Taxonomic review of Ctenodontina Enderlein, 1914 with the revalidation of Catostola Hull, 1958 (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) and description of a new species Author Camargo, Alexssandro Author Vieira, Rodrigo Author Rafael, José Albertino text Zootaxa 2023 2023-04-28 5276 1 71 journal article 57608 10.11646/zootaxa.5276.1.1 590e0e3a-f3ea-4420-b976-b668987049e6 1175­5334 7907294 92300500-BB24-45B0-8ADD-977C3220A069 Catostola complicata ( James, 1953 ) comb. nov. ( Figs 16–17 , 44 ) Pachychoeta complicata James, 1953: 52 , fig. 6; Martin & Papavero, 1970: 71 (catalogue); Martin, 1975: 84 , 86 (key, comments). Lecania complicata ; Hull, 1962 (2): 481; Artigas & Papavero, 1995: 37 ( Lecania -group catalogue); Papavero, 2009: 31 (catalogue). Ctenodontina complicata ; Fisher, 2009: 619 (Manual of Central American Diptera [Fisher confused Maurice T. James with James S. Hine in the authorship of the species]). Diagnosis. Face white pruinose, frons and vertex brown pruinose; mystacal macrosetae white with a row of dorsolateral black macrosetae ( Fig. 16C–D ); thorax brownish grey pruinose with dark brown pruinose paramedian stripes and spots ( Fig. 16B ); legs yellow with apical third of mid and hind femora dark brown ( Figs 16A–B , 17C ); abdomen dark brown with brownish grey lateral margins ( Fig. 16A–B ); terminalia dark reddish to black ( Fig. 17D– G ); S8 with a few, sparse white setae and with a mid-posterior spatulate projection slightly constricted medially with long dark brown to black macrosetae and setae laterally and apically, these macrosetae with white tips ( Fig. 17D–G ); epandrium with a finger-like dorsal projection ( Fig. 17D–G ). Redescription. Holotype male ( Figs 16–17 ). Head ( Fig. 16C–D ): eyes black; face white pruinose; mystacal macrosetae white, except by a dorsolateral row of dark brown to black macrosetae ( Fig. 16C–D ); subvibrissal macrosetae dark brown to black with a few white setae mixed; gena white pruinose; palpus dark brown with dark brown macrosetae and setae, except ventrally with white setae; proboscis black, labial setae yellowish, proboscial setae white; antennal socket black, white pruinose; frons brown pruinose with a triangular reddish apruinose central spot; orbital setae mixed dark brown, yellow and white; ocellar tubercle black, brown pruinose, with six pairs of dark brown proclinate setae; vertex brown pruinose; occiput greyish pruinose becoming white pruinose laterally and on lower occipital margin; 5–6 black postocular macrosetae (distal one pale), other dorsal occipital setae black and yellowish; lateral occipital and lower occipital setae white. Antenna: scape black with a reddish ring apically, white pruinose and black setose; pedicel reddish brown with yellowish pruinosity, white lateroventrally, black setose with a few very short yellowish setae ventrally ( Fig. 16C–D ). Thorax ( Fig. 16A–B ): brown pruinose; antepronotum and postpronotum brownish grey laterally; scutum with a pair of dark brown pruinose paramedian stripes rounded anteriorly, laterally and fading after postsutural spot; pre and postsutural spots and prescutellar spots dark brown pruinose; scutum laterally and posteriorly and transverse suture brownish grey pruinose; a triangular apruinose black spot at posterior scutal margin; postalar wall and scutellum brownish grey pruinose ( Fig. 17B ); pleura greyish pruinose, except proepisternum, proepimeron, anepisternum, dorsal part of katepisternum, katepimeron and posterior part of metanepisternum brownish grey pruinose. Chaetotaxy: antepronotal macrosetae and setae pale yellow with a few, very short black setae posteriorly; 2 notopleural; 1 supra alar; 1 postalar and 3 pairs of dorsocentral black postsutural macrosetae; scutum with short black acrostichal setae and thin yellowish setae on postpronotal lobe, anteriorly; scutellum with short sparse black discal and marginal scutellar setae ( Fig. 17B ); anepisternum with short, thin yellowish and black setae dorsally; katatergite with white macrosetae and setae; remainder of pleura with thin and very sparse whitish setae. Wings ( Fig. 17A ): translucent, apical third slightly yellowish translucent; veins dark brown; R 4 slightly rounded in the junction with R 5 ; bifurcation of R 4 and R 5 beyond discal cell at a distance equivalent to the length of two crossvein r-m ; crossvein r-m shortly after the middle of discal cell at a distance equivalent to the length of one crossvein m-m ; cells m 3 and cua closed before wing margin. Halteres: yellow, knob dark yellow. Legs ( Figs 16A–B , 17C ): yellow, except coxae and trochanters black and brownish grey pruinose, apical third of mid and hind femora