Rhinotora salesopolitana Guimarães & Papavero

Calhau, Julia, Coelho, Lívia Aguiar, Kawada, Ricardo, Lima, Felipe Varussa De Oliveira & Guillermo-Ferreira, Rhainer, 2016, Review of Rhinotora (Diptera, Heleomyzidae) with description of a new species and key to all known heleomyzid species from Brazil, Zootaxa 4138 (3), pp. 513-533 : 524

Rhinotora salesopolitana Guimarães & Papavero

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Rhinotora salesopolitana Guimarães & Papavero, 1966: 266 , figs 5–7 (male genitalia). Type-locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Salesópolis, Estação Biológica de Boracéia. Distr.— Brazil (São Paulo, Salesópolis). Refs—Papavero 1967: 2 (catalogue); Almeida & Ale-Rocha 2011: 54 (male genitalia). Holotype ♂, MZUSP.

Diagnosis. Rhinotora salesopolitana resembles R. dirversipennis and R. pluricellata by the scutum uniformly golden pruinose, without dark pruinose spots. This species resembles most Rhinotora species by the presence of anterior orbital seta, by the single supernumerary crossvein arising from the middle of R2+3, and by the male fore femur about four times longer than wide. Rhinotora salesopolitana can be distinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the male genitalia.

Redescription. Head ( Figs 5A–C ). Mostly yellow, silvery to golden pruinose. Anterior reclinate orbital seta about as long as one fourth of posterior seta. Mouthparts brown, clypeus and palpus yellowish. Thorax ( Figs 5A– B ). Scutum reddish brown with dark brown regions, golden pruinose. Scutellum triangular with apical and lateral spiniform protuberances; base of apical seta protuberant; yellowish brown, golden pruinose; apex and protuberances yellow, shiny. Wing ( Fig. 5A ). Medial vein ratio: 0.51. Veins mostly dark brown with white and yellow areas; C mostly yellow, dark brown on distal two thirds of cell c. Membrane hyaline with dark spots. Cell r1 with eight to nine simple supernumerary crossveins, the apical most, occasionally branched. Cell r2+3 with one simple supernumerary crossvein arising from the middle of R2+3; sometimes one additional vein arising from the apical third of R2+3. Legs ( Fig. 5A ). Fore femur on male about three times longer than wide. Distal third of mid femur with two rows of short strong ventral setae. Distal third of hind femur with anteroventral row of strong setae. Mid tibia two or three distinct ventral apical setae. Abdomen. Generally brown in color, brown setulose. Male genitalia ( Guimarães & Papavero 1966). Male cerci fused to each other, curved in lateral view, apex slightly concave. Surstylus single lobed, rectangular in lateral view, apex slightly concave. Phallus robust with pointed apex.

Distribution ( Fig. 10 ). Brazil (São Paulo).

Examined type material. HOLOTYPE Ƌ. BRAZIL. São Paulo: Salesópolis, Boracea, 850m, xii, 1949, L. Travassos Fo., E. Rab. ( MZUSP).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Distribution maps for Rhinotora species. A, R. diversipennis and R. salesopolitana; B, R. lopesi and R. paschoali sp. nov.; C, R. fonsecai nov. comb., R. pluricellata, and R. spiloptera; D, R. peruana and R. travassosi.

FIGURE 5. A – C, Rhinotora salesopolitana (♂ holotype, MZUSP). A, lateral habitus; B, dorsal habitus (arrow indicates absence of posteromedial spots on scutum); C, head. D – F, R. spiloptera (♂ holotype, MZUSP). D, lateral habitus; E, dorsal habitus; F, head, frontal view.