Forty-one new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), an identification key, and new distributional records for the species of the genus Author Ament, Danilo César 0000-0002-6561-7277 Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040 - 901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. danament @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6561 - 7277 danament@gmail.com Author Kung, Giar-Ann 0000-0002-8099-6949 Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States of America. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8099 - 6949 Author Brown, Brian V. 0000-0001-6367-6057 Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States of America. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6367 - 6057 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-08-12 4830 1 1 61 journal article 8816 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.1.1 f366dee6-1d72-489c-a58f-d156f1d2bbc5 1175-5326 4402844 ACC86C86-1A37-47E7-BCC2-736AAECFDFA2 Coniceromyia deltopoda sp. nov. ( Figs. 3A , 8M , 14A , 19 A–B, 24N, 27G) Diagnosis (male). Anepisternum bare, foremetatarsus with excavation ventral margin strongly projected anteriorly, forming a triangle ( Fig. 8M ). Material examined . Holotype ♂ , COSTA RICA : Guanacaste : Santa Rosa NP , 10.95ºN , 85.62ºW , 27.ix– 18.x.1986 , Malaise trap , I. Gauld & D. Janzen col. [LACM ENT 109486] . Paratypes : 4♂ , same data as holotype ; 1♂ , same but 18.x–8.xi.1986 ; 1♂ , Guanacaste : Finca Montezuma , 10.67ºN , 85.06ºW , 21.ii.2002 , Malaise trap , 600m , Brown , Walker , Gonzalez & Zumbado col. ; 2♂ , Alajuela : San Pedro de La Tigra , 10.37ºN , 83.92ºW , ii.1990 , Malaise trap , 200m , P. Hanson col. ; 2♂ , Alajuela : Los Chiles , 10.4ºN , 84.33ºW , i.1990 , Malaise trap , 300m , P. Hanson col. COLOMBIA : 1♂ , Magdalena : PNN Tayrona, Zaino , 11.33ºN , 74.03ºW , 17.x–3.xi.2000 , Malaise trap , 50m , R. Henriquez col. ; 1♂ , COSTA RICA : San Jose : Ciudad Colón , 9.92ºN , 84.25ºW , iv–v.1990, Malaise trap , 800m , P. Hanson col. HONDURAS : 1♂ , Olancho : Catamacas , 15.83ºN , 85.85ºW , 21.iv.1995 , Malaise trap , 600m , R. Cordero col. MEXICO : 1♂ , Tamaulipas Gómez Farias : Est. Los Cedros , 23.05ºN , 99.15ºW , 12.v.2002 , Malaise trap , 340m , S. Triapitsyn & V. Berezovskiy col. ; 2♂ , TRINIDAD : Arima Vly. : Simla Stn. , 2–10.vi.1977 , Malaise trap , P. Feinsinger col. ; 1♂ , Chacachacare Island , 10.68ºN , 61.75ºW , 27.xi–4.xii.1999 , Malaise trap , 120m , R. Snelling col .; 4♂ , VENEZUELA : Zulia , 20–23.iv.1981 , Malaise trap , 200m , Townes & Masner col. Description . Male. Body length, 2.2 mm . Head . Frons brown, sparsely setulose, with well-defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, conical-elongate. Arista apical, about as long as flagellomere 1. Palpus yellowish-brown. Gena with two setae. Thorax . Scutum, scutellum, and pleural regions brown; anepisternum bare. Legs yellowish-brown. Foretibia with two dorsal setae and anterodorsal row of strong setulae. Foremetatarsus with anterior excavation, anteroapical setulose process, excavation ventral margin strongly projected anteriorly, forming a triangle, group of setae at base of excavation, and strong seta at base of anteroapical process ( Fig. 8M ). Foremetatarsus ratio 0.35. Posterior face of hind femur with narrow basoventral band of tiny blunt setulae ( Fig. 19 A–B). Hind femur height/length ratio, 0.38. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta in basal half. Wing ( Fig. 14A ). Costa swollen, 0.38 of the wing length; R 2+3 absent or vestigial as a tiny remnant attached to costa; M 1 slightly concave, curved posteriorly at apex; M 2 basal half approximately straight, slightly sinuous near apex, CuA 1 -M 2 /M 2 -M 1 ratio 1.8; CuA 1 slightly sinuous. Halter white. Abdomen . Tergites dark brown, with shining pubescence. Hypopygium light brown ( Fig. 24N ). Left epandrial process with a subepandrial wall extending from the hypoproct to its apex and a medially directed setulose projection near its base. Hypoproct with two setae. Distribution . Low-elevation sites in Central America to Caribbean Coast of Colombia , Venezuela , and Trinidad ( Fig. 27G ). Etymology . Name derived from the Greek letter delta (triangle) and podos (foot), referring to the triangular projection of the foremetatarsus.