Paramycodrosophila moratoi, Frech-Telles & Gottschalk & Valente-Gaiesky, 2024

Frech-Telles, Marcos Henrique, Gottschalk, Marco Silva & Valente-Gaiesky, Vera Lúcia da Silva, 2024, Shifting the known richness of Paramycodrosophila Duda, 1924 (Diptera: Drosophilidae): the description of nineteen new species in the Neotropical region, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20230105) 68, pp. 1-113 : 19-20

Paramycodrosophila moratoi n. sp.

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( Figs. 15-18 , 82A , 85B , 89G )

Material examined: Holotype male, labelled as follows: “ Brasil, Acre, SEN [=Senador] Guionard, FE [=State Forest] Catuaba , 10°4’28”S; 67°37’00”W, 22/ii-7/iii/2017, Malaise, EF Morato; JA Rafael, Rede BIA [= Thematic network “Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon ”]”; “ Paramycodrosophila moratoi n. sp. Frech-Telles, Valente-Gaiesky, Gottschalk, ♂ Holotype ” [ INPA].

Paratype: female labelled as follows: “ Brasil, Acre, SEN [=Senador] Guionard, FE [=State Forest] Catuaba , 10°4’28”S; 67°37’00”W, 22/ii-7/iii/2017, Malaise, EF Morato; JA Rafael, Rede BIA [= Thematic network “Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon ”]”; “ Paramycodrosophila moratoi n. sp. Frech-Telles, Valente-Gaiesky, Gottschalk, ♀ Paratype ” [ INPA] .

Diagnosis. Flies yellow with several brown marks forming a mottled pattern; head yellow and brown; scutum yellow with a large “X” shaped brown mark; pleura yellow with longitudinal brown bands; legs yellow; fore femora brown, apical third light; mid and hind femora with darker marks from near the base to the center; legs tan with fore femora slightly darker; hind femora with a darker posterior mark; wings hyaline with an apically roundish, large, black costal lappet; abdomen with yellow and black tergites. Phallus tubular and projected ventrally, in ventral view the phallus is droplet-shaped at the phallotrema section; the apex of the phallus is micro-ornated with small scale-like structures; the phallus is micro-ornated with long scale-like structures; in lateral view the lateral margins of phallotrema seem concave.

Description. Holotype ( Figs. 15 , 16 , 82A , 89G ). Head ( Fig. 15A ): yellow with dark brown marks; eyes reddish, pubescent; face light brown, ventral margin light yellow, brown spot under the carina; carina light yellow, slightly darker dorsally, narrow, prominent; scape brown; pedicel basally brownish yellow, apically light yellow; flagellomere 1 light yellow with brown band medially, compressed, mango-shaped; left arista with five dorsal, arista with six dorsal and one ventral branches, terminal fork; frons light yellow and brown; fronto-orbital plate yellow, brown spot from the base of p rc frorb s to the base of medial vertical setae; fronto-orbital setae missing; a rc frorb s lateral and slightly anterior of pc frorb s; distance between pc frorb s and a rc frorb s = 0.02 mm, between pc frorb s and p rc frorb s = 0.09 mm, and between a rc frorb s and p rc frorb s = 0.09 mm; frontal vitta yellow, brown posterior to a rc frorb s; frontal triangle yellow, large; ocellar triangle black, prominent; postocellar setae black, not crossing; genae light yellow with light brown mark under the eye near the vibrissa, black mark at the vibrissae and anterior genal setae, brownish near the base of the third and fourth genal setae; palps dark brown to black, large; labellum dark brown. Thorax ( Figs. 15B, C ): yellow with brown marks; scutum yellow with two longitudinal brown marks anteriorly parallel sub-medially reaching the anterior dorsocentral setae, cross-shaped mark in the center of scutum, dark brown posteriorly, laterally brown, four irregular rows of acrostichal setulae which become absent after the anterior dorsocentral setae, fine gray line between the parallel brown marks, base of the notopleural and dorsocentral setae with brown spots; dorsocentral setae missing or displaced; postpronotum light yellow; scutellum brown, yellow laterally near the anterior margin; scutellar setae parallel and curved inward apically; pleura yellow with brown marks; proepisternum, anepimeron and anepisternum brown with yellowish white marks forming a continuous band above the katepisternum; katepisternum light yellow, dorsal half dark brown. Wings ( Fig. 15F ): faint darker patch present bellow costal lappet; R 4+5 and M 1 parallel; halter light yellow, brown at the base; index: C = 1.23, ac = 3.53, hb = 0.87, 4c = 1.77, 4v = 2.50, 5x = 2.90, M = 0.97, prox. x = 0.50. Length = 1.42 mm, width = 0.65 mm. Abdomen ( Figs. 15D, E ): T1 yellow; T2 black, interrupted sub-laterally in yellow, anterior faint yellow mark medially; T3 black, sub-laterally yellow, with anterior small faint yellow spots sub-laterally of the brown area; T4 black, sub-laterally yellow, long yellow transversal mark at the anterior margin, the yellow mark enlarges laterally; T5 yellow, caudal black band enlarged medially, laterally brown, sub-laterally yellow; T6 yellow; sternites light yellow; intersegmental membranes light. Terminalia ( Figs.16 , 89G ): epandrium with a dark spot medially, approximately equal width and length, with microtrichia, with six upper and two lateral setae; ventral lobe short, glabrous, with two long and one shorter apical setae. Cerci not fused to the epandrium, with microtrichia, with large setae, hypoproctal plate present, ventral cecal lobes short with setae. Subepandrial sclerite sclerotinized. Surstylus with a row prensisetae dorsally, about four longer inner setae arranged in a line and two small outer setae. Hypandrium roundish, longer than wider, smaller than epandrium. Pregonites large, fused to the hypandrium, not fused medially, with a seta near the fusion to the postgonite. Postgonites thick and wider near pregonite, containing at least three setulae near the fusion with pregonite. Phallotrema is droplet-shaped. Phallapodeme is smaller than phallus and slightly curved ventrally. Body length: 1.62mm.

