Descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species of Atrichobrunettia Satchell (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Neotropical region
Author
Bravo, Freddy
text
Zootaxa
2007
1590
61
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178550
16dbeb36-32c8-4adc-bf6c-3ba7be08ec1f
1175-5326
178550
Atrichobrunettia
(
Pachybrunettia
)
trilobata
Bravo
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 4–12
)
Type
material.
BRAZIL
, Amazonas, Silvis (Saraça), mata virgem,
holotype
male,
29.V.1997
(
INPA
); 2
paratypes
male, same locality, perturbed area,
30.VI.1997
, without collector’s name (1
paratype
INPA
, 1
paratype
MZUEFS).
Etymology.
trilobata
refers to the three apical lobes of the sternite 10.
FIGURES 4–12.
Atrichobrunettia
(
Pachybrunettia
)
bilobata
Bravo
,
sp. nov.
Male, holotype (4, 8–12), paratype (5–7). 4. Head. 5. Antenna: scape and pedicel. 6. Antenna, flagelomere 1. 7. Antenna, flagelomeres 3–4. 8. Palpomeres 1–2. 9. Wing. 10. Male terminalia, lateral. 11. Male terminalia, ventral, epandrium and sternite 10. 12. Male terminalia, dorsal. ae= aedeagus; ae. ap.= aedeagal apodem; gx. ap.= gonocoxal apodeme; ns= narrow sclerites, well sclerotized, link the base of parameres to the apex of the gonocoxal apodeme; par= paramere; php= post-hypandrial plate; S10= sternite 10. Distance AB= distance between the hypandrium and the gonocoxal apodeme.
Diagnosis.
Frontal scar patch divided medially (
Fig. 4
). Radial fork distal to medial fork (
Fig. 9
). The distance AB between the hypandrium and the gonocoxal apodeme is 2.0x the length of the paramere (
Fig. 12
). Apex of sternite 10 with lateral lobes (
Fig. 11
).
Description.
Male. Frontal scar patch divided medially (
Fig. 4
); scape 1.5x the length of the pedicel (
Fig. 5
); 1st flagellomere (
Fig. 6
) less rounded than the following flagellomeres (
Fig. 7
); ascoids missing. Maxillary palpi incomplete, only the 1st and 2nd being present (
Fig. 8
). Wing with short Sc; radial fork apical to medial fork (
Fig. 9
). Male terminalia (
Figs. 10, 11, 12
): the distance AB between the hypandrium and the gonocoxal apodeme is 2.0x the length of the paramere; cerci with apical tenacula many of them lost in the specimens; apex of tenacula broken; epandrium sub-rectangular with small foramen; apex of sternite 10 with two lateral lobes.
Comments.
The two
paratypes
of
A. trilobata
sp. nov.
were previously included in the species
A. minuta
by
Bravo (2006)
. This confusion was originated because these two
paratypes
, from the Amazonas State, are very clear and some characters were erroneously interpreted. However, the discovery of a new and better preserved specimen from the same locality in Amazonas State permitted a more detailed analysis. In the present paper, the three specimens from Amazonas State are included in a new species of
Atrichobrunettia
,
A. trilobata
. The wing venation and the male terminalia of
A. minuta
and
A. trilobata
are very similar; however, 3 differences stand out between these 2 species: 1) the frontal scar patch is undivided in
A. minuta
and divided in
A. trilobata
sp. nov.
; 2) the apex of sternite 10 of
A. minuta
do not have lateral lobes, while
A. trilobata
sp. nov.
has two big lateral lobes; 3) the foramen of epandrium of
A. minuta
is larger than that of
A. trilobata
sp. nov.
Distribution.
Brazil
, Amazonas (Silves).