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<mods:title>Revision of the genus Niphta (Diptera, Thaumaleidae) Theischinger of South America, with descriptions of nine new species and a new immature morphotype</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Pivar, Robert J.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Sinclair, Bradley J.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Moulton, John K.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/11210E93-FC16-4315-BD7A-8974A93E782C" authority="Pivar" authorityName="Pivar" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Thaumaleidae" genus="Niphta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niphta downesi" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="downesi" status="sp. nov.">Niphta downesi Pivar</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Ventral views of male Niphta halteralis group terminalia A N. acus sp. nov. B N. downesi sp. nov. C N. halteralis D N. mapuche sp. nov. Abbreviations: cerc, cercus; epand, epandrium; gcx, gonocoxite; gcx pl, gonocoxal plate; gcx pl fl, gonocoxal plate filament; gst, gonostylus; pm, paramere. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600671" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figs 2B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Lateral views of male Niphta halteralis group terminalia A N. acus sp. nov. B N. downesi sp. nov. C N. halteralis D N. mapuche sp. nov. Abbreviations: cerc, cercus; epand, epandrium; gcx, gonocoxite; gcx pl, gonocoxal plate; gcx pl fl, gonocoxal plate filament; gst, gonostylus; pm, paramere. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600672" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 3B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Adult male lateral habitus micrographs of the Niphta halteralis group A N. acus sp. nov. B N. downesi sp. nov. C N. halteralis D N. mapuche sp. nov. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600673" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 4B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Known distribution of Chilean Niphta A N. halteralis group B N. nudipennis group." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600693" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 24A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Examples of thaumaleid habitats in Chile A waterfalls where Niphta downesi sp. nov., N. eurydactyla sp. nov. and N. nudipennis were collected by sweeping adjacent foliage (40 ° 19 ' 58.7 &quot; S 72 ° 16 ' 54.8 &quot; W) B collection site of N. bispinosa sp. nov. (34 ° 59 ' 48.8 &quot; S 70 ° 48 ' 37.0 &quot; W) (after Pivar et al. 2020) C type locality of N. acus sp. nov., specimens were mainly collected from plants on left (37 ° 46 ' 30.8 &quot; S 71 ° 42 ' 03.9 &quot; W) D rock face seep, type locality of N. bispinosa sp. nov. (34 ° 59 ' 46.7 &quot; S 70 ° 49 ' 19.2 &quot; W) E Chiloe, N. nudipennis was collected at a small waterfall next to the larger Cascada Tocoihue, Pivar is shown for scale (42 ° 18 ' 20.3 &quot; S 73 ° 26 ' 08.9 &quot; W); F, Puente El Salto, N. halteralis was collected above the falls, Pivar is shown above the falls for scale (41 ° 31 ' 29.2 &quot; S 72 ° 17 ' 14.6 &quot; W)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600696" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 27A</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Holotype</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
♂, glued to point with abdomen in glycerine microvial pinned beneath, labelled: &quot;Chile: Region XIV (Los
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ríos">Rios</normalizedToken>
)/ Rte. T-85, 13.xii.2016/
<geoCoordinate degrees="40" direction="south" minutes="19" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="58.6" value="-40.332943">40°19'58.6&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="72" direction="west" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="56.1" value="-72.28226">72°16'56.1&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
/ elev. 95 m, roadcut seep, J.K./ Moulton &amp; R.J. Pivar&quot;; &quot;HOLOTYPE/
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Niphta</emphasis>
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/
<taxonomicName authorityName="Pivar" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Thaumaleidae" genus="Niphta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niphta downesi" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="downesi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Niphta downesi</emphasis>
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/ Pivar [red label]&quot; (CNC).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Paratypes</emphasis>
: Chile: Region X (Los Lagos): Ensenada, nr.
