2699
Author
Brown, Brian V.
Author
Kung, Giar-Ann
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-12-03
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142
journal article
11755334
Dohrniphora cunarensis
sp. n.
(
Figs 257–258
)
Species recognition. This species is non-descript, but has a hind femur with a triangular group of short peglike setae followed by a clear concavity. The most similar species are
D. scutellaris
, which has six scutellar setae and the ventral margin of the hind femur concave below the peglike setae, and
D
.
palenquensis
, in which the clear ventral lobe is more basal and the peglike setae are fewer.
Description. Body length:
2.81 mm
. Head: Frons dark brown, second row of setae concave. Flagellomere 1 rounded-oval, brown. Palpus of normal size, orange. Thorax: Scutum brown. Scutellum dark brown, with 2 pairs of setae; anterior seta two-thirds length of posterior seta. Pleuron with proepisternum and dorsum of anepisternum dark brown, rest of pleuron light brown.
Costa
0.53 wing length. Halter whitish-yellow. Legs yellowish-brown. Forecoxa in lateral view yellow. Foretibia with 4 dorsal setae. Foretarsomeres slender, elongate. Midcoxa dark brown. Hind coxa yellowish-brown. Hind coxal lobe brown, elongate, narrow. Posterior face of hind femur with basal triangular group of peglike setae; more distally with shallow concavity on small rounded lobe (
Figs 257–258
) and Y-shaped clear spot (as in
Fig. 304
). Abdomen: Abdominal tergite 1 dark brown, tergites 2–6 dark brown with lighter posterior seam. Venter of abdomen gray, with few setae, larger on posterior margin of segment 5. Male terminalia with epandrium yellowish-brown, hypandrium brown, and cercus yellow.
Distribution. Known from a single site in Amazonian
Colombia
.
Derivation of specific epithet. Named for the
type
locality.
Holotype
.
♂
,
COLOMBIA
:
Caquetá
: PNN
Chiribiquete
,
Rio Cuñare
,
0.52°N
,
72.63°W
,
5–9.xi.2000
,
E. González
,
M. Ospina
,
Malaise trap
, CAP-
958, 300 m
[
LACM
ENT 129452
] (
IAVH
).