Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) of Colombia, with description of two new species
Author
Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany
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Universidad de la Amazonia, Grupo de Investigación en Entomología Universidad de la Amazonia - GIEU-, Laboratório de Entomologia, Av, 11 5 - 69 Juan XXIII, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia. ya. ramos @ udla. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3193 - 6659 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
ya.ramos@udla.edu.co
Author
Rafael, José Albertino
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Zootaxa
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2021-06-11
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Tomosvaryella galapagensis
(
Curran, 1934
)
Figs 1–10
,
132
Pipunculus galapagensis
Curran, 1934: 152
.
Tomosvaryella galapagensis
Aczél, 1948: 25
;
1952: 248
;
Hardy, 1965b: 64
;
Ale-Rocha, 1992b: 351
, figs 1–8;
Ale-Rocha, 1996: 172
;
Ale-Rocha & Souza 2011: 297
, figs 13, 55–57;
Rodriguez & Rafael 2012: 30
, 33.
Diagnosis.
Male. Postcranium brown, dorsally pruinose, ventrally grayish-pruinose (
Fig. 1
). Hind trochanter with yellow-setose protuberance (
Fig. 2
). Tergites and sternites 6 and 7 as in
Fig. 3
. Surstyli similar in shape, with hooked-tip, having dorso-basal protuberance, right surstylus slightly shorter (
Figs 4–5
), both surstyli with tips downward-directed, mainly the left one (
Figs 6–7
). Phallic guide with apex simple, angled at about 45 degrees (
Fig. 8
). Phallus with one ejaculatory duct with two spines, one duct with a single spine and one duct without spine. Ejaculatory apodeme somewhat sandal-shaped, darker near base, rounded on both ends (
Fig. 9
). Gonopods subsymmetrical (
Fig. 10
).
Material examined.
COLOMBIA
:
Boyacá
, SFF[Santuario de Fauna y Flora]
Iguaque
,
Cabaña Chaina
,
5º25’N
–
73º27’W
,
2600 m
[eters],
Malaise
,
31.viii.–16.ix.2001
,
A. Roberto
, “M2066” (
1♂
,
LEUA
) (photographed specimen); “
idem,
01–14.feb[ii].2001”, “M1271” (
1♂
, IAvH).
Geographical distribution.
Ecuador
,
Galapagos islands
;
Mexico
,
Baja California
(
Rodriguez & Rafael 2012
);
Colombia
(new record) (
Fig. 132
).
Habitat.
The specimens were collected with Malaise trap at the ground level at the Santuario de Fauna y Flora Iguaque reserve, where the vegetation is composed of forest typical of the mountain range of the Northeast region of
Colombia
.
FIGURES 1–10.
Tomosvaryella galapagensis
(
Curran, 1934
)
(IAvH–M2066). Male.
1
, Habitus, left lateral view;
2
, Left hind trochanter, lateral view;
3
, Tergites and sternites 6 and 7, ventral view;
4
, Tip of abdomen with syntergosternite 8, ventral view;
5
, Susrtyli, dorsal view;
6
, Left surstylus, lateral view;
7
, Right surstylus, lateral view;
8
, Phallic guide and phallus, left lateral view;
9,
Ejaculatory apodeme, lateral view;
10,
Hypandrium and gonopods, ventral view.
Comments.
Specimens collected are similar to the
holotype
illustrated by Ale-Rocha (1992), differing only by the left surstylus, which has the apex more truncated when examined in lateral view.