Paragrallomyia albibasis ( Enderlein, 1922 )

Ferro, Gustavo Borges & Marshall, Stephen A., 2020, A redefinition of Paragrallomyia Hendel (Diptera: Micropezidae, Taeniapterinae) and a revision of the P. albibasis complex, Zootaxa 4822 (1), pp. 39-70 : 46-48

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Paragrallomyia albibasis ( Enderlein, 1922 )
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Paragrallomyia albibasis ( Enderlein, 1922)

( Figs. 6–9 View FIGURES 6–9 )

Grallomya albibasis Enderlein 1922: 216 (genus spelled Grallomyia ).

Taeniaptera albibasis (Enderlein) View in CoL , Hennig 1934: 83, Steyskal, 1968: 16, Ferro & Carvalho 2014: 60.

Paragrallomyia albibasis (Enderlein) , Jackson et al. 2015: 14.

Taeniaptera parens Cresson 1926: 273 View in CoL , Cresson, 1930: 352, Steyskal 1968: 18. New synonym

Paragrallomyia parens (Cresson) , Jackson et al. 2015: 14.

Description: Body length 6 mm; wing 4 mm. Head and abdomen black, thorax black. Palpus dark brown except for white outer face. Clypeus brown with sparse pale microsetulae. First flagellomere dark brown. Fronto-orbital plate dark brown. Row of katepisternal setae brownish. Fore tibia dark brown. Fore tarsus mostly white, tarsomere one brown on basal half only. Hind femur mostly brown, white on basal quarter and with a small angled preapical white ring. Tergites black. Oviscape black.

Head: First flagellomere covered by pale microsetulae. Frontal vitta with a darkened spot anterior to ocellar plate. Frontal vitta flat, not swollen anterior to ocellar plate. Epicephala converging, not immediately merging posterior to ocellar plate ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 6–9 ). Epicephalon somewhat swollen above frontal vitta level.

Thorax: Mesonotum with lines of thin brownish microsetulae. Anterior half of postpronotal lobe bare. Femora covered with sparse black microsetulae. Mid and hind tibia almost cylindrical, sulcus on outer face weak. Female cervical sclerite with a whitish oval swelling, male cervical sclerite smooth. Cell r 4+5 open at the tip of the wing.

Abdomen: Pleural membrane greyish with a white vertical stripe on P3. Female abdomen: Single spermathecal duct apically swollen. Single spermatheca cylindrical, with sparse small rounded finger-like processes ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 6–9 ). Paired spermathecal duct uniformly thick. Paired spermathecal duct stems tapered on apical third, followed by a disc-shaped swelling and a broader apical half. Paired spermathecae oval and with an apical nipple-like swelling, invaginated apically. Male abdomen: Copulatory fork with small inner basal lobes, less than half as long as the arms. Ejaculatory apodeme smaller than epandrium and with a very small blade, length subequal to sperm pump. Phallapodeme short, not extending to anterior limit of hypandrium. Distiphallus long, longer than epandrium; phallic bulb subequal in length and width. Distal distiphallus short and thin, 1/4 of length and almost half of width of basal distiphallus ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 6–9 ).

Type material: Syntype of Grallomya albibasis : GUATEMALA. Tumbador. VII and VIII.1912 (1 ♀, ZMHB examined) ; Holotype of Taeniaptera parens (1 ♂, ANSP, 6310, not examined) .

