Coniceromyia brandaoi, Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2010

Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2010, Five new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil, Zootaxa 2421, pp. 35-48 : 39

Coniceromyia brandaoi , sp. nov.

(Figs. 2, 10–13, 44)

Diagnosis. Foretarsomere 1 excavated, without long setae, anepisternum dorsally hairy, wing hyaline with costa thick (thinner apically). Hairy expansion under the hypoproct, left epandrial process round and subepandrial lobe with five long setae.

Material examined. Holotype, 3, BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro (Parque Estadual do Desengano), 21º 50’ S 41º 40’ W, 17–20.iv.2002, C.O. Azevedo & equipe col, Malaise trap, Projeto FAPESP BIOTA-Hymenoptera/Isoptera.

Description. Male. Body length, 2.3 mm. Head. Frons light brown, pubescent, with well defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 yellowish-brown, pubescent, elongate-conical. Arista apical, pubescent. Palpus white; one postocullar and two malar setae. Thorax. Scutum light brown; thoracic pleura yellowish-brown, with maculations on the anepisternum. Anepisternum dorsally hairy. Legs yellowish-brown. Foretibia with two dorsal long setae and row of slightly differentiated setae on apical third ( Fig. 44 ). Tarsomere 1 with anteroapical process; anterior excavation; without long setae. Hind femur with tiny, blunt posteroventral setae on basal half. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta. Wing. (Fig. 2) Costa thick (thinner apically), 0.35 of wing length; M1 almost straight along most of its length, curved anteriorly close to apex; M2 slightly concave at basal third, curved posteriorly close to margin; distance between M2 and CuA1 at apex of CuA1 about 1.7 times the distance between M1 and M2 at same level; CuA1 just slightly concave along its length; one seta on base of Rs; one axilar seta. Halter white. Abdomen. Tergites light brown, with lighter posterior margin. Tergites 2 and 6 longer than other tergites. Abdomen gray ventrally. Terminalia light brown ( Figs. 10–13 ). Hypoproct with two long setae. Hairy expansion under hypoproct, directed posteriorly, continuous with the left epandrial process. Epandrial microtrichia not extending through latero-proximal portions. Large epandrial setae mainly at the laterals, only two dorsal. Epandrial dorsal suture absent, left suture directed distally. Six setae on right epandrial projection. Various long setae on distal part of left epandrial process. Right subepandrial plate bare. Proximal subepandrial lobe directed ventrally, with five long setae. Diverse tiny strong setae on internal face of left epandrial process.

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. This species is named after the Brazilian myrmecologist, Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão, who was the coordinator of the Hymenoptera-Isoptera Fapesp-Biota project, from which most of the material herein described was attained.

Comments. There are some differences in color between Coniceromyia brandaoi and C. plaumanni Borgmeier , this later species with dark brown first antennal flagellomere and with black thorax. The main differences, however, concern the hypopygial morphology: the hypopygium of C. plaumanni does not have the hairy expansion under hypoproct and the setose subepandrial lobe, and its left epandrial process is not round.

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 44. Male foretibia. 26 – 28, Coniceromyia franciscana, sp. nov. (26, anterodorsal; 27, dorsal; 28, posterodorsal view); 29 – 31, Coniceromyia maculipennis (29, anterodorsal; 30, dorsal; 31, posterodorsal view); 32 – 34, Coniceromyia diaphaniptera, sp. nov. (32, anterodorsal; 33, dorsal; 34, posterodorsal view); 35 – 37, Coniceromyia anacleti (35, anterodorsal; 36, dorsal; 37, posterodorsal view); 38 – 40, Coniceromyia epicantha (38, anterodorsal; 39, dorsal; 40, posterodorsal view); 41, Coniceromyia vespertilio, anterodorsal view (modified from Borgmeier, 1950); 42, Coniceromyia apechoneura, sp. nov., anterodorsal view; 43, Coniceromyia sanctaetheresae, sp. nov., anterodorsal view; 44, Coniceromyia brandaoi, sp. nov., anterodorsal view. Abbreviations: d 1, d 2, d 3, dorsal setae; ad, anterodorsal setae; pd, posterodorsal setae; pd *, additional posterodorsal setae not present in all specimens; adr; anterodorsal row of setae.

FIGURES 10 – 13. Hypopygium. Coniceromyia brandaoi, sp. nov. 10. Dorsal view; 11. Ventral view; 12. Left lateral view; 13. Right lateral view. Abbreviations: ar, aedago region; hyp, hypandrium; hyprct, hypoproct; lep, left epandrial process; rsp, right subepandrial plate. Black setae, hairy expansion under hypoproct; white seta, proximal subepandrial lobe.