Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi Mathis

Mathis, Wayne N. & Marinoni, Luciane, 2016, Revision of Ephydrini Zetterstedt (Diptera: Ephydridae) from the Americas south of the United States, Zootaxa 4116 (1), pp. 1-110 : 24-27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4116.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6074066

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Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi Mathis
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5. Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi Mathis View in CoL

Figs. 27–34 View FIGURES 27 – 29 View FIGURES 30 – 34 , Map 5

Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi Mathis 1975: 78 View in CoL [ United States. California. Inyo: Tecopa Hot Springs (1.6 km N); HT ♂, CAS (12033)].— Mathis 1980: 9 –11 [revision].— Mathis and Zatwarnicki 1995: 251 [world catalog].

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from congeners, especially P. bisetosa , by the following combination of characters: Medium-sized shore flies, body length 3.12–3.65 mm; subshiny dorsally, bluish green to green metallic luster.

Head ( Figs. 27–28 View FIGURES 27 – 29 ): Mesofrons greenish blue, shiny; fronto-orbital areas dark brown, microtomentose to subshiny. Face densely microtomentose, grayish tank, dorsum of facial hump slightly darker than face, grayer; paravertical setae shorter than their distance apart; gena-to-eye ratio 0.30; eye ratio 0.64, height-to-length ratio 0.91; eye-width-to-face-length ratio 0.44.

Thorax: Mesonotum ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 27 – 29 ) with anterior area slightly microtomentose, becoming subshiny to shiny posteriorly; acrostichal setulae in 3–4 rows anteriorly, becoming irregular, 5–6 rows posteriorly. Mesopleuron with more subdued coloration than mesonotum, mostly olivaceous gray. Wing nearly transparent to faintly brown.

Abdomen: Concolorous with mesonotum; digitiform lateral process of male tergite 5 elongate, acutely pointed apically; male sternite 5 ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 30 – 34 ) broadly U-shaped with posteriorly extended arms oriented posteriorly, acutely pointed, anterior margin somewhat truncate, posterior margin moderately deeply emarginate. Male terminalia ( Figs. 30–32 View FIGURES 30 – 34 ): Surstylus in posterior view with base robustly developed, width 3X apical width, thereafter abruptly narrowed with apical extension narrowly digitiform; medial triangular process less than half length of surstylar arm, not cleft apicomedially; gonite more or less triangular, sider basally, apical half tapered, apex digitiform, apex rounded. Female ventral receptacle as in Fig. 33 View FIGURES 30 – 34 with large, mushroom-like operculum.

MAP 5. Distribution map for Paracoenia wirthi Mathis.

Type material. The holotype male is labeled “ USA. CALIF. Inyo Co 1 mi N Tecopa Hot Spg 24 June 1974 [,] Wayne N. Mathis/ HOLOTYPE Paracoenia wirthi Mathis [red; 12033].” Allotype and 21 paratypes (7♂, 14♀; CAS, USNM) bear the same label data as the holotype. Other paratypes as listed in Mathis (1975:78). The holotype male is double mounted (minute nadel), is in excellent condition, and is deposited in the CAS (12033).

Type locality. United States. California. Inyo: Tecopa Hot Springs (1.6 km N; 35°52.7'N, 116°13.9'W); HT ♂, CAS (12033).

Other specimens examined. MEXICO. Baja California: Guadalupe Canyon (32°09.3'N, 115°47.4'W), 19 May 1957, F. X. Williams (1♂, 3♀; CAS). Distrito Federal: Mixquic, Chalco Lake (9 km NW; 19°15.5'N, 98°58.6'W), 1 Aug 1965, K. R. Valley (4♂, 16♀; CAS, USNM).

Distribution (Map 5). Nearctic: United States (California). Neotropical: Mexico (Baja California, Distrito Federal).

Remarks. This species is similar to P. bi s pi no s a but is slightly smaller in body length and less setulose. The ventral margin of the male sternite five is broadly U-shaped, and the connecting bridge is wide; the male tergite five is produced into an acutely pointed process; and the surstylus is more robustly developed basally, and the distal surstylar extensions are narrowly digitiform; the gonite is narrowed toward the apex, and the apex is digitiform, apically rounded.

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

Genus

Paracoenia

Loc

Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi Mathis

Mathis, Wayne N. & Marinoni, Luciane 2016
2016
Loc

Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi

Mathis 1995: 251
Mathis 1980: 9
Mathis 1975: 78
1975
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