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de
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, 12.i.1985, J.A. Downes (1♂, CNC); Region XIV (Los
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ríos">Rios</normalizedToken>
): same data as holotype (1♂); Rte. T-85, 13.xii.2016,
<geoCoordinate degrees="40" direction="south" minutes="19" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="58.7" value="-40.33297">40°19'58.7&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="72" direction="west" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="54.8" value="-72.28189">72°16'54.8&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
, elev. 145 m, foliage around waterfalls, J.K. Moulton &amp; R.J. Pivar (12 ♂).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Recognition.</paragraph>
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This species is recognised by both filaments of the paramere and the aedeagal guide being easily visible in lateral view, giving it a tri-filamentous appearance. Also, the bend in the gonostylus is slightly stronger than that of
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. mapuche" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="mapuche">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">N. mapuche</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Description.</paragraph>
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The description of
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differs from that of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">N. acus</emphasis>
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in the following regards:
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Male.</emphasis>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">n</emphasis>
= 3.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Length</emphasis>
1.9-2.4 mm.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Colouration</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Adult male lateral habitus micrographs of the Niphta halteralis group A N. acus sp. nov. B N. downesi sp. nov. C N. halteralis D N. mapuche sp. nov. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600673" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">4B</figureCitation>
). Head dull, black; pronotum and postpronotum black; postpronotal lobe, prescutum and mesoscutum shiny, blackish brown, lateral face of postpronotal lobe brown, creamy around anterior spiracle; scutellum blackish brown dorsally, light brown ventrally; mediotergite shiny, blackish brown; pteropleuron mainly brown with dispersed markings of black and dark brown; base of halter blackish, knob creamy yellow; abdomen blackish brown.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Head</emphasis>
. Frons with two strong setae. Flagellomeres 1-3 subquadrate, expanded, 1.5
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as wide as next segment, as long as 2 and 3 combined.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Thorax</emphasis>
. Antealar ridge bearing single pronounced, medial seta flanked by two smaller setae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Wing</emphasis>
. Wing length: 2.2-2.4 mm. C and posterior wing margin with fringe of microtrichia.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Abdomen</emphasis>
. Sternites 3-7 with setae restricted to posterior two-thirds and laterad; sternite 8 strongly arched into preceding segment, lacking setae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Terminalia</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Ventral views of male Niphta halteralis group terminalia A N. acus sp. nov. B N. downesi sp. nov. C N. halteralis D N. mapuche sp. nov. Abbreviations: cerc, cercus; epand, epandrium; gcx, gonocoxite; gcx pl, gonocoxal plate; gcx pl fl, gonocoxal plate filament; gst, gonostylus; pm, paramere. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600671" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">2B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Lateral views of male Niphta halteralis group terminalia A N. acus sp. nov. B N. downesi sp. nov. C N. halteralis D N. mapuche sp. nov. Abbreviations: cerc, cercus; epand, epandrium; gcx, gonocoxite; gcx pl, gonocoxal plate; gcx pl fl, gonocoxal plate filament; gst, gonostylus; pm, paramere. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600672" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">3B</figureCitation>
). Gonocoxite subquadrate, posterior inner margin produced into pointed projection, outer margin notched. Gonostylus short, slightly more than half-length of cercus, strongly arched outwards; apex pointed. Parameres distally fused, widest medially, as wide as gonocoxite; extended past posterior margin of epandrium; lateral margins curved ventrally, canal-like medially in ventral view, then tapered rapidly to filamentous, pointed apex projected posterodorsally, extended beyond epandrium; medial structure cradled within canal, protruded ventrally; in lateral view ending at halfway point of longest filament. Gonocoxal apodeme with secondary structure comprising single filament, running along interior of paramere canal, projected ventrally at apex. Cercus trapezoidal; projected posteroventrally; situated within epandrial indentation.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Immature stages.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
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Known only from the
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series.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Known from the foothills of the southern Andes in Chile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Known distribution of Chilean Niphta A N. halteralis group B N. nudipennis group." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/600693" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">24A</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Pivar" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Thaumaleidae" genus="Niphta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niphta downesi" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="downesi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Niphta downesi</emphasis>
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is named in honour of veterinary and medical entomologist J.A. Downes, who collected the first specimen of this species in 1985.
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