Taxonomic revision of the genus Neopleurophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of thirty seven new species Author Ament, Danilo Cesar danament@gmail.com Author Amorim, Dalton De Souza text Zootaxa 2013 2013-05-22 3657 1 1 93 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1 1175-5326 5265587 D3E95FDE-9836-474B-89E5-3575C82DD307 Neopleurophora megalopyga , sp. nov. ( Figs. 5 , 116–119 , 185 , 223 , 306–307 ) Diagnosis (males). Hypopygium large, with epandrial medial process very large, bifurcated into a left, sclerotized, bifurcated at apex process bearing a thin projection near base and a rounded right lobe; hypandrium lobes elongated, pointed, sclerotized. Material examined . Holotype ♂ , ECUADOR : Esmeraldas Bilsa Biol. Station , 0.34ºN , 79.71ºW , 5.vi– 7.vii.1996, Malaise trap, 500 m , P. Hibbs col. ( LACM ). FIGURES 116–119. Neopleurophora megalopyga hypopygium. 116. Dorsal; 117. Ventral; 118. Left lateral; 119. Right lateral. Description . Male . Body length, 3 mm . Head . Frons dark brown, except yellow anterior margin, pubescent, without median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, pubescent, oval. Arista pre-apical, pubescent. Palpus yellowish-brown; two upper genal and one lower genal setae. Thorax . Scutum and pleural sclerites brown, anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum dark brown, with medial and posterior areas gray. Legs light brown, except foretibia and foretarsus, yellowish-brown. Forefemur with ventral row of four strong setae near apex. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal third and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus ratio, 4.8. Midtibia with one anterodorsal and one posterodorsal setae at basal fourth ( Fig. 185 ). Hind femur not swollen (height/length ratio, 0.39), without ventral, strong setae. Hind tibia with one anterodorsal and 3–4 posterodorsal setae ( Fig. 223 ). Wing . Costa 0.5 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter yellowish-brown. Abdomen . Tergites dark brown, with yellow posterior band. Tergite 6 about three times longer than other tergites. Hypopygium very large, light brown ( Figs. 116–119 ). Epandrial medial process very large, bifurcated into a sclerotized left branch which is itself further bifurcated apically and bearing a thin projection near base, and a rounded right lobe. Epandrial right posterior margin with medial projection and subepandrial setulose process. Hypandrium lobes elongated, pointed and sclerotized, of about same size. Hypoproct with two setae. Phallus ( Figs. 306–307 ). Basiphallus with large dorsal process. Core plate flattened, bilobed. Epiphallus with large, transparent scales, connected to the right arm at left lateral of the phallus. Ventral plate well developed, apically bifurcated into the secondary scaled process, covered with large scales and a medial lobe with an adjacent scaled process. Female . Unknown. Geographic distribution . Known only from the type-locality in western Ecuador . Etymology . The specific epithet megalopyga refers to the large epandrial medial process, and is derived from the Greek roots megas (large) and pyge (rump, buttocks). Section B . Species with epandrial medial process right branch rounded, with anteriorly directed pointed apical edge ( Figs. 120–131 ).