Hershkovitzia mariae Hrycyna, Santos, Rebêlo & Graciolli, 2022

Hrycyna, Gabriela & Graciolli, Gustavo, 2023, Hershkovitzia (Diptera: Nycteribiidae): revision, phylogeny, and cophylogeny, Zootaxa 5346 (4), pp. 372-402 : 387-389

Hershkovitzia mariae Hrycyna, Santos, Rebêlo & Graciolli, 2022

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Hershkovitzia mariae Hrycyna et al., 2022: 3 (description), 4 (key to females), 5 (key to males), figs 1 (head female, dorsal and lateral view), 2 (tibia II, lateral view), 3 (female abdomen, dorsal and ventral view), 4 (male abdomen, dorsal and ventral view). References: Santos et al. (2013: 209, citation); Barbier & Bernard (2017: 4, citation; 5, citation and distribution; 7, citation and ecoregion; 9, citation); Barbier et al. 2017: 397 (2017: 397, citation); Graciolli & Dick (2023: 6, checklist).

Diagnosis. Eye with three associated setae, one located in the region between the eyes and the other located anterior to the eye. Gena with three setae. Postgena with two short setae. Notopleural suture with three setae located anteriorly. Female syntergite 1+2 and tergites 3 and 7 forming whole plates; tergites 5 and 6 divided into two plates each. Sternite 1+2 forming a whole plate; sternites 3, 4, 5 and 6 divided into two plates each. Sternite 7 subtriangular, with lateral and medial portions with depressions, strongly pigmented and without setae. Male: all tergites and sternites forming by a whole plate.

Type host. Thyroptera devivoi Gregorin, Gonçalves, Lim & Engstrom, 2006 .

Type locality. Brazil. Maranh „o, Barreirinhas, Tabocas .

Geographic distribution. Brazil (Maranh„o) ( Fig. 9 ).

Type material examined. 1 ♀ [holotype], ZUFMS, nº707615, host T. devivoi . Brazil. Maranh „o, Barreirinhas, Tabocas (2º58’38.57”S / 43º10’09.92”W), January 31, 2014, Santos, C.L.C. coll. 1 ♁ [Paratype] ZUFMS nº 703459, host T. devivoi . Brazil. Maranhão, Barrerinhas, Tabocas (2º59’56.92”S / 43º07’55.22”W, June 21, 2015, Santos, C.L.C. coll.

Remarks. The species presents similarities with H.autinoae sp. nov. and H. inaequalis . It differs from the female H. inaequalis by the number and distribution of setae associated with the eyes, where H. mariae has three setae, two anteriorly and one between each eye, and H. inaequalis has four setae, all anteriorly to the eyes. Furthermore, H. inaequalis presents the tergite 4 divided and H. mariae the tergite is whole. With regard to H. autinoae sp. nov., this species has only two setae associated with the eyes and only tergite 6 is divided.

With regard to the male, the species differs from the two species mentioned above by abdominal ctenidium covering entire posterior margin of sternite 1+2

Figures

FIGURE 7. Hershkovitzia mariae Hrycyna, Santos, Rebêlo & Graciolli, 2022 (ZUFMS 707615). A. Abdomen, female, dorsal view. B. Abdomen, female, ventral view. C. Abdomen, male, dorsal view. D. Abdomen, male, ventral view. E. Head, lateral view. F. Head, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D); 0.01 mm (E, F).

FIGURE 9. Geographic distribution of species of Hershkovitzia Guimar„es & D’Andretta, 1956. Symbols: circle = H. primitiva Guimar„es & D’Andretta, 1956; star = H. cabala = Peterson & Lacey, 1985; triangle = H. inaequalis Theodor, 1967; rhombus = H. mariae Hrycyna, Santos, Rebêlo & Graciolli, 2022; plus = Hershkovitzia autinoae sp. nov.