Pterodontia Gray, 1832

Gillung, Jéssica Paula & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De, 2009, Acroceridae (Diptera): a pictorial key and diagnosis of the Brazilian genera, Zootaxa 2175, pp. 29-41 : 39-40

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189330

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6219299

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Pterodontia Gray, 1832
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Pterodontia Gray, 1832 View in CoL View at ENA

( Figs. 18 View FIGURES 18, 19. 19 , 20 View FIGURE 20 )

Pterodontia Gray, 1832: 779 View in CoL . Type-species: Pterodontia flavipes Gray, 1832 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Head extremely small compared to the thorax, almost completely occupied by the eyes. Eyes black, with dense pilosity, completely holoptic ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18, 19. 19 ). Antenna very small, inserted on the lower part of the head, just above proboscis; scape cylindrical, pedicel rounded and flagellum varying in shape, with one or more apical seta and shorter than the other two joints ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18, 19. 19 ). Proboscis short, in the lower part of the head ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18, 19. 19 ). Wing hyaline; vein r-m absent; veins R1, R2+3 and R4+5 simple, without bifurcation, posterior cubital cell closed ( Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 ). Wing with a spur in the intersection between costal and subcostal veins in the male ( Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 ).

References. Cole (1919), Paramonov (1957).

Brazilian species. P. flavonigra (Carrera, 1947) View in CoL [ Brazil, Santa Catarina, Rio Caçador (type-locality)], P. virmondii ( Erichson, 1840) View in CoL [ Brazil].

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Acroceridae

Loc

Pterodontia Gray, 1832

Gillung, Jéssica Paula & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De 2009
2009
Loc

Pterodontia

Gray 1832: 779
1832
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