Phylogeny of the Mycetophiliformia, with proposal of the subfamilies Heterotrichinae, Ohakuneinae, and Chiletrichinae for the Rangomaramidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha)
Author
DE SOUZA AMORIM, DALTON
Author
RINDAL, EIRIK
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-07-30
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1535.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1535.1.1
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Eratomyia
,
n. gen.
(
Figs. 7–15
)
Type
species.
Eratomyia magnifica
sp. n.
, here designated
Diagnosis.
First sector of m-cu longer than in other genera of subfamily, m-cu reaching CuA more distally. M
1+2
/M
3+4
shorter than m-cu, r-m long. Tergites 1-4 and 6 shining brown, tergite 5 yellow. Midpleural pit absent.
Etymology.
The species name is feminine, from the Greek
eratos
, lovely, meaning a lovely fly.
Comments.
This genus, which is known only from the
type
species, from
Ecuador
, appears in the phylogenetic analysis (below) as the sister group of
Chiletricha
, which is known from
Chile
, southern
Argentina
, and southern
Brazil
. It differs from the
Chiletricha
species
in wing features, with a much wider basal cell, R
5
separated from C, and M
4
originating from CuA not as basally in the wing (
Figs. 10
,
16
). Mouthparts are fairly similar (
Figs. 7
,
17
). In the thorax, the mesepimeron of
Eratomyia
is more slender on its ventral half, whereas the laterotergite is slightly larger (
Figs. 8
,
18
). Tergite 9 has strong spines on a pair of distal projections (
Fig. 12–15
), as also seen in
Chiletricha
(
Fig. 19
),
Rhynchoheterotricha
, and
Insulatricha
, and the gonocoxites have a pair of unique digitiform projections bearing setae and a pair of spines.