Cardiacephala podagrica Rondani, 1848
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Cardiacephala podagrica Rondani, 1848
( Figs. 70–73 View Figure )
Cardiacephala podagrica Rondani, 1848: 86 .
Cardiacephala elegans Hendel 1936: 64 , Hennig 1938: 14 –15.
Plocoscelus townsendi Cresson, 1930: 335 . New synonym
Description: Body length 8 mm, wing 5 mm. Palpus mostly dark brown, white on outer face. Clypeus dark brown, shiny. First flagellomere black with pale microsetulae. Fronto-orbital plates and frontal vitta brown. Epicephalon black with white pruinosity. Paracephalon dark brown, shiny. Row of katepisternal setae brownish, some of them shiny gold. Fore tibia black. Mid and hind femora white in basal third, apical third brown and the medial third dark brown. Fore tarsomere one white, 2–5 dark brown. Oviscape shiny dark brown, apex yellow. Epandrium yellow.
Head: Palpus broadened basally and gradually tapering to apex. Clypeus short, length less than half of width. Two frontal setae. Frontal vitta with a narrowed depression centrally, reaching ocellar triangle. Inner vertical seta insertion flat, without tubercle. Paracephalon swollen and rounded, extending beyond the vertex. Vertex flattened. Supracervical black setae sparse, weak.
Thorax: Mesonotum black with white pruinosity. Posterior notopleural seta inserted in a small tubercle. Scutellum upturned, triangular. Femora with sparse black setulae. Mid and hind tibia flattened, but sulcus on outer face weak. Wing apex clear with three preapical black spots. Crossvein r-m with dark spot. R4+5 and M1+2 ending separately in wing margin. A1+CuA2 as long as CuA2. Female cervical sclerite with a nipple like swelling at the posterior end.
Abdomen: Tergites with brownish setulae. Female abdomen: Single spermathecal duct uniformly thick, spermatheca vestigial. Paired spermathecal duct uniformly thick. Paired spermathecal duct stems with a small basal rounded swelling, apical half broad and striate before the spermathecae ( Fig. 71 View Figure ). Paired spermathecae striate and oval, deeply invaginated from apex to base. Male abdomen: Ejaculatory apodeme bigger than epandrium and with a broad blade, wider than sperm pump ( Fig. 73 View Figure ). Phallapodeme extending to anterior limit of hypandrium. Distiphallus long, longer than epandrium, ending in a phallic bulb, phallic bulb subequal in length and width.
Type material: Holotype of Cardiacephala podagrica Rondani (sex unknown, probably lost, not examined): BRAZIL. No information about collector and date. Cardiacephala elegans Hendel (1 ♀, NMWAbout NMW, not examined): BRAZIL. Pará, Belém. 11–26.V.1928, H. Zerny coll.; Plocoscelus townsendi Cresson (1 ♀, USNMAbout USNM): PERUAbout PERU. Rio Charape, 13.IX. coll. CHTAbout CHT Townsend (white label). USNMENT 0 0 677016 (white label).
Material examined: BOLIVIA. La Paz, Heath River Wildlife Centre, ~ 21km SSW Puerto Heath, 12º40’S 68º42’W, 29.IV–12.V.2007, S. A. Marshall (2 ♀, 2 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU 00282202, DEBUAbout DEBU 00282221, DEBUAbout DEBU 00282247, DEBUAbout DEBU 00282248); La Paz, Heath River Wildlife Centre, ~ 21km SSW Puerto Heath, 12º40’S 68º42’W, 29.IV– 12.V.2007, S. M. Paiero (2 ♀, 2 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU 00281758, DEBUAbout DEBU 00281759); ECUADOR. Napo, vic. Misahualli ca., 1º2’ S 77º40’ W, 450 m, 27–31.X.2002, E. M. Fisher (1 ♀, 1♂, DEBUAbout DEBU); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 1–2.V.2002, Buck & Lonsdale (1 ♀, DEBUAbout DEBU 00195447); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 2.V.2002, M. Buck (1 ♀, DEBUAbout DEBU 00177294); Napo. Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 2.V.2002, M. Buck (1 ♀, DEBUAbout DEBU 00177946, sequence MYCRO 246–16); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 70º36’ W, 450 m, 29.IV–8.V.2002, P. Careless (1 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 70º36’ W, 450 m, 29.IV–8.V.2002, J. Boone (1 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 3.V.2002, O. Lonsdale (4 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179625); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 3.V.2002, M. Buck (3 ♀, 4 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU 00177994, DEBUAbout DEBU 00177995, DEBUAbout DEBU 00177996, DEBUAbout DEBU 00177997,
DEBUAbout DEBU 00177998, DEBUAbout DEBU 00177999, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178001); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 30.IV–8.V.2002, S. A. Marshall (11 ♀, 14 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178375, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178812, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178817, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178903, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178917, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178918, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179002, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178907, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179011, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179034, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179035, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179048, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179049, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179050, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179051, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179052, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179053, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179054, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179055, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179056, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179057, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179058, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179059, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179060, DEBUAbout DEBU 00196233); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 30.IV–8.V.2002, S. A. Marshall (1 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU 00179061, sequence MYCRO 247–16); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 30.IV– 8.V.2002, S. M. Paiero (1 ♀, DEBUAbout DEBU 00178432); Napo, Jatun Sacha, 5.V.2002, S. A. Marshall (1 ♀, 1 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU); Napo, Jatun Sacha, 29.IV–8.V.2002, S. A. Marshall (3 ♀, DEBUAbout DEBU); Napo, Jatun Sacha Biol. Res. 6 km E Misahualli, 1º4’ S 77º37’ W, 450 m, 1.V.2002, O. Lonsdale (1 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU 00186961); Napo, lya. R. Pastaza, 12– 22.V.1965, L. Pena (1 ♀, CNCAbout CNC 503334); Napo Prov, Tena, II.1983, M. J. Sharkey (4 ♂, DEBUAbout DEBU); Pompeya, Napo, R. Pastaza, 250 m, 14–22.IV.1965, L. Pena (1 ♀, CNCAbout CNC 503442); PERUAbout PERU. Madre De Dios, Sandoval Lk. Ecolodge, ~ 16.5km E Puerto Maldenado, 12º36’S 69º3’W, 28.IV.2007, S. A. Marshall (1 ♀, DEBUAbout DEBU 00282623).
Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru. Comments: Reference to Rondani’s type was not possible, as it is not in La Specola Zoology Museum (where most of his collection is) and we have no other clues to its location. However, evidence strongly suggests the
conspecificity of C. podagrica and P. townsendi . First, Cresson does not mention P. podagricus when describing P. townsendi , suggesting that they were not compared. Also, the paracephalon of P. townsendi is conspicuously swollen and cannot be used as a differential character as in Hennig (1935). Furthermore, Hennig (1937:49) suggests that P. townsendi is probably a synonym of C. elegans Hendel (a synonym of C. podagrica ). Thus, we here treat P. townsendi as a synonym of C. podagrica .
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Cardiacephala podagrica Rondani, 1848
Ferro, Gustavo Borges & Marshall, Stephen A. 2018
2018Cardiacephala elegans
Hennig, W. 1938: 14Hendel, F. 1936: 64
1938Plocoscelus townsendi
Cresson, E. T. Jr. 1930: 335