2699
Author
Brown, Brian V.
Author
Kung, Giar-Ann
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-12-03
2699
1
142
journal article
11755334
Dohrniphora scutellaris
Borgmeier
(
Figs 15–16
)
Dohrniphora scutellaris
Borgmeier, 1960: 271
, figs. 15–16.
Holotype
.
♂
,
COSTA RICA
:
Higuito
,
San Mateo
[
LACM
ENT 211032
] (
MZSP
; examined).
Species recognition. Among species with six scutellar setae,
D. scutellaris
is recognized by the relatively large group of well–spaced peglike setae. It is similar to
D. palenquensis
, which however has only four scutellar setae.
Description. Body length:
1.88 mm
. Head: Frons brown, second row of setae slightly concave. Flagellomere 1 rounded-oval, orange. Palpus of normal size, yellow. Thorax: Scutum brown. Scutellum brown, with 3 pairs of setae; middle pair longest; anterior seta two-thirds length of middle seta; posterior seta one-half length of middle seta. Pleuron brown.
Costa
0.51 wing length. Halter yellow. Legs mostly yellow. Forecoxa in lateral view yellow. Foretibia with 5 dorsal setae. Foretarsomeres slender, elongate. Midcoxa brown. Hind coxa yellow. Hind coxal lobe yellow, small, round. Posterior face of hind femur with triangular basal group of peglike setae; ventral margin of hind femur slightly emarginate at level of peglike setae (
Figs 15–16
). Abdomen: Abdominal tergite 1 dark brown with lighter posterior seam, tergites 2–6 as tergite 1. Venter of abdomen gray, with sparse setae. Male terminalia dark brown, except cercus yellow.
Distribution. Known only from the
holotype
specimen and some
paratype
females, all collected in
Costa Rica
. It is remarkable that among 2,300 specimens of
Dohrniphora
examined from
Costa Rica
we have found no further examples of this species.