Psychoda serrana, Cordeiro, Danilo, Bravo, Freddy & De, Claudio J. B., 2011

Cordeiro, Danilo, Bravo, Freddy & De, Claudio J. B., 2011, Taxonomy of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille, 1796 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with the description of thirteen new species, Zootaxa 3101, pp. 1-37 : 30

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.205242

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192129

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A8E828-FF85-2914-DCB5-72D6FD8FF8AE

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scientific name

Psychoda serrana
status

sp. nov.

Psychoda serrana View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs 123–131 View FIGURES 123 – 131 )

Etymology. The species name, serrana , is based on type locality.

Diagnosis. Antenna with 14 flagellomeres, the 3 apical reduced and separated, 12th and 13th subequal, 14th shorter; palpal formula 1.0:1.2:1.0:1.1; subgenital plate subrectangular, longer than wide, pilose on distal half, internally with a lateral curved line and a large bilobed structure; genital digit present.

Female. Head ( Fig. 123 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ): vertex, frons and clypeus pilose; hair patch of frons extending to facet row 1; eye bridge with 4 facets; eyes separated by 1.0 facet diameter; 6 supra-ocular setae; interocular suture absent; clypeus with 2 stronger lateral alveoli; frontoclypeal suture absent; antenna with 14 flagellomeres, the 3 apical reduced and separated, 12th and 13th subequal, 14th shorter ( Fig. 124 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ); spine present on 11th flagellomere; scape cylindrical, 2.0 the length of the subspherical pedicel ( Fig. 125 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ); ascoids in Y; palpal formula 1.0:1.2:1.0:1.1 ( Fig. 126 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ); labellum with 4 apical teeth and 2 lateral setae ( Fig. 127 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ). Wing ( Fig. 128 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ): Sc vein ending just beyond base of vein Rs; radial and medial forks complete. Distitarsus with apical projection ( Fig. 129 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ). Terminalia: subgenital plate subrectangular, longer than wide, bilobed, pilose on distal half ( Fig. 130 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ); genital digit present; subgenital plate internally with a lateral curved line and a large bilobed structure ( Fig. 131 View FIGURES 123 – 131 ); genital chamber damaged during preparation.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype Ƥ BRAZIL, Paraná, São José dos Pinhais, Serra do Mar, BR 277 km 54, 15.xii.1986, Profaupar 2.2 ( DZUP).

Distribution. Brazil (Paraná).

Comments. This species is morphologically similar to the species of the subgenus Psychodocha , except for the presence of spine on 11th flagellomere.

DZUP

Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Psychodidae

Genus

Psychoda

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