<p class = " HeadingRunIn " align = " left "> <strong> Generic classification of the Archiborborinae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), with a revision of <em> Antrops </ em> Enderlein, <em> Coloantrops </ em> gen. nov., <em> Maculantrops </ em> gen. nov., <em> Photoantrops </ em> gen. nov., and <em> Poecilantrops </ em> gen. nov. </ strong> </ p>
Author
KITS, JOEL H.
Author
MARSHALL, STEPHEN A.
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Zootaxa
2013
2013-09-02
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3704.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3704.1.1
1175-5326
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Antrops pecki
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 125–129
,
220
)
Description.
Male postabdomen: Sternite 5 as described for the species group. Surstylus with anterodorsal corner strongly projecting, acute, with a striated raised ridge along anterior edge, ventral tooth narrow, with a medial tooth, anteroventral corner rounded (
Fig. 126
). Pregonite indistinct, fully fused with postgonite. Postgonite with lobes barely separated, anterior lobe quadrate, posterior lobe pointed, long, with a narrow tab projecting from interior face. Basiphallus narrow, with long epiphallus and preepiphallus. Distiphallus with small, setose dorsal knob (
Fig. 125
).
Female postabdomen: Tergites 6–7 and sternites 6–7 wider than long, moderately sclerotized, covered with microtomentum. Tergites with 3 posterior strips, sternites with 2 posterior strips. Tergite 8 shiny, widest anteriorly, strongly pinched medially, anterior and posterior margins emarginated medially, anterior corners nearly meeting sternite 8 laterally. Epiproct with short anterior arms, covered with microtomentum except arms, with 1 pair of setae and a medial unpaired seta (
Fig. 127
). Cerci narrow. Sclerites of sternite 8 narrow anteriorly, becoming gradually wider posteriorly, microtomentum covering posterior quarter, apices rounded and without hooks. Hypoproct depressed antero-medially (
Fig. 128
). Spermathecae round, apical invagination meeting basal invagination, sclerotized duct short (
Fig. 129
).
Type material.
Holotype
♂
:
ECUADOR
:
Napo
:
Quito–Baeza
road,
Papallacta
,
3200 m
, elfin forest, above thermal spgs.,
pan traps
,
16–21 Feb 1983
,
L. Masner
, debu01033869 (
QCAZ
)
.
Paratypes
: same data as holotype (
24 ♂
,
11 ♀
,
DEBU
,
QCAZ
)
;
Baeza
,
27 km
NW,
2700 m
,
dung trap
,
2–6 Mar 1976
,
S. Peck
(
4 ♀
,
DEBU
)
;
Baeza
,
42 km
NW,
3300 m
,
carrion trap
,
2–6 Mar 1976
,
S. Peck
(
2 ♂
,
DEBU
)
;
as above but dung trap
(
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
USNM
)
;
Papallacta
, above thermal springs,
3200 m
, elfin forest,
pan traps
,
16–21 Feb 1983
,
L. Masner
(
4 ♂
,
DEBU
)
;
Azuay
:
Cerro Tinajillas
,
3100 m
,
18–21 Mar 1965
,
L.E. Peña
(
1 ♂
,
CNCI
)
;
Carchi
:
Guandera For. Res.
,
15 km
E San Gabriel
,
3400 m
, sweeping forest trail,
1 Nov 1999
,
S.A. Marshall
(
1 ♂
,
2 ♀
,
DEBU
)
; as above but hand collected (
2 ♀
,
DEBU
);
as above but
3300 m
, trail to station, sweeping (
2 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
DEBU
)
;
Troya
,
2950 m
,
11–13 Jun 1965
,
L.E. Peña
(
1 ♂
,
CNCI
)
;
Pichincha
:
Tandapi
,
34.5 km
E,
2835 m
, bamboo shrub,
dung trap
,
24–29 Jun 1975
,
S. Peck
(
3 ♀
,
DEBU
)
;
Tandapi
,
35 km
E, bamboo,
24–29 Jun 1975
,
S. Peck
(
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
DEBU
)
.
COLOMBIA
:
Norte de Santander
: above
Pamplona
,
2743 m
,
dung trap
,
9–13 May 1974
,
S. Peck
(
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
DEBU
)
.
BOLIVIA
:
La Paz
:
Chuspipata
,
16°17.5'S
67°49.6'W
,
3100 m
,
19 Mar 2001
,
A. Friedberg
(
1 ♂
,
USNM
)
.
Comments.
The species name honours Stewart Peck, a prolific and generous collector who obtained many of the specimens used in this revision, including part of the
type
series of this species.