First two species of Austroleptis Hardy (Diptera: Brachycera: Austroleptidae) from Brazil Author Fachin, Diego Aguilar Author Santos, Charles Morphy D. Author Amorim, Dalton De Souza text Zootaxa 2018 2018-01-08 4 557 574 journal article https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4369.4.6 1abe0f03-7e7f-41a7-9621-2d74bfdf0568 1175-5326 1136472 1C5895F3-CB32-4BFE-8F10-FAFC9D5C5389 Austroleptis papaveroi nov. sp. ( FIGS 4 , 6–11 , 15–16, 18–19 , 23, 25–29, 33–34, 39–40) Diagnosis (female). MOSTLY DARK bROWN. HEAD OVAL IN LATERAL VIEW, VENTRAL MARGIN OF FRONS NOT PROjECTED. DISTAL MARGIN OF FLAGELLOMERE 1 STRAIGHT, ONLY FLAGELLOMERE 5 bEARING STRONG SETAE. PEDICEL bROWNISH, ONLY SLIGHTLY LIGHTER THAN FLAGELLOMERES. SCUTUM MOSTLY REDDISH bROWN, WITH DARK bROWN bANDS. WING WITH COMPLEX PATTERN, WITH LIGHT AND DARK bROWN MARKINGS; PTEROSTIGMA WITH YELLOWISH AREAS (FIG. 23). Material examined. HOLOTYPE , ♀ , BRAZIL , São Paulo , SÃO LUÍS DO PARAITINGA , P.E.S. M. – NúCLEO STA . [ SANTA ] VIRGÍNIA , 23° 19’ 24.8” S , 45° 05’ 40.1” W , 22.IX.2011 , MALAISE, PONTO 3, N.W. PERIOTO & EQ. COLS. (MZUSP). PARATYPES : 3 ♀ , SAME DATA AS HOLOTYPE ; 1 ♀, 23° 19’ 27.1” S, 45° 05’ 38.4” W, 22.IX.2010 , MALAISE, PONTO 1, N.W. PERIOTO & EQ. COLS. (MZUSP); 1 ♀, 23° 19’ 27.2” S, 45° 05’ 38.5” W, 22.VIII.2011 , MALAISE, PONTO 2, N.W. PERIOTO & EQ. COLS. (MZUSP); 6 ♀ (2 ♀ SLIDE–MOUNTED), 23° 19’ 17.9” S, 45° 05’ 42.9” W, 22.VIII.2011 , MALAISE, PONTO 4, N.W. PERIOTO & EQ. COLS. (MZUSP); 1 ♀, 23° 19’ 16.9” S, 45° 05’ 46.6” W, 22.VIII.2011 , MALAISE, PONTO 5, N.W. PERIOTO & EQ. COLS. (MZUSP). Description. Female. BODY LENGTH (MM), 4.5–6.0; WING LENGTH , 5.0–6.5. Head ( FIGS 4 , 6–11 ). HEAD DARK bROWN, WHITISH MICROTRICHIA COVERING NEARLY ENTIRE SURFACE . DICHOPTIC EYES ; HEAD TWICE WIDER THAN LONG IN DORSAL VIEW , OVAL IN LATERAL VIEW , AbOUT 1.6 TIMES HIGHER THAN LONG . OCCIPUT DARK bROWN; VERTEX AND POSTOCULAR AREA WELL- DEVELOPED , WITH LONG DARK bROWN bRISTLES. OCELLAR TUbERCLE DARK bROWN, ROUNDED , PROMINENT IN LATERAL VIEW . FRONS bELOW ANTENNA SHORT , MORE THAN TWICE WIDER THAN LONG . ANTENNA INSERTED WELL AbOVE MIDDLE OF HEAD ( FIG. 4 ). SCAPE LIGHT bROWN, PEDICEL bROWN, FLAGELLOMERES DARK bROWN. SCAPE APPROXIMATELY AS LONG AS PEDICEL . FLAGELLUM WITH FIVE LATERALLY COMPRESSED FLAGELLOMERES ; FLAGELLOMERE 1 AbOUT TWICE AS LONG AS FLAGELLOMERE 2, APPARENTLY NOT bEARING STRONG SETAE , DISTAL MARGIN STRAIGHT ; FLAGELLOMERES 2–4 RObUST, RECTANGULAR , SHORT ; FLAGELLOMERE 5 AbOUT TWICE AS LONG AS FLAGELLOMERE 4, TAPERING TOWARDS APEX , bEARING STRONG SETAE ( FIG. 8 ). FACE AND CLYPEUS WELL-DEVELOPED, NOT PROjECTED. BOTH PALPUS SEGMENTS CYLINDRICAL , SUbEQUAL IN LENGTH ( e.g. , FIG. 9 ). PRObOSCIS MUCH SHORTER THAN ANTENNA LENGTH ( FIG. 4 ); LAbELLA WITH DISTINCTIVE PSEUDOTRACHEA ( FIGS 9–11 ). Thorax ( FIGS 15–16, 18–19 ). MOST SETAE AND bRISTLES NOT PRESERVED ; SOCKET OF SETAE ON SMALL TUbERCLES ( e.g. , FIG. 18 ). SCUTUM MOSTLY REDDISH bROWN, A PAIR OF DARK bROWN bANDS OVER DORSO-CENTRALS CONNECTING POSTERIORLY AND A PAIR OF ADDITIONAL DARK bROWN bANDS THAT bRANCHES THAT bRANCHES AbOVE WING AND EXTENDS POSTERIORLY . PLEURA MOSTLY DARKER THAN SCUTUM . A DEEP GROOVE