Paratype remarks: female ( Figs. 17 , 18 , 85B ): T6 yellow with a small brown caudal spot medially and laterally brown; T7 yellow and laterally brown. S7 with microtrichia and with 10 setulae. Wing index: C = 1.25, ac = 4.00, hb = 1.10, 4c = 1.93, 4v = 2.72, 5x = 2.55, M = 0.97, prox. x = 0.55. Length = 1.50 mm, width = 0.69 mm. Terminalia : T8 dark dorsally, with microtrichia in the dorsal region and six ventral setulae; epiproct and hypoproct with microtrichia, with many long and some smaller setae; oviscapt vale sclerotinized, long, squarish at the tip in lateral view; four large peg-like ovisensilla on the posterior margin, horizontal row of four peg-like ovisensilla on the apical ventral margin, around five tiny pegs on the ventral margin; Spermathecal capsule sclerotized,dome-shaped,with a sub-basal grove;introvert 3/5the total length of the capsule. Eggs: chorion ornated dorsally with four filaments and the micropyle; the two apical filaments are about 2/3 of the length of the sub apical; the bigger filaments are 1/2 the length of the main body of the chorion. Body length: 1.69mm.

Etymology. Named after Dr. Elder Ferreira Morato, ecologist and one of collectors of the holotype.

Figures

Figure 15 Holotype of Paramycodrosophila moratoi n. sp.: A, head (anterolateral view); B, thorax (dorsal view); C, thorax (lateral view); D, abdomen (lateral view); E, abdomen (dorsal view); F, wing.

Figure 16 Holotype of Paramycodrosophila moratoi n. sp.: A, posterior end of abdomen (ventral view); B, posterior end of abdomen (lateral view); C, articulated periphallic and phallic organs (ventral view); D, articulated periphallic and phallic organs (lateral view); E, epandrium and associated sclerites (posterior view); F, epandrium and associated sclerites (posterolateral view); G,hypandrium, phallus and associated sclerites (ventral view);H, hypandrium,phallus and associated sclerites (lateroventral view); I,hypandrium, phallus and associated sclerites (lateral view).Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 17 Paratype of Paramycodrosophila moratoi n. sp.: A, head (anterolateral view); B, thorax (dorsal view); C, thorax (lateral view); D, abdomen (lateral view); E, abdomen (dorsal view); F, wing.

Figure 18 Paratype of Paramycodrosophila moratoi n. sp.: A, posterior end of abdomen (ventral view); B, posterior end of abdomen (lateral view); C, oviscapt (ventral view); D, oviscapt (lateral view); E, spermatheca (lateral view); F, choria (left, dorsal view; right, lateral view).Scale bars: 0.1 mm.Abbreviations:flt, filament; mcp, micropyle.

Figure 82 Males.Habitus of:A, Holotype of Paramycodrosophila moratoi n.sp.; B, Holotype of P.mineira n. sp.; C,Holotype of P.leonensis n. sp.; D,Holotype of P.marinhoi n. sp.; E, Holotype of P.viscondedemauaensis n. sp.; F, Holotype of P.pedraseladensis n. sp. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 85 Females. Habitus of: A, Paratype of Paramycodrosophila blauthae n. sp.; B, Paratype of P. moratoi n. sp.; C, VS02, Paratype of P. marinhoi n. sp.; D, C2.1, P. marinhoi n. sp.; E, HBTL02,P. marinhoi n. sp.; F, Paratype of P.viscondedemauaensis n. sp. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 89 Males. Posterolateral view of terminalia of: A, Holotype of Paramycodrosophila itatiaiensis n. sp.; B, Holotype of P. blauthae n. sp.; C, Holotype of P. rafaeli n. sp.; D, Holotype of P.boldrinii n. sp.; E, Holotype of P.roraimensis n. sp.; F,Holotype of P.amazonensis n. sp.; G,Holotype of P.moratoi n. sp.; H, Holotype of P.mineira n. sp.; I, Holotype of P.leonensis n. sp. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.