Paramycodrosophila mantiqueira, 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 : 39

Paramycodrosophila mantiqueira n. sp.

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Material examined: Holotype male, labelled as follows:“BRA [= Brazil] – RJ [= State of Rio de Janeiro] – PARNA [= National Park ] de Itatiaia (22°26’09.58”S, 44°36’28.1”W) Data: 18.i.2021 - 29.i.2021 Col.: Telles MHF OBS.: Armadilha [=Trap] Malaise”; “ Paramycodrosophila mantiqueira n. sp. Frech-Telles, Valente-Gaiesky, Gottschalk, ♂ Holotype ” [ MZUSP].

Diagnosis. Flies dark with several lighter areas forming a mottled pattern; very prominent black ocellar triangle; scutum mostly dark brown with lighter areas fused resembling an uppercase “M”; legs with femora and tibiae yellow with two dark brown rings each, femora with one basal and one sub-apical and tibiae with one sub-basal and one sub-apical; wing infuscated with a very large, broad, apically round, black costal lappet; abdomen with yellow and brown tergites. Posterior hypandrial process present. Postgonites “L”-shaped. Phallus tubular, narrow, projected ventrally, with two antero-posterior, rounded, more membranous projections dorsally; in lateral view the phallotrema lateral margins seem concave.

Description. Holotype. Head ( Figs. 45A, C ): yellow with black and dark brown marks; eyes red, pubescent; face with a narrow prominent carina, light yellow with dorsal half black, dark marks near vibrissae; parafacialia light yellow; scape brown; pedicel brown, apically lighter; flagellomere 1 black, basal third yellow, compressed; arista with seven dorsal and one ventral branches, and terminal fork; frons yellow with brown marks; fronto-orbital plate tan, brown posterior to the p rc frorb s; fronto-orbital setae black; 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 = 0.07 mm; frontal vitta brown, yellow near the ptilinal suture; frontal triangle yellow darker at the margins of ocellar triangle, large; postocellar setae black, crossing near tip; genae yellow, black at the ventral margin and under the eye near the vibrissa; palps black, large; labrum light yellow; labellum black. Thorax ( Figs. 45B, C ): yellow with brown marks; scutum yellow with brown marks; v1 greyish, fine; v2 yellow, only apparent in the first anterior quarter; v3 dark brown; v4 yellow, fine, with greyish marks; v5 dark brown; v6 yellow with a large dark brown mark in the supra alar region; v3 converges and fuse medially; external margin of postpronotal lobe dark brown; transverse suture dark brown mark; brown spot anterior to the transversal suture; base of the setae with brown spots except in postpronotum; postpronotum light yellow almost white; six irregular rows of acrostichal setulae, acrostichal setulae absent posterior to the height of anterior dorsocentral setae; mid acrostichal row with thicker and larger setulae posteriorly; second pair of acrostichal row consisting of two to three setulae; anterior dorsocentral setae about 1/2 the length of the posterior dorsocentral setae; scutellum dark brown with lighter lateral margin anterior to the base of apical setae, base of the basal setae with a dark brown mark; basal scutellar setae parallel, curved inwards; apical scutellar setae convergent curved inwards, crossing; pleura yellow with brown marks; proepisternum black with ventral half light; anepisternum yellow with dark brown dorsal and posterior margins, large brown spot at its center fusing partially with marks at the margins; anepimeron yellow with brown transversal band; katepisternum brown with ventral half light yellow; meron light yellow; legs yellow with brown marks; coxae yellow with brown marks. Wings ( Fig. 45F ): faint darker patch present bellow costal lappet, lighter patch after the costal lappet and along Cu; R 2+3 slightly curved to costal at its tip; R 4+5 and M 1 parallel; halter light slightly darker basely; index: C = 2.00, ac = 3.10, hb = 0.63, 4c = 1.19, 4v = 2.12, 5x = 1.89, M = 0.69, prox. x = 0.46. Length = 2.22 mm, width = 1.02 mm. Abdomen ( Figs. 45D, E ): T1 brown; T2 brown sub-laterally interrupted in yellow, anterior faint yellow spot sub-laterally of the large brown area; T3 brown sub-laterally interrupted in yellow, anterior yellow spot sub-laterally of the large brown area; T4 brown sub-laterally interrupted in yellow, large anterior yellow mark sub-laterally of the large brown area reaching the anterior margin; T5 yellow, laterally brown, caudal brown band which enlarges medially towards the anterior margin, sub-laterally yellow; T6 brown, long transversal yellow mark at the anterior margin medially interrupted in brown; sternites progressively darker from first to last; intersegmental membranes light. Terminalia ( Figs. 46 , 91A ): epandrium is approximately equal width and length, with microtrichia, with 16 upper setae at the internal margin; ventral lobe large, glabrous, with at least seven long setae. Cerci not fused to the epandrium, with microtrichia, with very long setae, hypoproctal plate present. Surstylus with a row of around 9 prensisetae, a row of long inner and a row of three shorter outer setae. Hypandrium, longer than wide, squarish; shorter than epandrium with a narrow posterior hypandrial process. Pregonites large fused to the hypandrium, not fused medially, with a seta near the fusion with postgonite. Postgonites slim and long, the ventral section of the postgonite connects with the pregonite near its anterior margin; the posterior sections of postgonites are slightly asymmetrical and slightly ornated with projections apically; the posterior sections of postgonites are longer than the ventral section. Phallotrema is round. Phallapodeme is smaller than phallus and straight. Body length: 2.34mm.

Etymology. Named in reference to the Mantiqueira mountain range, where the holotype was collected.

Figures

Figure 45 Holotype of Paramycodrosophila mantiqueira n.sp.:A,head (anterolateral view); B,thorax (dorsal view); C,head and thorax (lateral view); D, abdomen (lateral view); E, abdomen (dorsal view); F, wing.

Figure 46 Holotype of Paramycodrosophila mantiqueira 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. Abbreviations: p sc ptg, posterior section of posgonite; v sc ptg, ventral section of postgonite.

Figure 84 Males. Habitus of: A, Holotype of Paramycodrosophila mantiqueira n. sp.; B, Holotype of P. maculosa n. sp.; C, Holotype of P. melana n. sp.; D, Holotype of P. puri n. sp. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 91 Males. Posterolateral view of terminalia of: A, Holotype of Paramycodrosophila mantiqueira n. sp.; B, Holotype of P.maculosa n. sp.; C, Holotype of P.melana n. sp.; D, Holotype of P. puri n. sp. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.