First phylogeny of Trichomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae: Trichomyiinae) based on morphological data of adults
Author
Araújo, Maíra Xavier
Author
Bravo, Freddy
Author
Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2023
2023-03-21
198
3
871
900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad004
journal article
53838
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad004
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0024-4082
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TRICHOMYIA
(
BRACHIOTRICHOMYIA
)
BRAVO
&
ARAÚJO
, 2013
Brachiotrichomyia
Bravo & Araújo, 2013: 330
.
Type
species:
Trichomyia inermis
Barretto, 1954
, by original designation.
Species included:
Trichomyia armata
Barretto, 1954
;
Trichomyia braziliensis
Satchell, 1956
;
Trichomyia inermis
Barretto, 1954
;
Trichomyia plumata
Araújo & Bravo, 2013
;
Trichomyia pseudodactylis
Quate, 1996
;
Trichomyia quatei
Bravo, 2001
; and
Trichomyia risaraldensis
Bejarano, 2009
.
Comments:
Two synapomorphies allowed the recovery of
Brachiotrichomyia
: the basal starting point of the bifurcation of the aedeagus, close to the ejaculatory ducts (82-0), and feathered setae of the arm of gonocoxite. This subgenus was proposed by
Bravo & Araújo (2013)
to include some species, such as
Opisthotrichomyia
and
Syntrichomyia
, that present four segments on the palpus, with the first two partly fused. These species have gonocoxites projected dorsally and fused basally and an elongated arm with bristles lined on the inner margin. The gonostylus is C-shaped, but can be reduced in some species. The aedeagus is curved and fused at the apex, with an ovoid appearance. It includes species from
Costa Rica
,
Colombia
,
Brazil
and
Panama
.
Other characteristics recovered in the phylogeny include: a long distance from the clypeus to the antennal socket (longer than or as long as the clypeus); wing with the base of M
2
with microtrichia; and male genitalia bearing hypoproct with an acuminated apex.