Chaetocnemistoptera palpalis ( Borgmeier, 1961 )

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 : 308-310

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scientific name	Chaetocnemistoptera palpalis ( Borgmeier, 1961 )
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Chaetocnemistoptera palpalis ( Borgmeier, 1961)

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Chaetopleurophora palpalis Borgmeier, 1961: 8 View in CoL ; 1968: 13. Chaetocnemistoptera palpalis ; Brown, 1992a: 52.

Diagnosis (male). Scutum and pleural regions dark brown; hind tibia with 6–8 posterodorsal setae; forefemur anterior and posterior face with oval patch of setulae; dorsum of midfemur anterior face with oval patch of setulae. Material examined. Holotype ♂, BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: Nova Teutônia, 27º11’S 52º23’W, viii.1960, Fritz Plaumann col. (MZSP). Additional material: COSTA RICA: 2♂, Puntarenas 3km SW Rincon, 8.68ºN 83.48ºW, iii–v.1989, Malaise trap, 10m, P. Hanson col. (LACM); COLOMBIA: 1♂, Chocó: PNN Utria Sendero Cocalito, 6.02ºN 77.33ºW, 26.xii–1.ii.2001, Malaise trap, 20m, J. Pérez col. (LACM); 1♂, Amazonas: PNN Amacayacu, 3.82ºS 70.26ºW, 25.ix–9.x.2000, Malaise trap, A. parente col. (LACM); 1♂, Magdalena : PNN Tayrona: Zaino , 11.33ºN 74.02ºW, 28.vi–17.vii.2000, Malaise trap, 50m, R. Henriquez col. (LACM); PANAMA: 1♂, Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Is., 9.17ºN 79.83ºW, 24–31.iii.1993, Malaise trap, J. Pickering col. (LACM); ECUADOR: 1♂, Sucumbios: Sacha Lodge, 0.5ºS 76.5ºW, 3–13.vi.1994, Malaise trap, 270m, P. Hibbs col. (LACM); 1♂, Napo: Yasuni Research Stn, 0.63ºS 76.60ºW, 3–20.xi.1998, Malaise trap, T. Pape & B. Viklund col. (LACM); BRAZIL: 2♂, Rondônia: Campo Novo de Rondônia: Fazenda Amorim, 10º40’6’’S 63º29’00’’W, 3–15.xii.2011, Malaise trap, 250m, Amorim, Ament & Riccardi col. (MZSP); 1♂, Rio de Janeiro: Nova Iguaçu: Res. Biol. do Tinguá, 22º34’37’’S 43º26’06’’W, 8–11.iii.2002, S.T.P. Amarante & team col. (MZSP).

Geographical distribution. From south of Brazil to Costa Rica ( Fig. 71 View FIGURE 71 ).

Hypopygium description ( Figs. 47–50 View FIGURES 47 – 50 ). Left epandrial process large, with two apical setose lobes. Hypandrium bilobed, with triangular protuberances at apex. Hypoproct with three setae.

Comments. The examined specimens of C. palpalis from Costa Rica, Brazil (Rondonia) and Ecuador have a longer patch of setulae on the anterior face of the forefemur, similar to a stripe (fig. 16), differently from the holotype that has an oval patch (fig. 15). They were not considered a different species as no other significant differences were found.