Botanophila zaldivari, Gomes & De Carvalho, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.3.6 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AD47D45C-5AC9-400D-AC3D-386263B06B7E |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5150238 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/537287E4-274E-FF8B-37EF-ECD7FAC31FD5 |
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Plazi |
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Botanophila zaldivari |
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sp. nov. |
Botanophila zaldivari sp. nov.
( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 , 6 View FIGURE 6 )
Diagnosis: Interfrontal setae similar to frontal setae. Proclinate orbital setae developed. Cerci in posterior view, enlarged and long, twice longer than its width, apically furcated, with an acute point on each side and among them a median apical process. Surstyli in lateral view strongly curved in the opposite direction to cerci, apex narrow. Epiproct semi-circular. Hypoproct suboval, twice as long as broad.
Description: Male. Body length: 5.3 mm. Wing length: 5.7 mm.
Color: General coloration light brown with gray pruinosity. Frontal vitta dark brown with ochre yellow on the lower third, fronto-orbital plate, parafacial, and gena with gray pruinosity. Antennae and palpus dark brown. Mesonotum with three inconspicuous brown. Calypter and halter white-yellowish. Legs light brown with gray pruinosity, tibiae lighter. Wing slightly brownish, with yellowish veins. Abdomen with a poorly delimited dorsal median stripe.
Head ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ): Dichoptic; parafacial at mid-height only half as wide as postpedicel; gena almost twice wider than pedicel; frons broad, frontal vitta with about 3/5 of frontal width, with strong inner and outer vertical setae (the inner vertical setae 1/5 longer than the outer), a pair of interfrontal setae, 3 proclinate orbital setae and 2 frontal setae plus 2 frontal setulae. Antenna long; arista pubescence, hairs with similar length to greatest basal diameter of arista.
Thorax ( Fig. 3B, C View FIGURE 3 ): Acrostichal setae 4+6, very short. Prealar seta longer than posterior notopleural seta. Anepisternum with a long anterior setula, below anterior notopleural seta. Katepisternal setae 1+2. Dorsocentral setae 2+3. Upper calypter with long marginal setulae, with almost the same length of calypter width. Lower calypter reduced to almost linear, narrow fold. Apical and basal scutellar setae long, about twice longer than scutellum length.
Wing: Vein C ventrally bare, with some setulae apically, after subcostal vein; section between basal and costal breaks with slightly enlarged av spinules. Cross-vein dm-cu straight.
Legs: Fore tibia with a submedian ad seta and a median pv seta; apically only with a pv seta and a longer d seta. Mid femur with a few av setae basally and some longish pv setae in basal half, long preapical setae on p and pd; mid tibia with 1 submedian ad, 2 pd (supramedian and submedian) and 2 pv setae (median and submedian), preapical setae on p and pd absent; long apical setae on av, pv, and v, in addition to shorter setae on remaining surfaces. Hind femur with a row of robust ad and av setae, twice longer than femur width; hind tibia with 2 av (median and submedian), 4 ad, 3 pd, and 1 pv seta (supra median), apically with long and robust setae on ad, av, and d. Pulvillus enlarged, longer than width of tarsomere.
Abdomen ( Fig. 3B, C View FIGURE 3 ): Tergite 6 bare. Sternite 1 setulose, with long setulae marginally. Sternite 5 ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ) processes with long lateral setae on the outer margin and shorter setae on the inner margin.
Terminalia ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ): Cerci in posterior view, enlarged and long, twice longer than its width, almost with the same length of surstyli, apically furcated, with an acute point on each side and among them a median apical process ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Surstyli narrow and slightly curved ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Hypopygium ( Fig. 6D, E View FIGURE 6 ) of the Botanophila - type, i.e. pregonite reduced and shallow, firmly connected to the central plate of hypandrium, and with 2 long setae; postgonite twice longer than the pregonite; epiphallus and distiphallus reduced; distiphallus largely membranous except for a pair of anterobasal sclerotized rods ( Fig. 6D, E View FIGURE 6 ); phallapodema long and apically enlarged in dorsal ( Fig. 6E View FIGURE 6 ) and lateral ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 ) view.
Female: Body length: 5.0 mm. Wing length: 5.3 mm. Similar to male, except: fore tibia with 2 median ad setae (lower one twice longer than the upper one), no pv seta. Hind tibia without 1 pv seta. Pulvillus reduced, not larger than width of tarsomere. Abdomen long-oviform ( Fig. 3E, F View FIGURE 3 ). Spermathecae cylindrical, with surrounding grooves ( Fig. 6H View FIGURE 6 ). Ovipositor long, sternite 6 and 7 rounded, sternite 8 long and narrow; tergite 6 and 7 enlarged, dorsally less sclerotized, tergite 8 forming a plate around the dorsal surface; epiproct semi-circular; hypoproct suboval, twice as long as broad ( Fig. 6F, G View FIGURE 6 ).
Morphological variation: Male (n=5). Body length: 4.5–5.3 mm. Wing length: 4.6–5.7 mm. Female (n=2). Body length: 5.0– 5.2 mm. Wing length: 5.2–5.5 mm. Prealar setae length range among similar to longer than posterior notopleural setae. The cerci length slightly varies among dissected specimens. The specimen from Ajusco has dark brown frons (without the yellow apex).
Etymology: Name in apposition. This species is named in honor of Alejandro Zaldívar Riverón, entomologist of the Instituto de Biología, UNAM.
Material examined: Holotype. Male. “ Mexico: Tlaxcala, \ Nanacamilpa, Comunidad San \ Felipe Hidalgo, Ejido Los \ Bufalos , 2896 msnm, N 19º28’ \ 14.8’’ O 98º35’17.1’’ T. \ Malaise 2. 01/viii-26/viii/2016 \ Bosque Pino-Encino. Col. Y. \ Marquez y A. Contreras ” [19.470777; -98.588083] ( CNIN) GoogleMaps . Paratypes. 1 female, same label information as the holotype ( CNIN) ; 3 males and 1 female, same label information as the holotype, except: 2884 msnm, Malaise 1, 26/viii–4/x/2016 ( CNIN, 2 males; DZUP, 1 male and 1 female) ; 1 male , Mexico, km 7 carretera Pedregal , Ajusco, México, D. F., 25.x.1974, J. Gutierrez [19.211298; -99.258872] ( DZUP) GoogleMaps GoogleMaps .
Distribution: Mexico (State of Mexico and Tlaxcala).
Remarks: The tentative assignment of this new species to brunneilinea -group is based on the shape of cerci: large dorsally with distal margin nearly reaching the apex of surstyli and in the distal quarter narrowly separated and forming two points. This new species is easily distinguished from other known Botanophila species by the male head, with dichoptic eyes, interfrontal setae and proclinate orbital setae developed. It is very similar to B. mayorgae sp. nov., but can be differentiated from it by the light brown tibiae, longer cerci and strongly curved surstyli.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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