Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) juquiensis Alexander

Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2002, A review of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken in Brazil, with description of two new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha, Limoniidae), Zootaxa 46, pp. 1-16 : 5

Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) juquiensis Alexander

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Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) juquiensis Alexander (1945) : 27­29 (male hypopygium).

Material examined: Holotype, male. Pinned specimen, with flattened terminalia mounted in a plastic slide pinned with the specimen. Brazil, São Paulo, Juquiá. 400m. November 1940. Travassos. MZUSP.

Color. As described by Alexander (1945). Head ( Fig. 1 ). Rostrum length, 5.50 mm; antennae missing in the holotype; maxilary palpus length, 0.14 mm; head capsule length / width, 0.60 / 0.60 mm. Thorax ( Fig.2 ). Thorax length / height 1.40 / 1.68 mm; a small and inconspicuous protuberance in the anteroventral corner of laterotergite present; tibial spurs lacking. Wing ( Fig. 3 ). Wing length / width, 6.50 / 1.60 mm; cross­vein sc­r reaching R1 before mid point between origin of RS and tip of R1; discal cell ca. 1.6 times longer than wide; A1 ca. 2 times longer than A2. Abdomen. Abdomen length, 4.0 mm. Male terminalia ( Fig. 4 ). Gonocoxite length / maximun width, 0.71/ 0.34 mm; gonocoxite conical, with longest hairs at apical and basal­medial borders; gonostylus slightly subterminal; inner gonostylus length, 0.24 mm; inner gonostylus almost straight; outer gonostylus length, 0.21 mm; outer gonostylus curved; interbase broad based, hook­like, narrowing abruptly near base; aedeagus very long and narrow.

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FIGURE 4. Elephantomyia juquiensis Alexander. Holotype, male. Terminalia, dorsal view. Abbreviations: aed, aedeagus; aed apod, aedeagus apodeme; goncx, gonocoxite; i gonst, inner gonostylus; interb, interbase; o gonst, outer gonostylus; pm, paramare.

FIGURES 1 ­ 3. Elephantomyia juquiensis Alexander. Holotype, male. 1. Head, dorso­lateral view. 2. Thorax, lateral view. 3. Wing. Abbreviations: anepm, anepimeron; anepst, anepisternum; anepst cleft, anepisternal cleft; aprn, antepronotum; a spr, anterior spiracle; cerv scl, cervical sclerite; cx, coxa; kepm, katepimeron; kepst, katepisternum; ltg, laterotergite; mepst, metaepisternum; mr, meron; mtg, mediotergite; pprn, postpronotum; sct, scutum; sctl, scutellum.