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<emphasis id="B950EA9709662002FF2AF911FE70F963" bold="true" box="[151,432,1666,1691]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="467">Holoneurus occidentalis</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="131F2A0009662002FF22F934FEEAF947" box="[159,298,1703,1728]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1396,1419]" captionTargetBox="[341,1220,324,1319]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[264,1323,265,1394]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Morphology of male Holoneurus occidentalis (7 9, 11) and female Feltomyina polymera (10). 7: genitalia, ventral. 8: gonostylus, dorsal. 9: fourth flagellomere, lateral. 10: ditto. 11: parameres and copulatory organ, ventral. Scale 0.05 mm. agd = accessory gland duct, p = paramere." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/229349/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="467">Figs 79, 11</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9B368509662002FF2AF97CFEF1F8FD" blockId="4.[151,305,1775,1797]" box="[151,305,1775,1797]" pageId="4" pageNumber="467">
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B7409662002FF2AF97CFF39F8FD" author="Felt" box="[151,249,1775,1797]" pageId="4" pageNumber="467" refString="Felt, E. P. (1911) Three new gall midges (Dipt.). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 19, 190 - 193." type="journal article" year="1911">Felt 1911</bibRefCitation>
: 190.
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<paragraph id="8B9B368509662002FF2AF8A2FAC2F86A" blockId="4.[151,1436,1841,2010]" pageId="4" pageNumber="467">
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<typeStatus id="549F882709662002FF2AF8A2FF12F8B2" box="[151,210,1841,1866]" pageId="4" pageNumber="467">Type</typeStatus>
material.
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709662002FEF6F8A1FE79F8B1" bold="true" box="[331,441,1842,1865]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="467">Lectotype</emphasis>
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(designated here). Male,
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, Canal Zone, Paraíso, reared from larva
<date id="FF9A104509662002FB4FF8A1FAA6F8B2" box="[1266,1382,1842,1866]" pageId="4" pageNumber="467" value="1911-05">May 1911</date>
, E.P. Felt, from rotting wild fig branch collected by E.A. Schwarz (
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). One wing of this specimen is mounted dry on a separate slide.
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709662002FECEF8EAFDDBF86A" bold="true" box="[371,539,1913,1938]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="467">Paralectotypes</emphasis>
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.
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One female and one larva, on separate slides, from locus typicus.
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709662002FF7AF80EFEF0F84E" box="[199,304,1949,1974]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="467">Remarks.</emphasis>
The
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male is in generally good condition; the genitalia are mounted with the dorsal side facing up. The
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female, mounted with the ventral side facing up, is compressed. The wings of both the male and female are either distorted or extremely pale, which makes it impossible to assess the condition of the hind veins.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FF2AFAE7FE87FA72" bold="true" box="[151,327,1396,1419]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">FIGURES 711.</emphasis>
Morphology of male
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FD97FAE6FCE3FA73" box="[554,803,1397,1419]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Holoneurus occidentalis</emphasis>
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(79, 11) and female
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FBB5FAE6FB23FA73" box="[1032,1251,1397,1419]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Feltomyina polymera</emphasis>
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(10).
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FA9FFAE5FAF7FA73" bold="true" box="[1314,1335,1398,1419]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">7:</emphasis>
genitalia, ventral.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FF57FA07FF3FFA51" bold="true" box="[234,255,1428,1449]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">8:</emphasis>
gonostylus, dorsal.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FE76FA07FE1FFA51" bold="true" box="[459,479,1428,1449]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">9:</emphasis>
fourth flagellomere, lateral.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FCBEFA07FCE4FA51" bold="true" box="[771,804,1428,1449]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">10:</emphasis>
ditto.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FCDBFA07FC45FA51" bold="true" box="[870,901,1428,1449]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">11:</emphasis>
parameres and copulatory organ, ventral. Scale 0.05 mm. agd = accessory gland duct, p = paramere.
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Adult description.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FE15FA66FE2AF9F6" bold="true" box="[424,490,1525,1550]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Male.</emphasis>
Head.
