Description of fourty four new species, taxonomic notes and identification key to Neotropical Trichomyia Haliday in Curtis (Diptera: Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae) Author Araújo, Maíra Xavier Author Bravo, Freddy text Zootaxa 2016 4130 1 1 76 journal article 38704 10.11646/zootaxa.4130.1.1 118f2c8d-b41e-4787-929d-df6e254a1c3f 1175-5326 262717 10239517-A20C-4C42-BFD7-8AC6079C76A2 Trichomyia hileiana Araújo & Bravo sp. nov. ( Figs. 27A –H) Diagnosis. M2 not reaching M1; bifurcated basal expansion on gonocoxite; two pairs of arms of gonocoxite, the dorsal larger and broader than the ventral, both with bristles; ejaculatory apodeme 0.8 times the length of gonostylus; cercus with an elongated projection with two apical bristles. Description. Male. Head subcircular in frontal view. Antenna with 13 flagellomeres; cylindrical scape; subquadrangular pedicel; basal flagellomeres pyriform and eccentric ( Fig. 27A ); ascoids 1.2 times as long as a flagellomere; 13th flagellomere subcylindrical with terminal apiculus separated by a suture ( Fig. 27F ). Palpus three segmented; first segment with sensilla in depressed pit on medial surface; palpus formula 1.0:0.6:0.5 ( Fig. 27B ). Wing. M2 not reaching M1; R4+5 incomplete at base; r-m and m-cu absent ( Fig. 27C ). Male terminalia: Hypandrium and gonocoxites fused with bifurcated basal expansion and lateroposterior bristles. Two pairs of arms of gonocoxites, the dorsal larger and broader than the ventral and both with bristles ( Figs. 27D, 27 H). Gonostylus slightly sclerotized, articulated ventrally to gonocoxite, bare, truncated. Aedeagal complex with one pair of Hshaped fused projections. Aedeagus ending at midline of projections in the aedeagal complex ( Fig. 27 H). Ejaculatory apodeme 0.8 times the length of gonostylus. Epandrium longer than wide, subcircular. Cercus digitiform with an elongated projection with two apical bristles ( Figs. 27D, 27E, 27G ). Hypoproct with apical setulae ( Fig. 27G ). Female. Unknown. Material examined. Brazil , Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo, Pitinga, 04.XII.1998 , holotype ♂, RQ , LMC leg. ( MZFS ); 37 paratypes : 1 ♂ , same locality as holotype , 15.XII.1998 , RR , LMS leg. ( INPA ); 2 ♂ , same locality as holotype , 06.X.1998 , without name of collector ( MZFS ); 3 ♂ , same locality as holotype , Km 75, 25– 27.VII.1997 , without name of collector ( INPA ); 22 ♂ , same locality, date and colectors as holotype ( MZFS ); 3 ♂ , Amazonas, Manacapuru, Cajatuba, Km 69/3 , 9.X.1998 , without name of collector ( INPA ); 1 ♂ , Pará, Santarém, Km13, N.S. Nazaré, Com. Santa Maria, 27.XI.1998 , FF, RDN cols ( MZFS ); 3 ♂ , Pará, Santarém, Estrada para Alter do Chão, Jurupari, Km 1315, 25.XI.1998 , RF , RAN, FLS cols ( MZFS ); 1 ♂ , Roraima, Pitinga, 13– 15.XII.1997 , RQ , RN, PE cols ( MZFS ); 1 ♂ , Amazonas, Manacapuru, Estrada do Cajatuba, Sitio do Sr. Simplicio, 24–25.IV.1998 , without name of collector ( INPA ); Etymology. The epithet hileiana refers to the erudite term, given by Alexander Humboldt to the old province which included the forests of the Amazon. Distribution. Brazil—Amazonas, Pará, Roraima.