A new species of the genus Rhinoleucophenga (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and redescription of five species from Neotropical region
Author
Poppe, Jean Lucas
Author
Valente, Vera Lúcia Da Silva
Author
Santos, João Pedro Junges Dos
Author
Gottschalk, Marco Silva
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Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4208.3.5
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Rhinoleucophenga nigrescens
Malogolowkin, 1946
(
Figures 8
a–e; Table 1)
Rhinoleucophenga nigrescens
Malogolowkin, 1946
: 421
.
Malogolowkin, 1946
: 417
(key), 421 (figure 10).
Material examined
:
HOLOTYPE
♀
(dried and mounted specimen, deposited in
CEIOC
) labelled “
Rhinoleucophenga nigrescens
DET—Chana Malogolowkin Rio, V-946 \ Inst. Osw. Cruz n° 8.120 \
HOLOTYPUS
”. Right wing, left hindleg and terminalia were disarticulated and lost.
Diagnosis
. Body dark brown. Front covered with ca. 200 scattered interfrontal setulae. Arista with long branches. Four pairs of prescutellar acrostichal setae. Hyaline wings. Abdomen dark brown-black, tergites with continuous stripes. Body length ca.
6.50 mm
.
Description
. Head (
Fig. 8
a). Front ventrally dark brown and superiorly brown, covered with ca. 200 scattered interfrontal setulae; ocellar triangle and ocelli dark brown. Carina nose-like and ca. 80% sulcated. Face brownish; gena brown; antenna with flagellomore and pedicel homogeneously brownish; arista with 11 long dorsal branches and 7 long ventral branches. Palpus brownish with ca. 40 setae on lower part.
Thorax (
Fig. 8
c, d). Scutum and scutellum homogeneously dark brown. Ten irregular rows of acrostichal setulae. Four pairs of prescutellar acrostichal setae, the central one is the longest. Pleura and halteres brown. Legs homogeneously brown.
Wings (
Fig. 8
b). Hyaline, without spots.
Abdomen (
Fig. 8
e). Proximally dark brown and distally black, tergites with stripes continuous.
Terminalia unknown.
For more measures and indices see Table 1.
Distribution
. Known only from the
type
locality (probably Salobra, a district of the municipality of Miranda,
Mato Grosso do Sul
,
Brazil
).