Taxonomy of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille, 1796 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with the description of thirteen new species
Author
Cordeiro, Danilo
Author
Bravo, Freddy
Author
De, Claudio J. B.
text
Zootaxa
2011
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37
journal article
45976
10.5281/zenodo.205242
abff3177-6762-47ae-bc19-4503f7d41774
1175-5326
205242
Psychoda serrana
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 123–131
)
Etymology.
The species name,
serrana
, is based on
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Antenna with 14 flagellomeres, the 3 apical reduced and separated, 12th and 13th subequal, 14th shorter; palpal formula 1.0:1.2:1.0:1.1; subgenital plate subrectangular, longer than wide, pilose on distal half, internally with a lateral curved line and a large bilobed structure; genital digit present.
Female.
Head (
Fig. 123
): vertex, frons and clypeus pilose; hair patch of frons extending to facet row 1; eye bridge with 4 facets; eyes separated by 1.0 facet diameter; 6 supra-ocular setae; interocular suture absent; clypeus with 2 stronger lateral alveoli; frontoclypeal suture absent; antenna with 14 flagellomeres, the 3 apical reduced and separated, 12th and 13th subequal, 14th shorter (
Fig. 124
); spine present on 11th flagellomere; scape cylindrical, 2.0 the length of the subspherical pedicel (
Fig. 125
); ascoids in Y; palpal formula 1.0:1.2:1.0:1.1 (
Fig. 126
); labellum with 4 apical teeth and 2 lateral setae (
Fig. 127
). Wing (
Fig. 128
): Sc vein ending just beyond base of vein Rs; radial and medial forks complete. Distitarsus with apical projection (
Fig. 129
). Terminalia: subgenital plate subrectangular, longer than wide, bilobed, pilose on distal half (
Fig. 130
); genital digit present; subgenital plate internally with a lateral curved line and a large bilobed structure (
Fig. 131
); genital chamber damaged during preparation.
Male.
Unknown.
Material examined.
Holotype
Ƥ
BRAZIL
, Paraná, São José dos Pinhais, Serra do Mar, BR
277 km
54,
15.xii.1986
, Profaupar 2.2 (
DZUP
).
Distribution.
Brazil
(Paraná).
Comments.
This species is morphologically similar to the species of the subgenus
Psychodocha
, except for the presence of spine on 11th flagellomere.