Caledophora (Diptera: Phoridae), a new genus from New Caledonia
Author
Ament, Danilo César
Author
Brown, Brian Victor
text
Journal of Natural History
2017
J. Nat. Hist.
2017-11-13
51
45 - 46
2711
2719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1390176
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2017.1390176
1464-5262
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Caledophora webbi
sp. nov.
(
Figures 1
(d–f) and 5)
Material examined
Holotype
male,
NEW CALEDONIA
: Prov. Nord.,
5 km
southwest
Puébo
Mount Mandjelia
,
20.38°S
164.53°E
,
9–15 December 2000
,
Malaise trap
,
780 m
,
M. Irwin
col. (
INHS
)
Paratypes
:
one male
, same data as
holotype
;
two males
, same but
20.40°S
164.53°E
,
750 m
(
LACM
).
Diagnosis
Anepisternum light brown dorsally and yellowish-white ventrally; phallus with no conspicuous apically filamentous plate; epiphallus with large scales.
Description
Male.
Body length,
1.27 mm
(
Figure 1
(d)). Head. Frons dark brown (
Figure 1
(e)). First flagellomere globose, basal half light brown, apical half brown. Palpus yellowish-brown, with four setae. Five genal setae. Thorax. Scutum, scutellum and dorsal part of anepisternum brown, other pleural regions and legs yellowish-brown. Fore tibia with one dorsal seta and anterodorsal row of setae at apical two-thirds. Hind femur height/length ratio, 0.29. Fore metatarsus width/length ratio, 0.18. Hind tibia with one anterodorsal seta at basal third, one anterodorsal pre-apical seta and two large ventral apical setae. Wing (
Figure 1
(f)). With no conspicuous differences from that of
C. irwini
except the smaller size (length
1.27 mm
). Haltere light brown. Abdomen. Hypopygial external capsule (epandrium + hypandrium) with no conspicuous differences from that of
C. irwini
. Phallus (
Figure 5
). Basiphallus and dorsal core plate as in
C. irwini
. Epiphallus membranous, with large scales. The rest of the distiphallus is extremely complex, with sclerotized projections sustaining the membranous parts; distiphallus without apically filamentous plate.
Etymology
Named for Don Webb, who sent us this material to study.