Maruina Müller, 1895 (Diptera: Psychodidae): description of four new species from Brazil, with revised diagnoses for the genus and subgenera
Author
Camico, Jéssica Luna
Author
Cordeiro, Danilo Pacheco
Author
Chagas, Cínthia
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-08
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.4
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Maruina
(
Maruina
)
menina
Bravo & Lago
Maruina
(
Maruina
)
menina
Bravo & Lago, 2003: 395-398
;
Bravo & Araújo, 2018
(Distributional records).
Diagnosis.
Combination of the following characters: R
1
weakly sclerotized; aedegal sheath with a large expanded sclerotized arch subapically; aedeagus with a symmetrical group of long and thin spines only, similar to
M
.
(
M
.)
garota
; female hypoginium large at base, strongly narrowed before apical lobulae.
Material examined. Type material:
holotype
:
♂
BRAZIL
,
Bahia
,
Ituberá
,
12.vi.2002
, col.
F. Bravo
(
MZFS
)
;
Paratypes
3 ♀♀
same data
.
Distribution.
Brazil
(
Bahia
).
Holotype
condition.
Slide mounted, over clarified, antenna incomplete.
Remarks.
Bravo & Lago (2003)
stated that R
1
doesn’t reach C; however, based on our examination of the
type
material, it actually does. See remarks of
M
.
(
M
.)
garota
for a complete differential diagnosis.