Styringomyia paulista Alexander, 1946

Styringomyia paulista Alexander, 1946: 7 (description); 9, Figure 8 (male terminalia).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Holotype. Male, Brazil, São Paulo, Juquiá (24º48S, 47º36W), 300 m, February 22, 1941, Travassos (MZUSP). Part of specimen pinned; terminalia mounted in plastic slide pinned with the specimen. Allotype. Female, same data of holotype (USNM).

DESCRIPTION. Dimensions. See Table I. Morphology. Ninth sternite: narrowing gradually toward tip. Tenth tergite (Fig 21): posterior margin slightly trilobulate. Gonocoxite (Fig. 30): conical, narrowing gradually toward tip; relatively short and stout hairs along distal parts of medial margin to apex; other hairs slender, the longest along lateral margin, the shortest proximally on medial margin. Gonostylus (Fig. 13): almost as long as broad, with four extensions; extension I (Fig. 13, I) strongly sclerotized, bearing three apical spine­like hairs; extension II (Fig. 13, II) longer than the others, strongly sclerotized at apex, bearing a short subapical spine­like hair; extensions III and IV (Fig. 13, III and IV) approximately triangular in shape, similar in length; slender hairs concentrated near base of extensions III and IV and near the center of the medial face of gonostylus. Aedeagal sheath: with two lateral lobes, the most dorsal rounded, the most ventral longer than broad, oblique in position; details of dorsal crest ventral branches not visible in the available material. Female cercus (Fig 8): narrowing abruptly toward tip; ventral margin gently curved, not constricted.