dark brown (hind femora with a brown anterodorsal stripe fading proximally), apex of fore and mid tibiae, anteroventral stripe and apical half of hind tibia and all tarsi dark brown (darker on hind leg). Chaetotaxy: coxae and trochanters with white macrosetae and setae; hind trochanter with 3 posterior white macrosetae; fore femur with 5–6 ventral yellow macrosetae; mid femur with 4–5 ventral (whitish), 7 anteroventral (proximal whitish), 3 anterior, 1 posterodorsal preapical and 3 posterior (2 proximal yellow) black macrosetae; hind femur with 1 anteroventral preapical, 1 anterior, 1 anterodorsal preapical, and 1 posterodorsal preapical black macrosetae; other short femoral setae black anterodorsally and yellowish posteroventrally; tibiae and tarsi with black macrosetae and short black setae (tibiae with a few short yellowish setae anterodorsally); brush setae golden reddish yellow; pulvilli and empodium dark reddish; claws black, dark reddish basally. Abdomen ( Fig. 16A–B ): dark brown pruinose, tergites laterally brownish grey pruinose, T6 and 7 silvery pruinose; T1 with many lateral marginal whitish macrosetae and setae; T2 with 4, T3 with 8, T4 with 7, T5–7 only with 3–4 thin posterior marginal whitish setae; short sparse setae on tergites whitish on T1 and 2 and dark brown on other tergites becoming whitish at lateral margins; sternites brownish grey pruinose and with sparse, thin whitish setae; anterior margin of S7 with an apruinose band. Terminalia ( Fig. 17D–G ): shining dark reddish to black; T8 yellowish pruinose at posterior margin and with brown to black macrosetae and setae ( Fig. 17D–F ); S8 with a few, sparse white setae and with a mid-posterior spatulate projection slightly constricted medially with long dark brown to black macrosetae and setae laterally and apically, these macrosetae with white tips ( Fig. 17D–G ); epandrium black with a group of dark reddish to black macrosetae proximally, ventrally and dorsally, very constricted medially forming a dorsal finger-like projection with reddish setae dorsally and ventrally, apex of projection more or less triangular with rounded tip, epandrial projection dark reddish internally ( Fig. 17D–F ); hypandrium black at posterior corners with setae of same colour; gonocoxite black proximally becoming dark reddish distally, without setae and with a more or less triangular shape apically, rounded on tip; gonostylus dark reddish with short reddish setae; cercus reddish dark to black with short dark reddish to black setae and yellowish setae apically ( Fig. 17D–G ); subepandrial sclerite with a pair of rounded lobes ventrally without setae, dorsal half black with yellowish setae apically. Length. Body: 17.85 mm; wing: 11.81 mm. FIGURE 16. Catostola complicata ( James, 1953 ) comb. nov. , holotype male. A. Habitus, lateral (insert: labels, not to scale); B. Same, dorsal; C. Head, frontal; D. Same, lateral. Scale bar 1 mm. FIGURE 17. Catostola complicata ( James, 1953 ) comb. nov. , holotype male. A. Wing, dorsal; B. Scutellum, dorsal; C. Hind femur, anterior; D. Terminalia, lateral; E. Same, dorsolateral; F. Same, dorsal; G. Same, ventral. Abbreviations: cerc: cercus; epand: epandrium; goncx: gonocoxite; gonst: gonostylus; hypd: hypandrium; st: sternite; subepand scl: subepandrial sclerite tg: tergite. Scale bar 1 mm. Holotype condition. Postpedicel missing ( Fig. 16D ). Female. Unknown. Taxonomic discussion. This species can be differentiated from other Catostola species mainly by the yellow legs with apical third of mid and hind femora dark brown ( Figs 16A–B , 17C ) and the epandrium with a long, finger-like dorsal projection ( Fig. 17D–G ). The most similar species is Catostola baleta comb. nov. that can be distinguished through epandrial finger-like projection which is constricted short before the mid-length of the epandrium with the projection slightly longer than half of epandrial length ( Fig. 17D–E ) and the S8 mid-posterior projection which is slightly constricted at the base ( Fig. 17G ). Distribution ( Fig. 44 ). Honduras ( Atlántida ). The original description was based on one holotype and two paratypes from the same locality as the holotype but collected on May 2, 1923 ( James, 1953 ). In this study, only the holotype was examined.According to Erika Tucker ( in litt ., 2019), curator at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ), the paratypes were not located in the respective collection and its whereabouts are unknown. Material examined. Holotype . HONDURAS 1923 [ Atlántida ] Tela : [ 15°46′24″N 87°27′55″W ], v.10 Guaimas District 508 T . H. Hubbell / Pachychoeta complicata 1 ♁ James HOLOTYPE / bar code UMMZI-163425 ( Fig. 16A [insert]) (♁ UMMZ ) .