Paramycodrosophila sp.8

Frech-Telles, Marcos Henrique, Gottschalk, Marco Silva & Valente-Gaiesky, Vera Lúcia da Silva, 2024, Shifting the known richness of Paramycodrosophila Duda, 1924 (Diptera: Drosophilidae): the description of nineteen new species in the Neotropical region, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20230105) 68, pp. 1-113 : 72

Paramycodrosophila sp.8

( Figs. 71 , 72 , 87E )

Material examined: female labelled as follows: “ Brasil, Roraima, Caracarai, PARNA [= National Park] Viruá , 1º27’16”N; 60º59’3”W, 1- 15.v.2016, Malaise Grande, J.A. Rafael, R. Boldrini, Rede BIA”, “ AM11 ” [ INPA]. Specimen condition: Fronto-orbital setae missing .

Description. Head ( Fig. 71A ): yellow with dark brown marks; eyes reddish, pubescent; face light brown, ventral margin light yellow, brown spot under the carina; carina light yellow,slightly darker dorsally,narrow, prominent; scape brown; pedicel basally brownish yellow, apically light yellow;flagellomere 1 light yellow with brown band medially, compressed, mango-shaped; left arista with five dorsal, arista with six dorsal and one ventral branches, terminal fork; frons light yellow and brown; fronto-orbital plate yellow, brown spot from the base of p rc frorb s to the base of medial vertical setae;a rc frorb s lateral and slightly anterior ofpc frorb s; distance between pc frorb s and a rc frorb s = 0.02 mm, between pc frorb s and p rc frorb s = 0.09 mm, and between a rc frorb s and p rc frorb s = 0.09 mm; frontal vitta yellow, brown posterior to a rc frorb s; frontal triangle yellow, large; ocellar triangle black, prominent; postocellar setae black, not crossing; genae light yellow with light brown mark under the eye near the vibrissa, black mark at the vibrissae and anterior genal setae, brownish near the base of the third and fourth genal setae; palps dark brown to black, large; labellum dark brown. Thorax ( Figs. 71B, C ): yellow with brown marks; scutum yellow with two longitudinal brown marks anteriorly parallel sub-medially reaching the anterior dorsocentral setae, cross-shaped mark in the center of scutum,dark brown posteriorly, laterally brown, four irregular rows of acrostichal setulae which become absent after the anterior dorsocentral setae, fine gray line between the parallel brown marks, base of the notopleural and dorsocentral setae with brown spots;dorsocentral setae missing or displaced;postpronotum light yellow; scutellum brown,yellow laterally near the anterior margin; scutellar setae parallel and curved inward apically; pleura yellow with brown marks; proepisternum,anepimeron and anepisternum brown with yellowish white marks forming a continuous band above the katepisternum;katepisternum light yellow,dorsal half dark brown.Legs yellow;fore femora brown, apical third light; mid and hind femora with darker marks from near the base to the center; legs tan with fore femora slightly darker; hind femora with a darker posterior mark. Wings ( Fig.71F ): hyaline with an apically roundish, large, black costal lappet; faint darker patch present bellow costal lappet; R 4+5 and M 1 parallel;halter light yellow,brown at the base; wing index:C = 1.27,ac = 4.08,hb = 0.93, 4c= 1.81,4v = 2.59,5x = 3.22, M = 1.07,prox.x = 0.52. Length = 1.33 mm, width = 0.63 mm. Abdomen ( Figs. 71D, E ): T1 yellow; T2 black, interrupted sub-laterally in yellow, anterior faint yellow mark medially; T3 black, sub-laterally yellow, with anterior small faint yellow spots sub-laterally of the brown area; T4 black, sub-laterally yellow, long yellow transversal mark at the anterior margin, the yellow mark enlarges laterally; T5 yellow, caudal black band enlarged medially,laterally brown, sub-laterally yellow; T6 yellow; sternites light yellow; S7 sternite with microtrichia and with eight setulae; intersegmental membranes light. Terminalia ( Fig. 72 ): T8 with microtrichia in the dorsal region; epiproct and hypoproct with microtrichia,with many long and some smaller setae; oviscapt vale sclerotinized, long,squarish at the tip in lateral view; 4 large peg-like ovisensilla on the posterior margin, horizontal row of 6 peg-like ovisensilla on the apical ventral margin,around 10tiny pegs on the ventral margin.Spermathecal capsule sclerotized,dome-shaped,squarish apically, wrinkled rings on the basal 1/4, a large depression apically; introvert 3/4 the total length of the capsule. Body length: 1.59 mm.

Figures

Figure 71 Paramycodrosophila sp.8.: A,head (anterolateral view); B, thorax (dorsal view); C, thorax (lateral view); D, abdomen (lateral view); E, abdomen (dorsal view); F,wing.

Figure 72 Paramycodrosophila sp.8.: A,posterior end of abdomen (ventral view); B,posterior end of abdomen (lateral view); C, oviscapt (ventral view); D,oviscapt (lateral view); E, seventh sternite (ventral view); F,spermatheca (lateral view). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 87 Females. Habitus of: A, Paramycodrosophila sp.4; B, P.sp.5; C, P. sp.6; D, P. sp.7; E, P. sp.8; F, P.sp.9. Scale bars: 1 mm.