Sarcofahrtiopsis chiriqui Pape & Méndez, 2004

Pape, Thomas & Méndez, Julio, 2004, Two new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Zootaxa 485, pp. 1-7 : 4-5

Sarcofahrtiopsis chiriqui Pape & Méndez , sp. nov. (Figs 4–6)

Etymology. Chiriqui is the name of the southwestern Pacific province bordering with Costa Rica as well as of the major river in this province. In the Guaymi language Chiriqui means "Valley of the Moon". The species name is a noun in apposition.

Type material. Holotype ɗ, COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Santa Rosa National Park, Bahia Naranjo, 24.viii.1995, T. Pape ( INBio; the holotype is in good condition, pinned through thorax and with the terminalia extended and fully visible). Paratypes — PAN­ AMA: Chiriqui Province, Boquibajo, 1ɗ 1Ψ, 24.ix.2003, J. Méndez, bred from Cardisoma guanhumi ( SMNH; male teneral and shriveled, terminalia in glycerine); Chiriqui Province, Remedios, St. Lucia, 1ɗ, 24.ix.2003, J. Méndez ( SMNH; specimen in poor condition except for terminalia).

Description. Male: Length 5.0 mm. Similar to S. kuna except for differences in the male terminalia as described below. Holotype with terminalia partly light brown, paratypes with blackish brown terminalia. Phallic vesica with a long proximal extension much longer than swollen part of distiphallus when measured along the straight, proximal side; vesical extension bifurcated in two flat prongs of unequal length, the shortest one set at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the vesical extension just proximal to its mid point.

Female: Length 4.5 mm. Like the male except for the different terminalia.

Biology. Bred from Cardisoma guanhumi and probably naturally breeding in C. crassum , which is the large semiterrestrial crab common along the Pacific coast.

Distribution. Neotropical — Costa Rica, Panama. Records so far only from the Pacific coast.