The taxonomy of Neotropical Brunettiina (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae, Mormiini), with descriptions of ten new species from Brazil and comments on the generic classification of the subtribe
Author
Bravo, Freddy
text
Zootaxa
2006
1134
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.171921
56a6a283-f7b9-40c7-9391-cb73c1a5db83
11755326
171921
Atrichobrunettia
(
Polibrunettia
)
spinata
Bravo
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 18, 19
)
Type
material.
BRAZIL
, Amazonas, Purupuru,
Estrada Nunes de Melo
Km. 8,
holotype
male,
30.XI.1998
, without collector’s name (
INPA
); 21
paratype
male, same locality and date as
holotype
(
INPA
); Silves (Caraça),
paratype
male,
30.VI.1997
, without collector’s name (
INPA
).
Etymology.
spinata
Latin
, refers to format of the paramere.
Diagnosis. Radial fork situated apical to medial fork; apex of paramere with apical digitiform process and ending at same level of aedeagus apex; aedeagal apodeme widest at anterior portion, ending at same line as gonocoxal bridge.
Description. Male. Eyes separated by 0.5 facet diameters; interocular suture Y shaped; antenna incomplete in all specimens studied; scape cylindrical, 1.5X length of pedicel; pedicel spherical; basal flagellomeres nodiform, asymmetrical; ascoids not visible. Palpus incomplete in the
2 specimens
studied. Wing with short Sc; radial fork apical to medial fork (
Fig. 18
). Male terminalia (
Fig. 19
): sternite 9 Ushaped; posthypandrial plate 1/3 length of gonocoxite. Gonostyle same length as gonocoxite. Sternite 10 triangular. Tergite 10 triangular. Cercus with 10 apical tenacula with rounded tips. Apex of parameres ending at same level as aedeagus. Aedeagal apodeme wide at base, narrows near apex, ending at same level as gonocoxal bridge.
Distribution.
Brazil
, Amazonas (Silves).