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
(
Aculcina
)
duckhousei
Bravo
(
Figs. 2–3
)
Maruina
(
Aculcina
)
duckhousei
Bravo, 2005: 639–640
.
Diagnosis.
Combination of the following characters: eyes touching at midline (
Fig. 2
); wing vein R
4
reaching wing margin closer to R
5
than to R
3
; abdominal tergite VII with a pair of long-bristled tufts; aedeagus with short and thin spines, similar to a cluster of micro bristles; aedeagal sheath with H-shaped median sclerotized area.
Material examined.
Holotype
:
♂
BRAZIL
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
Represa
Rio Grande
,
ix.1969
, col.
M. Alvarenga
(
MZFS
).
Distribution.
Brazil
(
Rio de Janeiro
)
Holotype
condition.
slide mounted, with antennae and palpi incomplete.
Remarks.
Bravo (2005)
stated this species does not have internal sclerotized bands on abdominal sternites 5–8. It truly does not show the internal strong sclerotized bands as seen in
M
.
(
A
.)
guria
for example, but it does have four very thin but well sclerotized bands on abdominal sternites 5–8 (
Fig. 3
).