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
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Coniceromyia dolichopoda
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 3D
,
8P
,
14D
,
19
F–G, 24Q)
Diagnosis
(male). Flagellomere 1 conical very elongate, foretibia with posterodorsal row of six strong setae and six strong posteroapical setae (
Fig. 3D
), left epandrial process bifurcated into a dorsal and a ventral lobe (
Fig. 24Q
).
Material examined
.
Holotype
♂
,
BOLIVIA
:
La Paz
:
40km
N Caranavi
:
Cumbre Alto
Beni
,
15.83ºS
,
67.56ºW
,
7–14.iv.2004
,
Malaise trap
,
1600m
,
B. Brown
,
E. Zumbado
col. [LACM ENT 194207].
Description
. Male. Body length,
3.1 mm
.
Head
. Frons dark brown, shining, sparsely setulose, with well-defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 brown, conical very elongate. Arista apical, about half flagellomere 1 length. Palpus light brown. Gena with two setae.
Thorax
. Scutum, scutellum, and pleural regions brown to dark brown; anepisternum bare. Foreleg yellowish-brown, except forecoxa, anteroventral region and posterior basal half of forefemur brown; midleg yellowish-brown except basal half of midfemur brown; hind leg yellowish-brown, except hind femur brown. Foretibia with two dorsal setae, anterodorsal row of short strong setulae, posterodorsal row of six strong setae, and six strong posteroapical setae. Foremetatarsus with anterior excavation bearing three tiny setulae, anteroapical setulose process, group of setae at excavation base including one long curved setae, strong seta at base of anteroapical process (
Fig. 8P
). Foremetatarsus ratio 0.34. Posterior face of hind femur with basoventral tiny blunt setulae with triangular distribution, tapering toward ventral margin (
Figs. 19
F–G). Hind femur height/length ratio 0.37. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta in basal half.
Wing
(
Fig. 14D
). Slightly dusky. Costa swollen, 0.4 of the wing length; R
2+3
absent or vestigial; M
1
concave, curved posteriorly at apex; M
2
slightly concave, CuA
1
-M
2
/M
2
-M
1
ratio 1.5; CuA
1
sinuous. Halter white.
Abdomen
. Tergites dark brown, with shining pubescence. Hypopygium brown (
Fig. 24Q
). Left epandrial process bifurcated into a dorsal and a ventral lobe. Ventral lobe with many strong setulae at medial face. Dorsal lobe with subepandrial setulose elevation. Right subepandrial plate expanded posteriorly, apically bilobed. Margin of right lobe of hypandrium with lateral projection. Hypoproct with one seta.
Distribution
. Known from a single mid-elevation site in
Bolivia
.
Etymology
. Name derived from the Greek roots
dolichos
(long) and
podos
(foot), referring to the long legs of this species.