Material examined: BELIZE. Cayo Dist., San Ignacio, Maya Mt. Lodge, 17º 9’ N 89º4’W, dung trap, 7– 8.I.1991, S. A. Marshall (3 ♀ DEBU00151700 View Materials , DEBU00151709 View Materials ; DEBU00151715 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; COLOMBIA. Chocó, Ensenada de Utria Natl. Pk., Cocalito , 0–100 m, canopy trap, 4–19.VII.2000, J. Pérez (3 ♀, DEBU00138518 View Materials , DEBU00138519 View Materials , DEBU00138522 View Materials , IAVH) ; Chocó, Ensenada de Utria Natl. Pk., Cocalito , 0–100 m, Malaise trap, 4–19.VII.2000, J. Pérez (3 ♀, DEBU00138433 View Materials , DEBU00138491 View Materials , DEBU00138492 View Materials , IAVH) ; Chocó, PNN Utriá, Cocalito , 6º01’ N 77º20’ W, 20 m, Malaise , 19–27.VII.2000, M. 334, J. Pérez (1 ♀, IAVH) GoogleMaps ; Chocó, PNN Utriá, Cocalito , 6º01’ N 77º20’ W, 20 m, Malaise , 16.VIII–7.IX.2000, M. 814, J. Pérez (1 ♀, IAVH) GoogleMaps ; Chocó, PNN Utriá, Cocalito , 6º01’ N 77º20’ W, 20 m, Malaise , 16.VIII–7.IX.2000, M. 819, J. Pérez (1 ♀, IAVH) GoogleMaps ; Putumayo, PNN La Paya Cabaña Viviano , bosque ripario, 0º7’ S 74º56’ W, 320 m, 19.IX–1.X.2001, Malaise, R. Cobete, M. 2440 (1 ♀, IAVH) GoogleMaps ; Putumayo, PNN La Paya Cabaña Viviano , 0º7’ S 74º56’ W, 320 m, 30.XI–15.XII.2001, Malaise, E. Lazano, M. 2794 (1 ♀, IAVH) GoogleMaps ; Valle Del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali Anchicaya, 3º26’ N 76º48’ W, 730 m, Malaise , 30.I–13.II.2000, M. 1111, S. Sarria (1 ♀, IAVH) GoogleMaps ; Valle Del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali Anchicaya, 3º26’ N 76º48’ W, 730 m, Malaise , 25.X–8.XI.2000, M. 1111, S. Sarria (1 ♀, IAVH) GoogleMaps ; COSTA RICA. Alajuela, Biol. Res. San Ramón , 900 m, II. III.2000, P. Hanson (2 ♀, DEBU00138164 View Materials , DEBU00138166 View Materials , MNCR) ; Alajuela, Volcan Tenorio, N slope nr. Bijagua Biol. Sta. , 700 m, rain forest, 19. VI.2000, rain forest, S. A. Marshall (1 ♀, DEBU00138366 View Materials , MNCR) ; Alajuela, Volcan Tenorio, N slope nr. Bijagua Biol. Sta. , 700 m, rain forest, 16–20. VI.2000, S. A. Marshall (2 ♂, DEBU00118469 View Materials , DEBU00118493 View Materials ) ; Alajuela, Volcan Tenorio N slope trail to laguna, 800–900 m, rain forest, 16–20. VI.2000, S. A. Marshall (3♀, DEBU00118539 View Materials , DEBU00118540 View Materials , DEBU00118547 View Materials , MNCR) ; Alajuela, San Ramon Biol. Res. , 900 m, V.2000, P. Hanson (3 ♀, DEBU00206264 View Materials , DEBU00206269 View Materials , DEBU00206280 View Materials ) ; Puntarenas, Corcovado Natl. Pk., San Pedrillo , 5-50 m, 8º 37’15” N 83º44’06 E, 13.VIII.2001, S. A. Marshall (1 ♀, DEBU00168167 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; Puntarenas, Corcovado Natl. Pk., San Pedrillo , 5-50 m, 8º 37’15” N 83º44’06 E, on foliage, 13.VIII.2001, M. Buck (1 ♀, DEBU00168187 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; MEXICO. Vera Cruz, 33 km NE Catemaco, Los Tuxitas Biol. Sta. , ridge rainforest, FIT, 160 m, 1.VII–1.VIII.1983, S. & J. Peck (2 ♀, 1 ♂, DEBU) .

Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

Comments: P. albibasis is recognized by the somewhat elevated black epicephalon that contrasts with the brownish and deep frontal vitta. The convergence of the epicephalon plates (not immediately merging) posterior to the ocellar plate and the single spermatheca with sparse small rounded finger-like processes ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 6–9 ) are also characteristic for the species. Our material from Brazil was limited but we have seen no verifiable specimens of this species from this country, and we suspect that records of P. albibasis from Brazil noted by Hennig (1934), and repeated by Steyskal (1968) and Ferro & Carvalho (2014) are misidentifications.

Cresson (1926) described Taeniaptera parens as a new species, even though he recognized that it was probably a junior synonym of Grallomya albibasis , because he couldn’t verify the number of dorsocentral setae in G. albibasis . Since the type specimen of G. albibasis has two dorsocentral setae as in described for T. parens , and no other characters suggest that these species are different, T. parens is treated as a junior synonym of P. albibasis .

ANSP

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

IAVH

Instituto de Ivestigacion de los Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

MNCR

Museo Nacional de Costa Rica

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

DEBU

Ontario Insect Collection, University of Guelph

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Micropezidae

Genus

Paragrallomyia

Loc

Paragrallomyia albibasis ( Enderlein, 1922 )

Ferro, Gustavo Borges & Marshall, Stephen A. 2020
2020
Loc

Paragrallomyia albibasis (Enderlein)

Jackson, M. D. & Marshall, S. A. & Skevington, J. H. 2015: 14
2015
Loc

Paragrallomyia parens (Cresson)

Jackson, M. D. & Marshall, S. A. & Skevington, J. H. 2015: 14
2015
Loc

Taeniaptera parens

Steyskal, G. C. 1968: 18
1968
Loc

Taeniaptera albibasis (Enderlein)

Ferro, G. B. & de Carvalho, C. J. B. 2014: 60
Steyskal, G. C. 1968: 16
Hennig, W. 1934: 83
1934
Loc

Grallomya albibasis

Enderlein, G. 1922: 216
1922
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