Oxysarcodexia inflata Lopes, 1975

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Oxysarcodexia inflata Lopes, 1975

( Figs 145–147 )

Oxysarcodexia inflata Lopes, 1975c: 470 ; Brazil, Maranhão, Rosário, Igarapé , Paraqueú. Holotype male, female allotype and 12 male paratypes in MNRJ.

Diagnosis. Male. Length 8.0 mm. Postocular plate with silvery pollinosity. Ocellar bristles weakly developed. Thorax and abdomen with pale golden pollinosity, slightly more intense on the abdomen, T5 with golden pollinosity along the entire extension. Two well-differentiated posterior and 2 smaller anterior post-sutural dorsocentrals.Apical scutellar bristles present. Legs brownish. T3 with 1 pair of lateral marginal bristles, T4 with 1 pair of median marginal and 2 pairs of lateral marginal bristles. ST5 with deep median cleft with margins almost parallel and with pilosity and bristles at apex of arms. Cercus sinuous in lateral view, with expanded obliquely cut apex and dorsal subapical barb. Cercus with bristles ventrally over full length. Cerci with distal third narrower than middle part in posterior view; parallel. Pregonite with expanded base and sudden narrowing at apex, which is darker than base. Postgonite with expanded base, gradually narrowing to apex; unicolorous. Distiphallus with serrated ventroapical margin, lateroapical expansions, ventroapical projections, rounded apex and straight dorsal outline. Vesica symmetrical, with lateral lobes and rounded median projection of main branch; distal lobes well developed, membranous, with spines only on ventral surface; median area more expanded than basal and apical areas; with filaments, tapering and sclerotized.

Remarks. See under O. amorosa . The female of O. inflata was described by Lopes (1975c) as presenting welldeveloped ocellar bristles, lacking apical scutellar bristles and, as in O. amorosa , having T7 weakly sclerotized in the center and with black setosity.

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL. Brazil (Amapá, Maranhão, Pará, Pernambuco).

Biology. Oxysarcodexia inflata has been collected using rotten bovine meat, fish viscera or pig carcasses as bait (Barbosa 2015).

Type material examined. Holotype ♂: Igarapé PARAQUEÚ Rosário MARANHÃO BRASIL / Berla / 20/22- XI-70 / Holotype / Oxysarcodexia inflata ♂ n.sp. Det. H. S. Lopes / MNRJ 2242 [typed vertically on left side of label] [ MNRJ] // 2 paratypes, ♂♂, same label: Igarapé PARAQUEÚ Rosário, MARANHÃO BRASIL / 20/22-XI- 70 / H. Berla / Paratype / Oxysarcodexia inflata n.sp. ♂ Det. H. S. Lopes [ MNRJ] .

Figures

FIGURES 139–147. Oxysarcodexia spp., males. 139–141. Oxysarcodexia grandis Lopes (Colombia, Antioquia, Medellín, Cola del Zorro, CE-TdeA). 139. Habitus, lateral view. 140. Terminalia, lateral view. 141. Terminalia, posterior view. 142–144. Oxysarcodexia ibera Dufek & Mulieri (Argentina, MACN). 142. Habitus, lateral view. 143. Terminalia, lateral view. 144. Terminalia, posterior view. 145–147. Oxysarcodexia inflata Lopes, paratype (Brazil, Maranhão, Rosário, Igarapé Paraqueú, MNRJ). 145. Habitus, lateral view. 146. Terminalia, lateral view. 147. Terminalia, posterior view. Figures 142–144 by P.R. Mulieri (MACN).