Pseudopomyzella flava Hennig, 1969

Ale-Rocha, Rosaly & Barros, Luana, 2024, New records of Pseudopomyzidae in Brazil and description of the male of Latheticomyia infumata Wheeler (Diptera: Brachycera), Zootaxa 5399 (5), pp. 594-600 : 599

Pseudopomyzella flava Hennig

Pseudopomyzella flava Hennig, 1969: 595 , Figs 5–6, 9, 11, 20, 22. Type-locality: Peru, Madre de Díos, Avispas; Prado, 1984: 1 (catalog); Carvalho-Filho & Esposito, 2011: 196, Figs 1–3 (redescription). Type locality: Madre de Dios, Peru. Holotype male, CNC.

Diagnosis. Species with head and thorax dark yellow to orange-yellow with the following brown markings: frontal vitta with light brown bands at lateral margin, scutum with two dark brown parallel stripes dorsally from the anterior margin of the scutum to the scutellar apex, pleura with a dark spot on the superior margin of the anepisternum, hind femur with an anterodorsal preapical brown spot, fore and hind tibiae brown with basal 1/4 of hind tibia yellow, fore and hind tarsus brown. First flagellomere rounded in lateral view, arista short pubescent. Wing hyaline with a brown spot between veins R 2+3 and C, and in apex of cell r 2+3. Abdomen predominantly brown except tergite 1 yellow with two pale brown spots on posterolateral margin, tergite 2 with a large median yellow triangular spot at anterior margin, tergite 6 with yellow stripes laterally, and sternites yellow.

Material. BRASIL, Amazonas, Manaus, R. Ducke , 24–28.vi.1988, Isca de frutas, Y.C. Mara & F. Xavier (1 male — INPA) ; 5–16.viii.1994, F. Xavier, Malaise (1 female — INPA) ; Coari, Rio Urucu, Petrobrás , RUC-30, 27–30.x.1994, L.E.F. Rocha e Silva, Malaise (1 female — INPA) ; MA (Maranhão), São Pedro da Água Branca, Faz [enda] S[an]ta. Rosa , 05° 07′ 07″S, 48° 15′ 19″W, 06.xii.2001, J.A. Rafael, F.L. Oliveira & J. Vidal, arm. Malaise (1 male, 2 female — INPA) ; Amapá, Oiapoque , BR 156 , km 25, 3°39′ 35″N, 51°46′ 17″W, 17–31.xii.2019, Malaise, floresta, J.A. Rafael, S.P. Lima, F.F. Xavier Fo. (1 male — INPA) ; iii-vii/2020 (1 female — INPA) .

Geographical distribution. Neotropical— Brazil (Amazonas*, Amapá*, Maranhão*, Pará), Ecuador (Napo Pastaza Prov.), Peru (Madre de Díos; Fig. 3 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1A–I. Latheticomyia infumata Wheeler. A: male lateral habitus; B: female lateral habitus; C: head, lateral view; D: antennae and frons, dorsal view; E: head, anterior view; F: scutum, dorsal view; G: abdomen, dorsal view; H: scutellum and mediotergite, dorsal view; I: wing.Abbreviations: br= basal radial cell; bm+dm= discal medial + basal medial cell; CuA+CuP= anterior branch of cubital vein + posterior branch of cubital vein; cua= anterior cubital cell; dm-m= discal medial crossvein; M 1 = first branch of media; M 4 = fourth branch of media; r-m= radial-medial crossvein; R 1 = anterior branch of radius; R 2+3 = second branch of radius; R = third branch of radius.

FIGURE 2A–K. Latheticomyia infumata Wheeler, male terminalia. A. Epandrium and associated structures, ventral view; B. Epandrium and associated structures, dorsal view; C. Phallus, lateral view; D. Phallus, ventral view; E. Drawing of internal sclerites, ventral view; F. Drawing of internal sclerites, dorsal view; G. Drawing of internal sclerites, ventrolateral view; H. Cerci and surstyli, posteroventral view; I. Bacilliform sclerite, subepandrial sclerite and surstyli, lateral view; J. Drawing of bacilliform sclerite and subepandrial sclerite, ventral view; K. Sternite 6. Abbreviations: bac scl= bacilliform sclerite; cerc= cercus; epand= epandrium; hypd= hypandrium; phapod= phalapodeme; ph= phallus; sbepand scl= subepandrial sclerite; su = surstylus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm, except Fig. G= 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 3. Geographical records of Pseudopomyzidae in Brazil.