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 maculata sp. nov. ( Figs. 4E , 8W , 14K , 20 G–H, 24X, 27M) Diagnosis (male). Foremetatarsus widening towards apex, highly setulose, with anterior excavation, broad and short anteroapical expansion, without differentiated long setae, and basal half dark brown ( Fig. 8W ). Material examined . Holotype ♂ , COLOMBIA : Boyacá : SFF Iguaque : Cab. Mamarramos, 5.69ºN , 76.45ºW , 8–25.vi.2000 , Malaise trap , 2855m , P. Reina col. ( IAVH ) [LACM ENT 211148] . Paratypes : 1♂ , Boyacá : SFF Iguaque : La Planada , 5.42ºN , 73.45ºW , 23.ix–11.x.2000 , Malaise trap, 2850m , P. Reina col.; 1♂ , same but 30.vii– 17.viii.2000 ; 2♂ , same but 5.70ºN , 73.46ºW , 28.ii–16.iii.2000 ; 2♂ , same but 1–19.iv.2000 ; 1♂ , same but 5.42ºN , 73.45ºW , 14.iv–6.v.2000 ; 1♂ , Santander : Gambitá : Vda. El Palmar : Sector el Taladro , 05.98°N , 73.22°W , 14– 31.v.2018 , Malaise trap , 2357m , T. Zambrano-Estupiñan ( CEUA ) . Description . Male. Body length, 2.5 mm . Head . Frons brown, shining, sparsely setulose, with well-defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, conical very elongate. Arista apical, about one-third flagellomere 1 length. Palpus yellowish-brown. Gena with two setae. Thorax . Scutum, scutellum, and pleural regions brown, shining; anepisternum bare. Legs yellowish-brown, except foremetatarsus basal half dark brown, hind tibia and hind tarsus light brown, and hind femur apex dark brown. Forefemur with ventral row of slightly elongate setae and dorsal rounded macula near apex. Foretibia with two dorsal setae and anterodorsal row of strong setulae. Foremetatarsus widening towards apex, highly setulose, with anterior excavation, broad and short anteroapical expansion, without differentiated long setae ( Fig. 8W ). Foremetatarsus ratio 0.35. Hind femur expanded ventrally, with broad basoventral band of relatively long setulae ( Figs. 20 G–H). Hind femur height/length ratio 0.42. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta in basal half. Wing ( Fig. 14K ). Costa considerably swollen, 0.48 of the wing length; R 2+3 absent; M 1 concave, curved posteriorly at apex; M 2 basal half straight, apical half sinuous, CuA 1 -M 2 /M 2 -M 1 ratio 1.5; CuA 1 strongly sinuous. Halter yellowish-white. Abdomen . Tergites dark brown, with shining pubescence. Hypopygium light brown ( Fig. 24X ), left epandrial process with a subepandrial wall extending from the hypoproct to its apex and a subepandrial group of strong setulae. Margin of right lobe of hypandrium without lateral projection. Hypoproct with three setae. Distribution . High-elevation sites in Colombian Eastern Andean Cordillera ( Fig. 27M ). Etymology . Name derived from the Latin root macula (spot, mark), referring to the macula on the base of the foremetatarsus. Variations . Specimens with a conspicuous basoventral macula on the hind femur posterior face.