Neocephalosphaera sumapazensis, Ramos-Pastrana & Marques & Rafael, 2022

Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany, Marques, Dayse W. A. & Rafael, José Albertino, 2022, Cephalosphaera Enderlein and Neocephalosphaera De Meyer (Diptera: Pipunculidae) of Colombia, with description of nine new species and an updated key to their Neotropical species, Zootaxa 5178 (4), pp. 301-333 : 323-324

Neocephalosphaera sumapazensis sp. nov.

Figs 114–128 , 131

Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂: COLOMBIA, Meta, PNN[Parque Nacional Natural] Sumapaz, Cabaña Las Mirias , 348’N / 7353’W, 735 m [eters], 19.ix–4.x.2003, Malaise, H. Vargas & A. Torrijos Leg. “M4343 (1♂, IAvH) (photographed specimen). PARATYPES idem, Bolívar, SFF[Santuario de Fauna y Flora] Los Colorados, Alto el Mirador, 954’N / 757’W, 400 m [eters], 3–18.vii.2001, Malaise, E. Deulufeut Leg. “M1951 (1♀, IAvH) (photographed specimen) . Holotype with left wing mounted on microslide with Canada balsam. Terminalia was placed in a microvial with glycerin, pinned along the specimen. Antenna lost.

Diagnosis. Fore and hind coxa whitish yellow; mid coxa brown; fore and hind trochanters whitish yellow; mid trochanter dark yellow; femora dark yellow, fore and mid femora with proximal quarter whitish yellow; hind femur with proximal half whitish yellow; tibiae light yellow. Surstyli subsymmetrical, setose, both surstyli downward directed. Phallic guide short, with apex thin and downward directed. Phallus bifid, with ejaculatory ducts long and thin, covered by a modified membrane.

Description. MALE. (holotype). Body length 5.9 mm. Head ( Figs 114–115 ). Eyes contiguous for 30 facets. F, EM, V (mm) = 0.4, 0.8, 0.3. Frons gray pruinose. Postcranium brown, gray pruinose. Antenna (lost). Thorax ( Figs 115–116 ). Postpronotal lobe light brown. Scutum dark brown to black, brown pruinose, except the basal central half yellow pruinose. Notopleuron dark yellow, yellow pruinose. Scutellum concolorous with notopleuron, light brown pruinose. Mesopleuron dark yellow, gray pruinose. Mediotergite light brown, gray pruinose. Wing ( Fig. 117 ). Length 7.6 mm. LW/MWW = 3.1; LTC/LFC = 0.7. Membrane faintly brown infuscated; third section costal shorter than the length of fourth; vein r-m located before the basal third of the upper section of the cell dm; vein M 2 long; dm-m/M 2 = 2.4; section between cell dm and vein M 2 smaller than vein dm-m; vein dm-m curved. Halter stem beige, base brown, knob beige with a brown spot dorsally. Legs ( Figs 114–115 ). Fore and hind coxae whitish yellow; mid coxa brown; fore and hind trochanters whitish yellow; mid trochanter dark yellow; femora dark yellow; fore and mid femora with proximal quarter whitish yellow; hind femur with proximal half whitish yellow; femora with rows of ventral spines and a row of long and fine yellow setae posterodorsally; tibiae light yellow; tarsomeres 1–2 dark yellow; 3–5 light brown; pulvilli whitish yellow. Abdomen ( Figs 114–115, 118 ). Yellow, tergite 1 yellow, gray pruinose, without setae laterally; tergite 2–4 dark yellow, with a T-shaped spot, darker at the base and medially, sparsely gray pruinose at bases; tergites and sternites 6 and 7 as in Fig. 119 . Syntergosternite 8 dark yellow, yellow pruinose, almost equal in length to tergite 5, with membranous area large, dividing syntergosternite 8 and reaching epandrium ( Figs 118, 120 ). Terminalia ( Figs 119–125 ). Epandrium and surstyli yellow ( Figs 120–121 ). Surstyli ( Figs 120–123 ) subsymmetrical, shorter than length to epandrium, setose, both surstyli downward directed, thickened at the base, thin apically, with tips downward directed; right surstylus with six long and fine setae on external margin, right surstylus slightly longer than left, with subapical sinus, left surstylus with a distinct submedian lobe; both surstyli downward directed when seen in lateral view ( Figs 122–123 ). Apex of phallic guide short, with apex thin and downward directed ( Fig. 124 ). Ejaculatory apodeme fan-shaped ( Fig. 125 ). Phallus bifid, with ejaculatory ducts long and thin, apparently covered by a membrane (broken) ( Fig. 124 )

FEMALE. ( Figs 126–128 ). Similar to male, differing in the following aspects. Body length 5.8 mm. Eyes dichoptic. Tergites 2–4 light yellow. Wing length 4.3 mm. LW/MWW = 3.3. LTC/LFC = 0.8. Frontal ommatidia larger than adjacent. Ovipositor OL: 1. mm, PL: 0.62 mm, B: 0.47 mm; base dark yellow, gray pruinose; piercer dark yellow, except base light brown, apex shiny, and straight ( Figs 127–128 ).

Geographical distribution. Colombia (Bolívar, Meta) ( Fig. 131 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Sumapaz, National Natural Park, Colombia.

