Dohrniphora curvilinea, Brown & Kung, 2010

Brown, Brian V. & Kung, Giar-Ann, 2010, 2699, Zootaxa 2699, pp. 1-142 : 23

Dohrniphora curvilinea sp. n.

( Figs 31–32)

Species recognition. With its curved line of curved-tipped peglike setae, this species most closely resembles D. procera , but unlike it there is no emargination in the ventral margin of the hind femur. It is also similar to D. pirirostris , but there are nine peglike setae in D. curvilinea and only five in D. pirirostris .

Description. Body length: 2.56–2.75 mm. Head: Frons dark brown, second row of setae slightly concave. Flagellomere 1 rounded-oval, yellow. Palpus of normal size, yellow. Thorax: Scutum brown. Scutellum dark brown, with 2 pairs of setae; anterior seta three-quarters length of posterior seta. Pleuron dark brown. Mean costal length 0.52 wing length, range 0.51–0.52. Halter yellow. Legs yellowish-brown. Forecoxa in lateral view yellowish-brown. Foretibia with 6–7 dorsal setae. Foretarsomeres slender, elongate. Midcoxa brown. Hind coxa yellowish-brown. Hind coxal lobe yellow, only slightly developed. Posterior face of hind femur with curved single row of curved-tipped peglike setae; more distally with shallow concavity ( Figs 31–32). Abdomen: Abdominal tergite 1 dark brown, tergites 2–6 dark brown. Venter of abdomen gray, with few longer setae on segment 5. Male terminalia brown, cercus yellow.

Distribution. Known from a single site in Rondônia, Brazil.

Derivation of specific epithet. From Latin words for curved line, referring to the arrangement of peglike setae on the hind femur.

Holotype. ♂, BRAZIL: Rondonia: 62 km SE Ariquemes , 8–20.xii.1994, W.J. Hanson [ LACM ENT 268291 ] ( MZSP).

Paratypes. One ♂, same data as holotype ( LACM) .