Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae, Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2010

Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2010, Five new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil, Zootaxa 2421, pp. 35-48 : 44

Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae , sp. nov.

(Figs. 5, 22–25, 43)

Diagnosis. Costa very short (0.28 of wing length). Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae can be differentiated from other species with a reduced costa by the divergence between Sc and C present in its wing and by its five elongated setae at base of hind femur ventral.

Material examined. Holotype 3, BRAZIL: Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa (Est. Biol. Santa Lucia), 19º 58’16,7” S 40º32’06,9’’W, 6–9.iv.2001, C.O. Azevedo & equipe col., malaise trap, 867 m. Paratype 13, same locality as holotype, 9–12.iv.2001.

Description. Male. Body length, 2.7 mm. Head. Frons dark brown, pubescent, median furrow well defined. Flagellomere 1 dark yellow, pubescent, elongate-conical. Arista apical, pubescent. Palpus dark yellow; one postocullar seta and two malar setae. Thorax. Scutum, thoracic pleura and scutellum brown. Legs yellowish-brown. Anepisternum bare. Dorsal face of foreleg with two long setae, a row of slightly differentiated setae on apical half of anterodorsal face ( Fig. 43 ). Foretarsomere 1 with anteroapical process, a large seta basally, and an anterior excavation. Foretarsomeres 1 and 2 each with an apical posterior strong seta. Hind femur with tiny, blunt posteroventral setae on basal half, and five elongated setae basally at ventral face. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta. Wing. (Fig. 5) Costa thick, short, 0.28 of wing length; subcostal divergent from Rs, ending far from the costal apex; M1 sigmoid on distal fifth, curved posteriorly at apex; M2 almost straight along entire length, apex curved posteriorly; distance between M2 and CuA1 at apex of CuA1 about 3.0 distance between M1 and M2 at same level; CuA1 gently concave at apex; base of Rs with one seta; 1 axilar seta. Halter gray, with apical white circle. Abdomen. Tergites brown; sternites gray. Terminalia light brown ( Figs. 22–25 ). Hypoproct with five long setae. Epandrial microtrichia as in C. franciscana ( Fig. 18 ); large epandrial setae restricted to lateral regions; epandrial dorsal suture present, left suture directed distally; left epandrial process dorsally continuous, various long setae in its distiller part. Small strong setae on right epandrial projection; right subepandrial plate hairy; two distinct left subepandrial processes: a distal hairy lobe not emarginated (lsp1) and the medial lobe internally projected (lsp2), continuous with the dorsal part of left epandrial process. One large seta in the subepandrial wall.

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. This species is named after the type-locality, Santa Teresa, and is feminine.

Comments. The space between M2 and CuA1 is relatively large in Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae , C. apechoneura , and C. disparivena , and slightly large in C.boliviana Borgmeier. Recently was found one specimen of Coniceromyia whose hypopygium is very similar to C. basalis Borgmeier with M2 and CuA1 largely apart, something thought to be absent in the species.

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 44. Male foretibia. 26 – 28, Coniceromyia franciscana, sp. nov. (26, anterodorsal; 27, dorsal; 28, posterodorsal view); 29 – 31, Coniceromyia maculipennis (29, anterodorsal; 30, dorsal; 31, posterodorsal view); 32 – 34, Coniceromyia diaphaniptera, sp. nov. (32, anterodorsal; 33, dorsal; 34, posterodorsal view); 35 – 37, Coniceromyia anacleti (35, anterodorsal; 36, dorsal; 37, posterodorsal view); 38 – 40, Coniceromyia epicantha (38, anterodorsal; 39, dorsal; 40, posterodorsal view); 41, Coniceromyia vespertilio, anterodorsal view (modified from Borgmeier, 1950); 42, Coniceromyia apechoneura, sp. nov., anterodorsal view; 43, Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae, sp. nov., anterodorsal view; 44, Coniceromyia brandaoi, sp. nov., anterodorsal view. Abbreviations: d 1, d 2, d 3, dorsal setae; ad, anterodorsal setae; pd, posterodorsal setae; pd *, additional posterodorsal setae not present in all specimens; adr; anterodorsal row of setae.

FIGURES 22 – 25. Hypopygium. Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae, sp. nov. 22. Dorsal view; 23. Ventral view; 24. Left lateral view; 25. Right lateral view. Abbreviations: ar, aedago region; ep, epandrium; hyp, hypandrium; hyprct, hypoproct; lep, left epandrial process; lsp 1 and lsp 2, left subepandrial processes; rsp, right subepandrial plate.

FIGURES 18 – 21. Hypopygium. Coniceromyia franciscana, sp. nov. 18. Dorsal view; 19. Ventral view; 20. Left lateral view; 21. Right lateral view. Abbreviations: ar, aedeado region; cerc, cercus; des, dorsal epandrial suture; ep, epandrium; hyp, hypandrium; hyprct, hypoproct; lep, left epandrial process; les, left epandrial suture; lsp 1 and lsp 2, left subepandrial processes; rsp, right subepandrial plate.