</emphasis>
Eye bridge dorsally 1011 ommatidia long. Of 14 flagellomeres (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB54B7409672003FA9BFA66FA54F9F6" author="Felt" box="[1318,1428,1525,1550]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468" refString="Felt, E. P. (1911) Three new gall midges (Dipt.). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 19, 190 - 193." type="journal article" year="1911">Felt 1911</bibRefCitation>
) 12 retained; circumfila ring-shaped, appressed, without extensions; neck of fourth flagellomere 1.1 × node (
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). Palpus 4-segmented, as long as height of head.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FD75F9AEFCE8F9AE" bold="true" box="[712,808,1597,1622]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Thorax.</emphasis>
Both anepisternum and anepimeron setose.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FA92F9AEFAB7F9AE" bold="true" box="[1327,1399,1597,1622]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Wing.</emphasis>
R5 joining C at apex of wing. Rs strongly oblique, in line with R5. R-m+m-cu slightly curved. Both M and CuA1 apparently absent, an observation supported by Felts description.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FC11F918FC2BF95C" bold="true" box="[940,1003,1675,1700]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Legs.</emphasis>
Basitarsi with narrow microtrichose projection apicoventrally. Claws slightly curved, 1 large tooth basally. Empodia rudimentary.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FB40F93CFA5CF930" bold="true" box="[1277,1436,1711,1736]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Preabdomen.</emphasis>
Segment I asetose, terga IIIII with rather few setae, terga IVV with 1 seta, terga VIVIII asetose, sterna IIVII with 2 transverse bands of setae, sternum VIII evenly setose, setae more numerous on posterior sterna.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709672003FAAFF964FA5CF8E8" bold="true" box="[1298,1436,1783,1808]" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Terminalia.</emphasis>
Tergite IX subtrapezoid, setose. Gonocoxites (
<figureCitation id="131F2A0009672003FD18F888FD2CF8CC" box="[677,748,1819,1844]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1396,1419]" captionTargetBox="[341,1220,324,1319]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[264,1323,265,1394]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Morphology of male Holoneurus occidentalis (7 9, 11) and female Feltomyina polymera (10). 7: genitalia, ventral. 8: gonostylus, dorsal. 9: fourth flagellomere, lateral. 10: ditto. 11: parameres and copulatory organ, ventral. Scale 0.05 mm. agd = accessory gland duct, p = paramere." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/229349/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
): ventral emargination unusually small, U-shaped; antGA as long as distance separating them. Gonostylus parallel-sided, slightly curved, apically rounded, apicodorsally a small brush (no comb) of spines (
<figureCitation id="131F2A0009672003FD93F8F0FD5AF884" box="[558,666,1891,1916]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1396,1419]" captionTargetBox="[341,1220,324,1319]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[264,1323,265,1394]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Morphology of male Holoneurus occidentalis (7 9, 11) and female Feltomyina polymera (10). 7: genitalia, ventral. 8: gonostylus, dorsal. 9: fourth flagellomere, lateral. 10: ditto. 11: parameres and copulatory organ, ventral. Scale 0.05 mm. agd = accessory gland duct, p = paramere." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/229349/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="468">Figs 78</figureCitation>
). Ejaculatory apodeme and parameres forming complex structure including lateral connections to gonocoxal apodemes; rod-like portion of ejaculatory apodeme as long as parameres, ducts of accessory glands unusually distinct, their ends broadened and somewhat sclerotized, a large sclerotized cap shaped like an inverted U posteriorly of gland ducts, parameres tusk-shaped, apical portion curved ventrad (
<figureCitation id="131F2A0009642000FF47FF04FE8BFF48" box="[250,331,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1396,1419]" captionTargetBox="[341,1220,324,1319]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[264,1323,265,1394]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Morphology of male Holoneurus occidentalis (7 9, 11) and female Feltomyina polymera (10). 7: genitalia, ventral. 8: gonostylus, dorsal. 9: fourth flagellomere, lateral. 10: ditto. 11: parameres and copulatory organ, ventral. Scale 0.05 mm. agd = accessory gland duct, p = paramere." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/229349/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FEE2FF04FDCBFF48" bold="true" box="[351,523,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">
<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FEE2FF04FE76FF48" bold="true" box="[351,438,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">Female</emphasis>
. Head.
</emphasis>
Antenna with 14 flagellomeres; circumfila consisting of two rings interconnected by two longitudinal threads; fourth flagellomere with short neck, node almost twice as long as wide.
<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FAAFFF2FFA5CFF2D" bold="true" box="[1298,1436,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">Terminalia.</emphasis>
Ovipositor, beginning with segment VI, one third as long as abdomen, slightly protrusible. Tergite IX presumably not enlarged. Basicercus slightly longer than disticercus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9B368509642000FF7AFEB4FB66FD35" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,717]" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">
<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FF7AFEB4FEB0FEB8" bold="true" box="[199,368,295,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">Classification.</emphasis>
This species is not a
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FDDDFEB4FD24FEB8" box="[608,740,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">Holoneurus</emphasis>
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in the current sense (see
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) and even its tribal assignment—either to
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or Porricondylini—is somewhat problematic. The male shows porricondyline characters, such as the circumfila lacking posterior extensions and the parameres being tusk-shaped and discrete, whereas the female is dicerurine-like in that it has 14 flagellomeres and the ninth tergite not enlarged. The latter two female characters are regarded as synapomorphies of
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by
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. There is no reason to doubt that the male and female specimens in question are conspecific, so the character states found are in conflict with each other. All evidence considered, I assume that
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FB11FD92FA9EFDE0" box="[1196,1374,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">H. occidentalis</emphasis>
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is a
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and that the synapomorphies referred to above should be rated as underlying synapomorphies. As regards the generic assignment, I retain
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FDE9FDDAFD3DFD98" box="[596,765,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">H. occidentalis</emphasis>
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in
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FC9CFDD4FC65FD98" box="[801,933,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">Holoneurus</emphasis>
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for the time being, as there is no other genus available that could absorb this species for any good reason; formally, this species is a
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incertae sedis. All indications are that
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<emphasis id="B950EA9709642000FE4FFD02FD5DFD50" box="[498,669,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="469">H. occidentalis</emphasis>
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should be classified in a separate genus, which will become clear when its relatives are found and
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in the Neotropics are generally better known.
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