Neopleurophora browni, Ament & Amorim, 2013

Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the genus Neopleurophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of thirty seven new species, Zootaxa 3657 (1), pp. 1-93 : 60

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D3E95FDE-9836-474B-89E5-3575C82DD307
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5267068
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287F2-FFE7-FFB6-FF42-26BECF26D1A2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neopleurophora browni
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neopleurophora browni View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 140–143 View FIGURES 140–143 , 191 View FIGURES 160–195 , 229 View FIGURES 196–233 , 318–319 View FIGURES 316–319 )

Diagnosis (males). Hypopygium very large, with large epandrial medial process, apically trifurcated; epandrial right posterior margin with large, setose projection; phallic ventral plate with large ventral, apically sclerotized process.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, ECUADOR: Sucumbios: Sacha Lodge , 0.5ºS, 76.5ºW, 1–31.xii.1994, Malaise trap, 270 m, P. Hibbs col. ( LACM) GoogleMaps . Paratype: 1♂, BRAZIL: Amazonas: Estirão do Equador, 4.47ºS, 71.50ºW, x.1979, M. Alvarenga col. ( MZUSP) GoogleMaps .

Description. Male. Body length, 2.8 mm. Head. Frons dark brown, except for yellow anterior margin, pubescent, without median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, pubescent, oval. Arista pre-apical, pubescent. Palpus light brown; two upper genal and one lower genal setae. Thorax. Scutum, pleural sclerites and legs yellowish-brown; anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum dark brown, with medial and posterior areas grayish. Forefemur with ventral row of five strong setae near apex. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal third and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus ratio, 5.0. Midtibia with one anterodorsal and 2–3 posterodorsal setae ( Fig. 191 View FIGURES 160–195 ). Hind femur swollen (height/length ratio, 0.42), without ventral, strong setae. Hind tibia with 2–3 anterodorsal and 5–6 posterodorsal setae ( Fig. 229 View FIGURES 196–233 ). Wing. Costa 0.49 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter yellowish-brown. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, with yellow posterior band. Tergite 6 about three times longer than other tergites. Hypopygium light brown, very large ( Figs. 140–143 View FIGURES 140–143 ). Epandrial medial process large, apically trifurcated. Epandrial right posterior margin with large setulose projection and subepandrial setulose process. Hypandrium lobes elongated, left lobe sclerotized, right lobe bilobed at apex. Hypoproct with two setae. Phallus ( Figs. 318–319 View FIGURES 316–319 ). Basiphallus without dorsal process. Core plate flattened. Epiphallus with transparent scales, connected to right arm at left lateral of the phallus. Ventral plate well developed, bifurcated into the secondary scaled process and a large ventral, apically sclerotized process.

Female. Unknown.

Geographic distribution. This species is known from Amazonian Ecuador and from northwestern Brazil, close to the border with Peru.

Etymology. This species is named after the phorid specialist Dr. Brian V. Brown.