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 angustifrons
Malogolowkin, 1946
(
Figures 1
a–e; Table 1)
Rhinoleucophenga angustifrons
Malogolowkin, 1946
: 425
.
Malogolowkin, 1946
: 417
(key), 424 (figures 16-17); Roque & Tidon, 2008: 97 (probably a
Leucophenga
Mik
specimen).
FIGURE 1.
Rhinoleucophenga angustifrons
Malogolowkin.
Holotype, dried and mounted specimen, a: thorax, dorsal view; b: general habitus, lateral view; c: head, frontal view; d: abdomen, dorsal view; e: wing, distal portion (scale bar 1.0 mm).
Material examined
:
HOLOTYPE
♀
(dried and mounted specimen, deposited in
CEIOC
) labelled “
Rhinoleucophenga angustifrons
DET—Chana
Malogolowkin Rio
V-946 \
BRASIL
JUSSARAL X-
934 L
.
TRAV
. ET
LOPES
\ Inst. Osw. Cruz n° 8.121 \
HOLOTYPUS
.
Left
wing, right hindleg and terminalia were disarticulated and lost.
Diagnosis
. Body yellow. Front covered with ca. 40 scattered interfrontal setulae. Frontal index 2.83. Carina nose-like and ca. 50% sulcated. One pair of prescutellar acrostichal setae. Hyaline wings. Abdominal tergites with brown stripes interrupted medially. Body length ca.
2.50 mm
.
Description
. Head (
Fig. 1
c). Front homogeneously yellowish, covered with ca. 40 scattered interfrontal setulae; ocellar triangle yellow with brown ocelli. Carina nose-like and ca. 50% sulcated. Face and gena yellowish; antenna with flagellomore and pedicel homogeneously brownish; arista with 7 long dorsal branches and 6 long ventral branches. Palpus yellowish with ca. 15 setae on lower part.
Thorax (
Fig. 9
a, b). Scutum and scutellum homogeneously yellow. Ten irregular rows of acrostichal setulae. One pair of prescutellar acrostichal setae. Pleura brownish; halteres yellowish. Legs homogeneously yellow.
Wings (
Fig. 1
e). Hyaline, without spots.
Abdomen (
Fig. 1
d). Tergites II and III yellowish and tergites IV and V brownish; with brown stripes interrupted medially.
Terminalia unknown.
For more measures and indices see Table 1.
Distribution
. Known only from the
type
locality (State of
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
).
Note
.
Rhinoleucophenga angustifrons
recorded by Roque & Tidon (2008) was analyzed and it is not a
Rhinoleucophenga
species, probably a
Leucophenga
Mik
specimen.