SEPARATING SCUTUM AND SCUTELLUM . AN IRREGULAR LINE OF SLIGHTLY STRONGER DORSO-CENTRALS, OTHERWISE SCATTERED SETAE ON SCUTUM ; SCUTELLUM WITH AbOUT THREE PAIRS OF SLIGHTLY STRONGER MARGINAL SCUTELLARS IN ADDITION TO SCATTERED DORSAL SETATION , SOME SETAE ON SMALL TUbERCLES ( e.g. , FIG. 14 ). SETAE ON PROEPISTERNUM , DORSALLY ON ANEPISTERNUM . PROEPIMERON WIDE POSTERIORLY , ENTIRELY FUSED TO KATEPISTERNUM . PLEURAL SUTURE WITH ANGLE MEDIALLY , NEARLY INTERRUPTED . KATEPISTERNUM VENTRO-POSTERIORLY EXTENDING SLIGHTLY OVER MERON . KATEPIMERON WEAKLY SCLEROTIZED , bUT WITH A CLEAR SEPARATION FROM ANEPIMERON . LEGS MOSTLY bROWN, ALMOST ENTIRE TIbIAE AND bASAL TWO-THIRDS OF bASITARSI YELLOWISH . Wing (FIG. 23). WING MEMbRANE WITH COMPLEX PATTERNS WITH LIGHT bROWN/ DARK bROWN, ANTERIOR CELLS YELLOWISH WITH THREE DARK bROWN TRANSVERSE MACULAE ; NO SETAE ON MEMbRANE. RATHER DELICATE DORSAL SETAE PRESENT ON RADIAL VEINS . R2+3 SLIGHTLY SINUOUS ON bASAL TWO-THIRDS , DISTAL THIRD bENDING ANTERIORLY; bASE OF R4+5 SLIGHTLY SIGMOID , R4 ORIGINATING SLIGHTLY bEYOND END OF DISCAL CELL , NEARLY STRAIGHT ALONG DISTAL 6/7 OF ITS EXTENSION. R5 REACHING C SLIGHTLY bEYOND WING TIP . M1 SLIGHTLY bENT ANTERIORLY ON bASED THIRD , WITH SOME SINUOUSITY ALONG DISTAL TWO-THIRDS . A SHORT FREE STUMP OF M3 MIDWAY bETWEEN M2 AND M4, IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT COMES CLEAR THAT DISTAL END OF DISCAL CELL IS COMPOSED PARTIALLY bY M–M AND PARTIALLY bY M3. ALULA bROAD, ENTIRELY COVERED bY MICROTRICHIA . HALTER bROWNISH. Abdomen. LIGHT bROWN, TWICE LONGER THAN WIDE ; SEGMENT 1–4 WIDER , DISTAL PART OF AbDOMEN ( SEGMENTS 5–7) TAPERING . TERGITE AND STERNITE 7 MUCH LONGER THAN WIDE . INTERSEGMENTAL MEMbRANE bETWEEN SEGMENTS 5/6, 6/7, AND 7/8 WELL-DEVELOPED. PILOSITY bROWNISH, SHORT . Terminalia ( FIGS 25–29 , 33–33 ). THREE WELL SCLEROTIZED SPERMATHECAE , NEARLY OVAL ( FIG. 25 ). SPERMATHECAL DUCTS MOSTLY SLENDER , AT bASE OF GENITAL FORK WIDENED AND WITH STRIATION . TERGITE 8 SQUARED , AS LONG AS WIDE , DIVIDED INTO AN ANTERIOR AND A POSTERIOR SCLERITE . STERNITE 8 NEARLY RECTANGULAR , MORE THAN TWICE AS LONG AS WIDE ; ITS POSTERIOR SEGMENT NEARLY CIRCULAR-SHAPED, EXCEPT GRADUALLY POINTING TOWARDS ITS DISTAL THIRD , AREA OF GONAPOPHYSES NEARLY AS LONG AS WIDE . TERGITE 9 MUCH WIDER THAN LONG , WITH A PAIR OF UNSCLEROTIZED AREAS . STERNITE 9 ( GENITAL FORK ) ANTERIOR END SLENDER AND ELONGATE , bROADENING ON DISTAL TWO- THIRDS . TERGITE 10 NOT DIVIDED , bASAL HALF NEARLY RECTANGULAR , DISTAL HALF TRIANGULAR-SHAPED. STERNITE 10 ROUGHLY ELLIPTICAL, POINTED POSTERIORLY ; ALMOST ENTIRELY UNDERNEATH CERCAL SEGMENTS . CERCUS ONE-SEGMENTED . Male. UNKNOWN. Etymology. THE SPECIFIC EPITHET IS A PATRONYM HONORING DR. NELSON PAPAVERO FOR HIS GREAT CONTRIbUTIONS IN DIPTERA TAXONOMY AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAZILIAN DIPTEROLOGY . Geographic Distribution. THIS SPECIES IS KNOWN ONLY FROM THE TYPE LOCALITY , SÃO LUÍS DO PARAITINGA , STATE OF SÃO PAULO , SOUTHERN BRAZIL . Comments. COLOR INTENSITY OF SCUTUM bROWN MARKS VARIES AS SHOWED IN THE FIGURES 15–16 . ONLY ONE SPECIMEN HAS TWO WELL-DEVELOPED OCELLAR TRIANGLE, CONDITION WE CONSIDER A TERATOLOGICAL DEFORMATION.