Revision of the genus Amazunculus Rafael (Diptera: Pipunculidae), with description of six new species Author Marques, Dayse W. A. Author Skevington, Jeffrey H. Author Rafael, José A. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-08 4577 3 439 472 journal article 27356 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.2 665a714c-6c8e-4d42-a544-282471582c07 1175-5326 2632241 E935D0FF-BECD-4981-BAED-CAE1053B041B Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael Figs 93–107 Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael, 2008 : 520 , figs 7–9; Rodriguez & Rafael, 2012 : 15 ; Marques & Rafael, 2018 . Redescription. Antenna ( Fig. 95 ). Postpedicel yellow with rounded apex. Thorax ( Figs 93–94 ). Mesopleuron somewhat yellow, entirely grey pruinose; laterotergite grey pruinose. Mediotergite grey pruinose. Legs ( Fig. 93 ) yellow; fore and mid femora and all tibiae with dense grey pruinescence on posterior face. Wing ( Fig. 96 ). Length 8.2 m . LW/MWW = 3.8. LTC/LFC = 1.2. Membrane hyaline. Abdomen ( Fig. 94 ). Brown, all tergites with bands of grey pruinescence posterolaterally. Tergites 6, 7 and sternites 6 and 7 as in Fig. 98 . Terminalia . Syntergosternite 8 without membranous area ( Fig. 99 ). Epandrium yellowish brown and slightly inflated ( Fig. 100 ). Surstyli ( Fig. 100 ) yellowish brown, subsymmetrical; not fused with epandrium and not elongated ventrally, with somewhat rounded apex in lateral view ( Figs 101–102 ). Subepandrial sclerite with a distinct medial lobe ( Fig. 103 ). Phallic guide ( Figs 104–106 ) short and with sinuous margins in ventral view ( Fig. 105 ), about 0.6× the hypandrium length. Hypandrium with two small lobes near base of phallic guide ( Fig. 104 ). Basal processes of phallus short and rounded, not reaching the margin of hypandrium. Phallus with apex well sclerotized, upward directed ( Fig. 106 ). Ejaculatory apodeme as in Fig. 107 . FIGURES 83–92. Amazunculus deargentatus Galinkin & Rafael. Holotype male. 83 , Tergite 6 and sternite 6, ventral view; 84 , Syntergosternite 8, posterior view; 85 , Epandrium and surstyli, dorsal view; 86 , Left surstylus, lateral view; 87 , Right surstylus, lateral view; 88 , Hypandrium, phallic guide and phallus, ventral view; 89 , Phallic guide, dorsal view; 90 , Hypandrium, phallic guide and phallus, left lateral view; 91 , Phallus, ventral view; 92 , Ejaculatory apodeme. FIGURES 93–97. Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael. Holotype male. 93 , Habitus, left lateral view; 94 , Habitus, dorsal view; 95 , Antenna; 96 , Wing; 97 , Holotype labels. Female. Unknown. Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂ : “ BRASIL : Amazonas [ Manaus ], Reserva Ducke , [ 2°55'48.7"S , 59°58'30.6"W ], 1.x.1981 , J.A. Rafael ” “Holótipo ♂ , Amazunculus duckei Galinkin & Rafael ” “ DIPT . 520 Hol.[ótipo]” ( INPA ) ( Fig. 97 ). Holotype condition. Right wing broken in the basal third; left wing with apex danified; right hind leg lost. Terminalia placed in a microvial with glycerin. Geographical distribution. This species is known only from the type locality, Amazonas, Brazil ( Fig. 183 ). Habitat . This species was collected in a reserve located close to Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil ), that is covered by typical dryland evergreen tropical forest.