Apocephalus amorimi, Brown, Brian V., 2014

Brown, Brian V., 2014, Revision of the Apocephalus analis group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 3857 (4), pp. 551-570 : 561

Apocephalus amorimi new species

(Figs. 23, 24, 46)

Diagnosis. Abdominal segment 6 with single, thick ventral setal row; oviscape with lateral seta extremely thick, ventral apex strongly downturned.

Description. Body length 1 mm. Frons 0.44 head width. Pleuron light brown, nearly white. Costal ratio not measured, as wings are highly damaged. Halter yellow. Abdominal tergites light brown, normal sized. Tergite 6 light brown, about as broad as tergite 5, entire, apical margin straight, two thick posterolateral and scattered thin setae. Venter of abdomen whitish yellow, venter of segments 3–5 with scattered thin setae, longer on segment 5, venter of intersegment 6–7 membranous, setae absent. Venter of segment 6 lacking sclerite, with row of long thick setae, separated by medial gap; medial pair shorter. Oviscape elongate oval, anterior process short, broadly rounded, with extremely thick large lateral seta present. Dorsum of oviscape dorsally bare. Apex roundly pointed, slightly downturned, with few small apical setae. Ventral setae of oviscape absent. Intersegment 7–8 without sclerotization. Anterior arms of stylet anteriorly parallel, well separated, stylet relatively flat.

Distribution. Northern Brazil.

Derivation of specific epithet. Named for friend and colleague Dr Dalton Amorim.

Holotype. ♀, BRAZIL: Pará: Tucuruí, 3.83°S, 49.67°W, 20.vii–8.viii.1982, J.Vidal, CDC trap (INPA) [LACM ENT 013222].