2699
Author
Brown, Brian V.
Author
Kung, Giar-Ann
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-12-03
2699
1
142
journal article
11755334
Dohrniphora acanthiventris
sp. n.
(
Figs 59–60
,
328
)
Species recognition. This species can be recognized by the combination of an elongate group of peglike setae with a pair of spinelike ventral processes on the hind femur.
Description. Body length:
1.84–2.22 mm
. Head: Frons dark brown, second row of setae concave. Flagellomere 1 oval, light brown. Palpus of normal size, yellow. Thorax: Scutum light brown. Scutellum dark brown, with setae broken. Pleuron whitish-yellow, except proepisternum and dorsum of anepisternum brown. Mean costal length 0.52 wing length, range 0.51–0.52. Halter yellow. Legs yellowish-brown. Forecoxa in lateral view yellowish-brown. Foretibia with 3–4 dorsal setae. Foretarsomeres 1–3 enlarged, inflated (
Fig. 328
). Midcoxa brown. Hind coxa whitish-yellow. Hind coxal lobe yellow, short, with short, dorsally-curved ventral process. Posterior face of hind femur with basal, curved, double row of peglike setae; more distally with two sharp spines on ventral margin (
Figs 59–60
). Abdomen: Abdominal tergite 1 light brown, tergites 2–6 yellow medially and brown laterally, with medial yellow area decreasing in every tergite posteriorly. Venter of abdomen whitish-yellow to gray, with few setae, larger on posterior margin of segment 5. Male terminalia dark brown, except cercus yellow.
Distribution.
Colombia
and
French Guiana
.
Derivation of specific epithet. From Latin for thorny belly, referring to the spiny ventral margin of the hind femur.
Holotype
.
♂
,
FRENCH GUIANA
:
L’Oyapock
:
St. Georges de l’Oyapock
,
3.88°N
,
51.68°W
,
7–9.ii.2006
,
P. Cerdan
,
Malaise trap
[
LACM
ENT 236476
] (
LACM
).
Paratype
.
COLOMBIA
:
Amazonas
:
Amacayacu NP
,
Matamata
,
3.82°S
,
70.26°W
,
1♂
,
11–24.iv.2000
,
A. Feliz
,
Malaise trap
#1, CAP-77 (
LACM
)
.