Puliciphora laranjae, Disney, R. Henry L., 2003

Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Seven new species of New World Puliciphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) with a new key to the Neotropical species, Zootaxa 162, pp. 1-22 : 12

Puliciphora laranjae sp. nov.

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Female

Frons light brown with 4 SAs­2­2­6 bristles; the ALs nearer eyes than upper SAs, the POs nearer anterior ocellus than eyes. The latter large, their length from above about twice breadth of postpedicel. The latter brown, and with six SPS vesicles, which are as large as sockets of upper SAs. Palps pale straw yellow lightly tinged brown, with five bristles and a dozen hairs. Yellowish brown labrum a little broader than postpedicel. Thorax light brown; with a small humeral bristle; a longer alar bristle on a pale subcircular to oval wing rudiment; and four long bristles at rear margin, the middle pair being a little further apart than either is from an outer bristle. Abdominal tergites brown, T1 being darker than the rest. T4­T6 as Fig. 15 . Venter pale straw yellow tinged brown and with numerous hairs above and below. Legs pale straw yellow with femora and tibiae lightly tinged brown.

Figures

FIGURES 15 ­ 19. Puliciphora females, abdominal tergites 4 ­ 6: (15) P. laranjae; (16) P. longitergum; (17) P. pygmaea; (18) P. interrupta (19) P. parsetosa. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.