Latheticomyia longiterebra Hennig

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 : 598-599

Latheticomyia longiterebra Hennig

Latheticomyia longiterebra Hennig 1969: 592 , Figs 1 , 2 ; Prado 1984: 48 A.1; Buck & McAlpine 2010: 822, Fig. 5; Marques & Rafael, 2016: 425 , Figs 1 –13. Type locality: Madre de Dios, Peru. Holotype female, CNC.

Diagnosis. Scutum with a wide yellow stripe occupying the space between the dorsocentral rows, longitudinally divided by a narrow brown acrostichal stripe into the anterior 2/3; coxae and trochanters yellow, fore and mid tibiae yellow with apices brown, hind coxa brown with basal and medial yellow rings, femora brown from basal half to basal 2/3 with remainder yellow; male sternite 6 slender with anterior margin concave and lateral margins convex.

Material. BRASIL, Acre, Sen[ador] Guiomard, F.E. Catuaba , 10° 04′ 28″S – 67° 37′ 00″W, 22.ii–07.iii.2017, Malaise, E.F. Morato & J.A. Rafael cols.—Rede Bia (3 males, INPA). Mâncio Lima, PARNA Serra do Divisor , Igarapé Paqueira , - 7.452869 S - 73.66767622 W, 260m alt., 18–26.vi.2022, G.R. Desidério, A. Pes, J.O. Silva, R.B. Pinedo, H.L.M.S. Ferreira leg., Malaise trap .

Geographical distribution. Peru (Cuzco, Madre de Dios), Brazil * (Acre; Fig. 3 ).

Remarks. This species was redescribed by Marques & Rafael (2016) who provided figures of the body and male genitalia. The above Brazilian record is the first occurrence of Latheticomyia longiterebra outside of Peru.

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.