Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Caenopangonia Kröber, 1930 (Diptera: Tabanidae)
Author
Krolow, Tiago Kütter
Author
Henriques, Augusto Loureiro
Author
González, Christian R.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.3
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Caenopangonia coscaroni
n. sp.
Krolow, Henriques & González
(
Figures 8
A–G, 9A–F)
Type
locality.
Chile
,
Región de la Araucanía
,
Malleco, Curacautín, Termas de Tolhuaca.
Diagnosis.
Body grayish brown covered with golden pilosity and a very long wing. Abdomen slender, dark brown with golden pilosity.
Description,
holotype
Ƌ.
Body sized (
11.9 mm
) (
Fig. 8
A–B), wings (12,1 mm) (
Fig. 8
E–F).
Head
. frons, subcallus, parafacial, face, gena and occiput predominantly dark grayish with golden pilosity (
Fig. 8
C–D); frons with parallel sides (
Fig. 8
C); face short, not exceeding the insertion of antenna (
Fig. 8
D); beard golden (
Fig. 8
D); Antenna black with golden hairs; flagellum with eight flagellomeres, first flagellomere subequal (longer than high); palpus black with golden hairs, first segment shorter than second (almost subequal), apex of second enlarged (clavate); proboscis dark brown and slender, 2.5x longer than height of head, theca covered with short setae black and golden, labella brown, very slender without any enlargement.
Thorax
. scutum and pleuron dark grayish with golden pilosity (
Fig. 8
A–D); legs bicolored, coxae, trochanters and proximal 2/3 of fore and hind femora dark grayish blending with color of pleuron, with golden pilosity (right fore leg broken; midlegs lost); distal third of hind femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish with golden pilosity, except tarsi covered dorsally with dark pilosity; wing infuscated with indistinct clouds on cross-veins; cell r5 closed with short petiole, long appendix on R4 vein (
Fig. 8
E–F); calypters with golden hairs; right wing with incomplete M3.
Abdomen
. slender, dark brown with golden pilosity, most prominent a mid-row of golden triangles and lateral incisures (
Fig. 8
A); sternites yellowish to brown with golden pilosity.
Terminalia
. hypandrium + gonocoxite slightly enlarged (almost subequal, wider than long) (
Fig. 9
A–B); hypandrium + gonocoxite with internal margins semicircular (
Fig. 9
B); gonocoxite without lateral projections; gonostylus apex truncate with two small pointed lobes; ejaculatory apodeme enlarged anteriorly keellike (
Fig. 9
C–D); parameral sheath subconical, enlarged anteriorly (
Fig. 9
A–B); epandrium with anterior lateral margins slender, pointed and slightly curved (
Fig. 9
E–F); cercus slender approximately 1/3 length of epandrium.
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Chile
(
Región de la Araucanía
,
Malleco
province).
Type
material
:
Holotype
Ƌ.
“
CHILE
,
Araucanía Region
,
Malleco, Curacautín, Termas Tolhuaca
,
15– 20.i.1959
,
L.E. Peña
(
CAS
)”.
Etymology.
Patronym for Dr. Sixto Coscarón, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (
Argentina
), friend and Neotropical specialist in the family
Tabanidae
.
Comments.
C. coscaroni
n. sp.
is easily distinguished from other species of
Caenopangonia
by their conspicuous golden pilosity. Except to
C
.
hirtipalpis
which is very close, but the following characters allow differentiation: the color of body; antenna black with golden hairs; palpus black with golden hairs, with apex of second segment clavate; apex of gonostylus truncate with two small pointed lobes; anterior margins of epandrium pointed and slightly curved.