus (Hardy) . Holotype male. 153 , Habitus, right lateral view; 154 , Habitus, dorsal view; 155 , Wing; 156 , Holotype labels. FIGURES 157–167. Amazunculus platypodus (Hardy) . Holotype male. 157 , Tergites 6, 7 and sternites 6, 7, ventral view; 158 , Syntergosternite 8, posterior view; 159 , Epandrium and surstyli, dorsal view; 160 , Surstyli, ventral view; 161 , Left surstylus, lateral view; 162 , Right surstylus, lateral view; 163 , Hypandrium, phallic guide and phallus, ventral view; 164 , Phallic guide, dorsal view; 165 , Hypandrium, phallic guide and phallus, left lateral view; 166 , Phallus, ventral view; 167 , Ejaculatory apodeme. Holotype condition. Antennae lost. Right eye slightly damaged. Right wing mounted in a microslide with balsam. Terminalia placed in a microvial with glycerin, both pinned upon the pin with the specimen. Geographical distribution. Brazil : Amazonas, Pará ( Fig. 183 ). Habitat. This species is found in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, collected with Malaise trap at ground level.