Forty-one new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), an identification key, and new distributional records for the species of the genus
Author
Ament, Danilo César
0000-0002-6561-7277
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040 - 901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. danament @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6561 - 7277
danament@gmail.com
Author
Kung, Giar-Ann
0000-0002-8099-6949
Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States of America. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8099 - 6949
Author
Brown, Brian V.
0000-0001-6367-6057
Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States of America. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6367 - 6057
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-08-12
4830
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4830.1.1
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Coniceromyia inflata
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 4A
,
8S
,
14G
,
19K
,
24T
)
Diagnosis (male)
. Costa swollen especially at R
1
insertion, short (0.34 of the wing length) (
Fig. 14G
); anepisternum dorsally setulose.
Material examined
.
Holotype
♂
,
BRAZIL
:
Acre
:
Iracema
:
Reserva Extrativista Corumbá
,
09°09’02.0”S
68°58’41.0”W
,
24–25.viii.2017
,
Malaise trap
,
143m
,
J.E. Santos Jr.
col. [
UFMG 1800588
].
Description
. Male. Body length
1.6 mm
.
Head
. Frons dark brown, sparsely setulose, with well-defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, conical. Arista apical, 1.5 times longer than flagellomere 1. Palpus light brown. Gena with two setae.
Thorax
. Scutum, scutellum, and pleural regions brown; anepisternum dorsally setulose. Legs yellowish-brown. Foretibia with two dorsal setae and anterodorsal row of strong setulae. Foremetatarsus with anterior excavation, anteroapical setulose process with row of four strong setulae at its base and strong longer curved setula, base of excavation with group of setulae and a longer stronger seta (
Fig. 8S
). Foremetatarsus ratio 0.36. Posteroventral face of hind femur with broad band of tiny blunt setulae, dorsal setulae thicker (
Fig. 19K
). Hind femur height/length ratio 0.32. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta in basal half.
Wing
(
Fig. 14G
). Costa swollen, especially at R
1
insertion, 0.34 of the wing length; R
2+3
absent; M
1
slightly concave, curved posteriorly at apex; M
2
approximately sinuous, CuA
1
-M
2
/M
2
-M
1
ratio 0.83; CuA
1
sinuous. Halter white.
Abdomen
. Tergites dark brown. Hypopygium light brown. Left epandrial process short, with a dorsoapical lobe and a subepandrial setose elevation near hypoproct. Margin of right lobe of hypandrium without lateral projection. Two setae on hypoproct (
Fig. 24T
).
Distribution
. Known from a single low-elevation site in Western
Brazil
.
Etymology
. Name derived from the Latin word
inflatus
(swollen), referring to the costa swelling at R
1
insertion.