Habitat. The specimens were collected with Malaise traps at ground level at the areas of tropical forest in the Orinoco region and tropical dry forest in the Caribbean region Colombia.

Taxonomic notes. Based on male specimen N. sumapazensis sp. nov. is similar in appearance to N. miriamae Rafael, 1992 (see figures 42.9, 42.22, 42.57, 42.58, presented by Rafael (1992) and figures 1.H, 2.K, 3.K, presented by Souza & Ale-Rocha (2009), N. semispiralis Rafael & Rosa, 1991 [see figures 7–11, presented by Rafael & Rosa (1991) and figures 1.N, 3.Q, presented by Souza & Ale-Rocha (2009)], and N. spinifera sp. nov. ( Figs 85–97 ). It differs from N. miriamae by having the postpronotal lobe light brown ( Figs 114, 116 ) (versus postpronotal lobe yellow in N. miriamae ); scutellum dark yellow, light brown pruinose ( Figs 115–116 ) (versus scutellum dark brown to black, gray-brown pruinose); vein r-m located before the basal third of the upper section of the cell dm ( Fig. 117 ) [versus vein r-m located after the basal third of the upper section of the cell dm, figure 42.22, presented by Rafael (1992)]; section between cell dm and vein M 2 smaller than vein dm-m ( Fig. 117 ) [versus section between cell dm and vein M 2 equal than vein dm-m, figure 42.22, presented by Rafael (1992)]; fore and hind coxae whitish yellow, mid coxa brown (versus all coxae black); mid trochanter dark yellow (versus mid trochanter black); both surstyli with tips downward directed ( Fig. 121 ) [versus both surstyli with tips inward directed, figure 42.57 presented by Rafael (1992)]; both surstyli with one small lobe ventrally in the middle third when seen in lateral view ( Figs 122–123 ) [versus left surstylus with subapical sinus ventrally in the proximal third when seen in lateral view, figure 42.58, presented by Rafael (1992)]. It differs from N. semispiralis by having postpronotal lobe light brown ( Figs 114–116 ) (versus postpronotal lobe yellow in N. semispiralis ); wing with membrane faintly brown infuscate ( Fig. 117 ) (versus wing with membrane hyaline); the section between cell dm and vein M 2 smaller than vein dmm ( Fig. 117 ) (versus section between cell dm and vein M 2 greater than vein dm-m); mid coxa brown (versus mid coxa black); mid trochanter yellow (versus mid trochanter black); both surstyli with one small lobe ventrally in the middle third when seen in lateral view ( Figs 122–123 ) [versus both with two ventral lobes when seen in lateral view, figures 9–10 presented by Rafael & Rosa (1991)]. It differs from N. spinifera sp. nov. by having the postpronotal lobe light brown ( Figs 114, 116 ) [versus postpronotal lobe whitish yellow in N. spinifera sp. nov. ( Fig. 85 )]; scutellum dark yellow ( Figs 115–116 ) [versus scutellum whitish yellow ( Figs 86, 88 )]; the section between cell dm and vein M 2 smaller than vein dm-m ( Fig. 117 ) [versus section between cell dm and vein M 2 greater than vein dm-m ( Fig. 89 )]; both surstyli with tips downward directed ( Fig. 121 ) [versus both surstyli with tips outward directed ( Fig. 93 )]; both surstyli with one small lobe ventrally in the middle third when seen in lateral view ( Figs 122–123 ) [versus both surstyli with one small lobe ventrally in the proximal third when seen in lateral view ( Figs 94–95 )]; ejaculatory apodeme fan-shaped, with two lateral margins acute ( Fig. 125 ) [versus ejaculatory apodeme fan-shaped, with one lateral margin rounded and other margin acute ( Fig. 97 )].

Figures

FIGURE 131. Geographical records of Neocephalosphaera species in Colombia. N. spinifera sp. nov., N. spiralis sp. nov. and N. sumapazensis sp. nov.

FIGURES 114–125. Neocephalosphaera sumapazensis sp. nov. (IAvH–M4343). Male. 114, Habitus, left lateral view; 115, Habitus, dorsal view; 116, Thorax, dorsal view; 117, Wing; 118, Abdomen, dorsal view; 119, Tergites and sternites 6 and 7, ventral view; 120, Terminalia, dorsal view; 121, Surstyli, dorsal view; 122, Left surstylus, lateral view; 123, Right surstylus, lateral view; 124, Phallic guide and phallus, left lateral view; 125, Ejaculatory apodeme.

FIGURES 126–128. Neocephalosphaera sumapazensis sp. nov. (IAvH–M1951). Female. 126, Habitus, left lateral view; 127, Abdomen, right lateral view; 128, Ovipositor, ventral view.

FIGURES 85–97. Neocephalosphaera spinifera sp. nov. (IAvH–M2628). Male. 85, Habitus, left lateral view; 86, Habitus, dorsal view; 87, Antenna; 88, Thorax, dorsal view; 89, Wing; 90, Abdomen, dorsal view; 91, Tergites and sternites 6 and 7, ventral view; 92, Terminalia, dorsal view; 93, Surstyli, dorsal view; 94, Left surstylus, lateral view; 95, Right surstylus, lateral view; 96, Phallic guide and phallus, left lateral view; 97, Ejaculatory apodeme.