Austroleptis Hardy, 1920

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Santos, Charles Morphy D. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2018, First two species of Austroleptis Hardy (Diptera: Brachycera: Austroleptidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 4, pp. 557-574 : 558-559

Austroleptis Hardy, 1920

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Austroleptis HARdY 1920: 126. TYPE SPEcIES, Austroleptis rhyphoides HARdY 1920, bY ORIgINAl dESIgNATION.

Diagnosis. ANTENNA WITH 3–5 FLAGELLOMERES, bASAL FLAGELLOMERE ENLARGED, LATERALLY COMPRESSED, DISTAL FLAGELLOMERES NOT NARROW AND ELONGATED. CLYPEUS SUbTRIANGULAR, RETREATING bENEATH HEAD. WING VENATION WITH M3 MISSING OR REDUCED TO A SMALL STUMP. IN MALES, GONOCOXAL APODEMES AbSENT. IN FEMALES, SEGMENTS 6–8 MUCH NARROWER THAN PREAbDOMINAL SEGMENTS, TERGITE 8 SUbDIVIDED, CERCUS 1-SEGMENTED.

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FIGURES 1–2. HEAd Of Austroleptis kNOWN SPEcIES, fEmAlE. 1. A. atriceps, hEAd IN lATERAl VIEW. 2. A. penai, hEAd IN lATERAl VIEW.ScAlE bAR,0.5 mm. AbbREVIATIONS:flg, flAgEllum; fR,fRONS;gN, gENA; lc, lAcINIA;lbl, lAbEllum; lbR,lAbRum; Oc Tub, OcEllAR TubERclE; PEd, PEdIcEl;PlP,PAlPuS; ScP, ScAPE.

FIGURES 3–4. HEAd Of Austroleptis NEW SPEcIES, fEmAlE, lATERAl VIEW. 3. A. longirostris nov. sp., hOlOTYPE. 4. A. papaveroi nov. sp., PARATYPE. ScAlE bAR, 0.5 mm. AbbREVIATIONS: fc, fAcE; flg, flAgEllum; fR, fRONS; gN, gENA; hYPhAR, hYPOPhARYNx; lbl, lAbEllum; lbR,lAbRum; Oc Tub, OcEllAR TubERclE;PEd, PEdIcEl;PlP, PAlPuS;ScP,ScAPE;VT,VERTEx.

FIGURES 5–8. AddITIONAl dETAIlS Of hEAd Of Austroleptis NEW SPEcIES, fEmAlE. 5. A. longirostris nov. sp., dORSAl VIEW, hOlOTYPE.6. A.papaveroi nov. sp., dORSAl VIEW,PARATYPE.7. A. papaveroi nov. sp., fRONTOlATERAl VIEW,PARATYPE.8. A. papaveroi nov. sp., ANTENNA. ScAlE bAR, 0.5 mm. AbbREVIATIONS: clYP, clYPEuS; fc, fAcE; flg, flAgEllum; flgm, flAgEllOmERE; fR, fRONS; gN, gENA;lbl, lAbEllum;Oc Tub,OcEllAR TubERclE; PEd, PEdIcEl;PlP, PAlPuS;ScP, ScAPE.

FIGURES 9–11. MOuThPARTS Of Austroleptis papaveroi nov. sp., fEmAlE, PARATYPE.9. VENTRAl VIEW.10–11. LATERAl VIEW.ScAlE bAR,0.1 mm. AbbREVIATIONS:hYPhAR,hYPOPhARYNx;lc, lAcINIA;lbl, lAbEllum;lbR,lAbRum;PlP, PAlPuS; PSdTRch,PSEudOTRAchEA.

FIGURES 12–18. ThORAx Of Austroleptis SPEcIES, dORSAl VIEW, fEmAlE. 12. A. atriceps. 13. A. penai. 14, 17. Austroleptis longirostris nov. sp., hOlOTYPE. 15–16, 18 (ARROW INdIcATES SOckET Of SETAE mOdIfIEd IN TubERclES). Austroleptis papaveroi nov. sp., PARATYPE.ScAlE bAR,0.5 mm.

FIGURE 19. ThORAx Of Austroleptis papaveroi nov. sp., lATERAl VIEW, fEmAlE, PARATYPE. AbbREVIATIONS: APRN, ANTEPRONOTum; ANEPm,ANEPImERON;ANEPST,ANEPISTERNum;cx, cOxA;hlT, hAlTER;kEPm, kATEPImERON;kEPST,kATEPISTERNum;lTg,lATEROTERgITE;mR, mERON;mTEPm, mETEPImERON;mTg,mEdIOTERgITE;mTkEPST,mETAkATEPISTERNum;mTN,mETANOTum; PNP,POSTNOTAl PhRAgmA; PPRN, POSTPRONOTum;PREPm,PROEPImERON;PREPST,PROEPISTERNum;ScT, ScuTum; ScTl,ScuTEllum.

FIGURES 24–25. FEmAlE REPROducTIVE TRAcTS Of Austroleptis, INcludINg gENITAl fORk.24. A. longirostris nov. sp., hOlOTYPE.25. A. papaveroi nov. sp., PARATYPE.ScAlE bAR,0.1 mm.

FIGURES 26–30. PhOTOgRAPhS Of fEmAlE TERmINAlIA Of Austroleptis (26–29. A. papaveroi nov. sp., PARATYPE) 26. DORSOlATERAl VIEW,INcludINg SPERmAThEcAE.27. DORSAl VIEW fROm TERgITE 8. 28. LATERAl VIEW fROm TERgITE 8. 29. VENTRAl VIEW fROm STERNITE 8. 30.A. longirostris nov. sp., dORSAl VIEW fROm TERgITE 8, hOlOTYPE.ScAlE bAR,0.1 mm.AbbREVIATIONS:cERc,cERcuS; ST,STERNITE;Tg, TERgITE.

FIGURES 31–34. FEmAlE TERmINAlIA Of Austroleptis. 31–32. A. longirostris nov. sp., hOlOTYPE,RESPEcTIVElY dORSAl ANd VENTRAl VIEWS.33–34.A.papaveroi nov. sp., PARATYPE,PARATYPE,RESPEcTIVElY dORSAl ANdVENTRAl VIEWS.AbbREVIATIONS:cERc,cERcuS;gEN fk, gENITAl fORk;ST,STERNITE;Tg, TERgITE.

FIGURES 35–40. HAbITuS Of Austroleptis, fEmAlE.35. A. atriceps, lATERAl VIEW.36. A. penai, lATERAl VIEW.37–38. A. longirostris nov. sp., hOlOTYPE,RESPEcTIVElY dORSAl ANd lATERAl VIEWS.39–40. A.papaveroi nov. sp., lATERAl VIEWS.ScAlE bAR,1 mm.