Hypocerides, Schmitz, 1915

Ament, Danilo César, 2021, Taxonomy and the unusual morphological similarity among Hypocerides Schmitz species (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 4980 (1), pp. 113-126 : 116

Hypocerides female from Madagascar

( Figs. 3 , 4 , 7D, 7J–K )

Among all specimens analyzed here, the only one with more pronounced morphological differences is the female from Madagascar. This specimen has the greatest body length, a more setulose frons ( Fig. 3 ), and the M 1 ending more posteriorly on the wing than the other specimens ( Fig. 4 ). However, these characteristics were not considered enough evidence to consider it as a different species. Possibly, males from Madagascar could be informative regarding the identity of specimens from this island.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Hypocerides heads in dorsal view. Abbreviations: CT, cotype; HT, holotype. White points indicate the insertion of the ventral inferfrontal, dorsal interfrontal and ventral fronto-orbital setae.

FIGURE 4. Hypocerides wings. Abbreviations: CT, cotype; HT, holotype. Subtle angle differences should be considered when interpreting the morphology of the wings which were not slide-mounted.

FIGURE 7. Abdomen and oviscapes of Hypocerides specimens. A–E, Abdomen (white points, tergite margins; gray points, doubtful tergite margins). A, H. sp. from Paraná (Brazil). B, H. sp. from Santa Catarina (Brazil). C, H. sp. from Costa Rica. D, H. sp. from Madagascar. E, H. sp. from USA. F–K Oviscapes. F–G, H. sp. from Santa Catarina (Brazil) (black points, anterior reentrance on ventral margin of segment 8). H–I, H. sp. from Costa Rica. J–K, H. sp. from Madagascar.