Photoantrops, KITS & MARSHALL, 2013

KITS, JOEL H. & MARSHALL, STEPHEN A., 2013, <p class = " HeadingRunIn " align = " left "> <strong> Generic classification of the Archiborborinae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), with a revision of <em> Antrops </ em> Enderlein, <em> Coloantrops </ em> gen. nov., <em> Maculantrops </ em> gen. nov., <em> Photoantrops </ em> gen. nov., and <em> Poecilantrops </ em> gen. nov. </ strong> </ p>, Zootaxa 3704 (1), pp. 1-113 : 92

Photoantrops gen. nov.

Type species: Photoantrops echinus sp. nov., by present designation

Description as for the only included species.

Comments. This genus is described for a single, highly distinctive species. It can be distinguished from other Archiborborinae by the greatly enlarged thoracic and leg bristles ( Fig. 10 ), the lack of ocellar bristles, presence of a single ocellar bristle, and syntergite 1+2 twice the width of tergites 3–5.

The genus name is formed from a combination of the Greek photos (light) and the genus name Antrops , in reference to the collection method of the type species. It is masculine in accordance with ICZN 30.1.4.3.

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Archiborborine adults, habitus photos: (7) Antrops truncipennis, female, Bird Island, South Georgia Islands; (8) A. siberia, male holotype, Yungas de la Siberia, Bolivia; (9) A. tetrastichus, male paratype, Quito–Baeza pass; (10) Photoantrops echinus, male holotype, SierrAzul Lodge, Ecuador; (11) Coloantrops daedalus, female paratype, Laraquete, Chile; (12) Poecilantrops psilosternum, female paratype, Nova Friburgo, Brazil.