Paraleucopis paraboydensis Wheeler & Sinclair, sp. nov.

(Figs 17, 46–48, 54, 56)

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Type material. HOLOTYPE Ƌ, labelled: “Willis Palms Oasis/ Thousand Palms,/ Cal[ifornia, USA]. 17-iv-1955 / W. R. M. Mason; “ HOLOTYPE / Paraleucopis / paraboydensis/ Wheeler & Sinclair [red label]” (CNC). PARA- TYPES: USA. Arizona: Organ Pipe National Mon. mi. 66 on Hwy 85, 23.iv.1979, K.N. Barber (1 Ƌ, USNM; 1 Ƌ DEBU); Maricopa Co., Usery Mtn Park, 33.475° -111.618°, aspirated from bare skin, 9.v.2013, T.A. Wheeler (1 Ƌ, LEM); same data except, CCDB-23514-F05 (1 Ƌ, barcoded, LEM); Pima Co., Sabino Canyon, 18.iv.1969, W.J. Hanson (1 ♀, LACM); Pima Co., 35 mi W Tuscon, 18.iv.1969, J.L. Petty (1 Ƌ, LACM); Saguaro National Monu- ment (West.), 1 mi N Visitor Centre, 24.iv.1979, K.N. Barber (1 Ƌ, DEBU). California: same data as holotype (1 Ƌ, CNC).

Recognition. Fronto-orbital setae slender; antenna yellow, separated at most by slightly more than length of pedicel; face with pruinescence on upper half (Fig. 17); parafacial with pruinescence; clypeus shiny; gena mostly shiny, pruinosity not extended posteroventrally below eye; fore coxa and all femora dark; hind femur without anteroventral preapical setae; surstylus gradually tapered with triangular base.

Description. Frons dark to reddish-brown band above antennae; gena dark. Face with pruinescence on upper half; parafacial pruinose. Fronto-orbital setae slender.Antenna mostly yellow, with area surrounding socket of arista and sometimes apex of postpedicel darkened; antennal bases narrowly separated, distance at most only slightly wider than length of pedicel. Clypeus shiny.

Katepisternum with numerous stiff, pale to brownish ventral setae, anterior to mid coxa; short setulae on anterior half. Scutum shiny with dense setulae. Coxae and femora dark, with apex of femora pale; fore tibia mostly pale; mid and hind tibiae darkened in middle, pale basally and apically; tarsomeres on all legs pale, except tarsomere 5 only slightly darkened dorsally; mid tibia with dark ventroapical spur-like seta, one-third length of tarsomere 1.

Male postabdomen (Figs 47, 48): epandrium rounded, evenly sclerotized, setose on posterior half. Hypandrium broad, with pair of short anterior setae; with narrow and broadly rounded postgonite apically. Surstylus gradually tapered with triangular base bearing stiff marginal setae; apex slightly curved medially. Distiphallus tapered to narrow apex. Cercus elongate, 2– 3x longer than wide, longer than dorsal length of epandrium.

Female postabdomen: undissected.

Distribution. This species is known from southern Arizona and California (Fig. 54).

Remarks. DNA Barcode sequence data clearly separates this new species from P. saguaro sp.nov. (Fig. 56).