Azana atlantica, n. sp., with reduced mouthparts and two ocelli: first record of Azana for the Neotropical region (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae)
Author
Amorim, Dalton De Souza
Author
Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira
Author
Balbi, Maria Isabel P. A.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1789
57
65
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182518
32ba7237-e044-423a-86ab-3cbfc911f978
1175-5326
182518
Azana
Walker, 1856
: 26
.
Type
–species.
Azana scatopsoides
Walker, 1856
: 26
(monotypy) (=
Azana anomala
Staeger, 1840
).
Diagnosis
. Flagellomeres cylindrical, 2-3 ocelli. Thorax strongly arched, laterotergite and mediotergite setose, anepisternum variable. Sc short, incomplete; r-m long and perfectly longitudinal; M unforked, CuA unforked, in most species an isolated vein (M4) reaching margin; C extending considerably beyond the apex of R5.