A taxonomic revision of the Southern South American species of the genus FANNIA Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae) Martha Cecilia Dominguez ABSTRACT
Author
Abstract, Martha Cecilia Dominguez
text
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2007
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1807-0205
Fannia punctiventris
Malloch, 1934
Figs. 15
A-F
Fannia punctiventris
Malloch, 1934:207
;
Ortiz, 1946:157
;
Seago, 1954:7
;
Hennig, 1955a:26
;
Pont,1972:6
;
Carvalho
et al.,
1993:13
;
2003:16
.
Diagnosis:
Small dark brown species. Frontal vitta at narrowest point reduced to a very thin line, 0.25x width of anterior ocellus. Eye scarcely setulose. Antenna and palpus dark brown to black. Thorax dark brown. Two strong
pra
near
spal.
T2 constricted in basal half. C3 with 2 hair-like
p
at apex of posterior surface. F3 with a preapical protuberance only conspicuous on posterior surface, with 1 row of very short
pv,
and a subapical tuft of hair-like
pv
as long as femoral width. T3 lacking medial row of
ad.
Wing clear. Halter yellow-whitish. Abdomen heart-shaped and trimaculated.
Type material examined:
Holotype
o
:
Chile
,
Santiago
(
BMNH
).
Other material examined:
1
o
Chile
, Archipiélago Juan Fernández, Masatierra Yunque 12-II-51 (CEUM). 2
n
, B° Cumberld, 13-III-51 (CEUM).
Description
Male:
body length
3.9 mm
.
Head:
Frontal vitta black, at narrowest point reduced to a thin line, 0.25x width of anterior ocellus. Frons covered with heavy silvery pruinescence, at uppermost
fr
0.3x width of anterior ocellus. Twelve long
fr,
2x length of flagellum. Eye scarcely setulose, antero-internal facets more than 2x diameter of remaining; 2 rows of
pocl
in first quarter. Face and parafacial silvery grey; parafacials at base of flagellum 0.4x width of same and bare. Facial carina grey, gena dark grey to black. Scape and pedicel dark brown, flagellum covered with very heavy silvery-grey pruinescence. Palpus dark brown to black, slightly clavate, the apex 2x width of the base. Lower oral margin concave, grooveless.
Thorax:
Dark brown; 1 prescutellar
acrs;
2+3
dc; pprn
covered with numerous setulae; 2 strong
pra
near
spal;
prealar area bare; 2
prepm
surrounded by five setulae.
Legs:
Dark brown, tibiae slightly clearer. F1 normal (length/width = 5.5), with 1 row of
pd
hair-like and as long as femoral width; 2 rows of hair-like
p;
1 row of
pv,
short in basal 1/4 with 8 to 9 long
pv
in remaining. T1 with 1 subapical
pd;
1 apical
v
and
pv;
1 submedial and 1 apical
ad,
lacking medial row of
ad.
Fore tarsomere 1 0.3x lenght of t1, tarsomere 4, as long as broad. F2 with 1 row of
ad;
1 row of short
a;
1 row of
av,
long and spaced at base, shorter and grouped at apex; 1 complete row of straight
pv,
with a second hooked row in apical 1/4; 1 row of long and hair-like
p.
T2 constricted in basal half; ventral pubescence long and scarce, 0.7x width of tibia; 1 submedial and 4 apical
a;
1 subapical
ad;
1 strong
av-v;
1 submedial and 1 apical
pd;
1 apical
pv
and
1
p.
C3 with 2 hair-like
p
at apex of posterior surface. F3 normal (length/width = 5.9), with a preapical protuberance in posterior surface; 1 row of
ad
shorter and dorsally directed towards apex; two apical
av
as long as femoral width; 1 row of very short
pv,
and a subapical tuft of hair like
pv,
as long as femoral width. T3 with 1 submedial and 1 subapical
d;
1 submedial and 1 apical
ad,
lacking medial row of
ad;
2 medial
av;
1 short apical
av;
apex of ventral and posteroventral surface with a weak ctenidium.
Wing:
Clear. Lower calypter slightly oval, upper rounded, both white with dark brown margins. Knob of halter yellow-whitish, stalk and base brown.
Abdomen:
Heart-shaped, tergite 2 more than 2x width of tergite 4. Dark grey, tergites 2, 3 and 4 trimaculated.
Postabdomen:
Posterior margin of sternite 5 profoundly indented and bearing most setae (
Fig. 15A
). Hypandrium thin, hypandrial arms with apical triangular extensions and directed outwards; postgonite inconspicuous; aedeagus membranous (
Fig. 15B
). Epandrium slightly broadened in anterior half, bell-shaped; cercal plate fused, slightly tapering at apex; bacilliform process cork-screw shaped; surstyli medial respect to epandrium, very long, the base narrower than apex (
Fig. 15
C-D).
Female:
body length
3.8 mm
. Differs from male as follows:
Head:
Frontal vitta dark brown. Ocellar triangle long, extending up to third
fr
or lower
orb.
Frons and vitta broad, the distance between eye margins wider than 0.33x head width. Four to five stout
fr,
shorter than flagellum, with interstitial setulae 5x length of setae. Upper and lower
orb
present, with 1 row of long fronto-orbital setulae;
pocl
of irregular length and short. Outer and inner verticals longer than in male.
Thorax:
Ground colour grey, with brown vittae visible in full length of
acr, dc
and
ia
lines.
FIGURE 15:
Fannia punctiventris
Malloch. A.
Male sternite 5, ventral. B. Male hypandrium, ventral. C. Male terminalia external structures, ventral. D. Male terminalia external structures, lateral. E. Female terminalia external structures, ventral. F. Spermathecae.
Legs:
T1 with 1 submedial and 1 apical
ad.
F2: row of
av
absent; 2 to 3
pv
at base. T2 straight, cone-shaped, the base narrower than apex; ventral pubescence absent; 2 apical and 1 submedial
pv-v;
1 apical
p;
1 apical and 1 submedial
pv.
C3 with 1
p
at apex of posterior surface. F3 lacking preapical protuberance on posterior surface; posterior and posteroventral surfaces bare. T3 with 1 submedial
ad,
the apical
ad
absent.
Postabdomen:
Cerci normal, short; anal plate as long as broad and uniformly covered with setulae; sternite 8 reduced to a pair of anterior plates bearing 2 setae and 4 to 5 setulae; post abdominal spiracles 7 and 8 on tergite 6 (
Fig. 15E
). Two pear-shaped, grooved spermathecae, with partially sclerotized ducts (
Fig. 15E
).
Distribution:
ANDEAN:
Chile
.