Chaetocnemistoptera semifurcata (Borgmeier)

Ament, Danilo César, 2014, Taxonomic revision of the genus Chaetocnemistoptera Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 3753 (4), pp. 301-322 : 311

Chaetocnemistoptera semifurcata (Borgmeier)

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Hypocera semifurcata Borgmeier, 1923a: 629 .

Chaetocnemistoptera semifurcata ; Borgmeier, 1923b: 51; Brown, 1992a: 52. Chaetopleurophora semifurcata ; Borgmeier, 1961: 4; 1968: 14.

Chaetocnemistoptera furcamperdens ; Schmitz, 1927: 32; 1929: 94; Borgmeier, 1961: 3 (syn.).

Diagnosis. No useful diagnosis can be given as no males could be associated with the female holotype.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Petrópolis, 8.x.1922, B. Ronchi col. ( MZSP).

Comments. The association of males to the female holotype of C. semifurcata (as made by Borgmeier, 1961) cannot be made with confidence by this time. Four of the new species ( C. lobata , C. magdalena , C. trichopoda , C. pityropyga ) described herein can be diagnosed only by male structures. All could possibly be the male of C. semifurcata , as they show a similar coloration and chaetotaxy to the female holotype of this species.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Chaetocnemistoptera holotype habitus. 1. C. formosa; 2. C. nigroscutellata; 3. C. palpalis; 4. C. semifurcata.