Phanuromyia cudo Nesheim & Masner sp. n. Figures 25-30

Description .

Female body length: 1.33-1.82 mm (n=20).

Median keel on frons: absent. Sculpture of lower frons: with 3-6 transverse rugae medially. Shape of mandible: slender. Median tooth of mandible: diminished. Frons below median ocellus: with 2 rows of setiferous punctures.

Sculpture on posterior half of mesoscutum: coriaceous to rugulose, at most with fine irregular longitudinal sculpture. Sculpture of anterior half of mesoscutellum: smooth. Thin median foliaceous lamella on propodeum: absent.

Color of coxae: bright yellow, concolorous with legs.

T1: distinctly swollen throughout entire length. Anterior margin of T2: with costae or foveolae throughout its width. T2 sculpture: with neither transverse series of small punctures nor scrobiculate lateral areas. Sculpture of T1: almost entirely smooth. Posterior margin of T2: straight. Number of visible terga past T2: 3 or 4. Setation on T2: limited to at most 1 row of setae posteriorly and sparse setation laterally.

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia cudo can be recognized by the swelling of the entire T1 segment.

Etymology .

The name cudo is derived from the Latin word for a helmet made of raw skin because this species has a large head evoking the image of a knight wearing a helmet. This name is to be used as a noun in apposition.

Link to distribution map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=389327]

Material examined.

Holotype, female: COSTA RICA: Heredia Prov., La Selva Biological Station, 100m, X-1992, Malaise trap, P. Hanson, OSUC549938 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: (129 females) BELIZE: 1 female, OSUC550084 (CNCI). BOLIVIA: 10 females, OSUC149379, 149405-149406, 550016-550019, 550080-550082 (CNCI). BRAZIL: 2 females, OSUC149400, 550012 (CNCI). COLOMBIA: 1 female, OSUC149407 (CNCI). COSTA RICA: 37 females, OSUC149381-149382, 149388, 149390-149391, 149394-149395, 149399, 149408, 549929-549935, 549937, 549956-549957, 549964-549965, 549978-549979, 549983, 549987, 550007, 550010, 550014, 550020-550026, 550079, 575268 (CNCI). ECUADOR: 65 females, OSUC149387, 149393, 149397, 240600, 549936, 549939-549946, 549948-549955, 549958-549963, 549966-549970, 549973-549977, 549981-549982, 549984-549986, 549988-549996, 549998-550006, 550008, 550013, 550113-550115 (CNCI). FRENCH GUIANA: 1 female, OSUC550099 (CNCI). PANAMA: 7 females, OSUC149380, 149384, 149389, 149401, 149409, 549971, 549997 (CNCI). PERU: 2 females, OSUC549980, 550107 (CNCI). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 2 females, OSUC149383, 550015 (CNCI). VENEZUELA: 1 female, OSUC149403 (CNCI).

Comments.

This species exhibits variation in several characters, but can be reliably diagnosed by the swollen appearance of the entirety of T2.