Coronamyia biapicalis ( Bravo, Lago and Castro, 2004 ) Bravo & Lopes & Araújo, 2023

Bravo, Freddy, Lopes, Priscila Silva & Araújo, Maíra Xavier, 2023, Coronamyia, a new genus of Neotropical Maruinini (Diptera, Psychodidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 5351 (1), pp. 139-150 : 148-149

Coronamyia biapicalis ( Bravo, Lago and Castro, 2004) comb. nov.

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Alepia biapicalis Bravo, Lago and Castro, 2004: 589–590 , figs. 1–4.

Material examined. Holotype male: Brazil, BA [Bahia], Itabuna, Reserva Ecológica CEPEC, Mata , Ligth trap, 04.VI.1986, Lg Terra, P.S.

Diagnosis. Eye bridge with three rows of facets; eyes separated by 3 facet diameters; internal arm of gonostylus without small apical stripes; external arm of gonostylus with short basal lobe, digitiform; aedeagus almost the same width along the length, apex rounded apically with pointed apex upward; ejaculatory apodeme approximately with the same width of aedeagus.

Description. Male. Head ( Fig. 8A ): wider than long, 1.3 times wider than long; eye bridge with 3 facet rows; eyes separated by 3 facet diameter; clypeal patch of alveoli subrectangular; epipharynx with 10 small spiniform setae at distal end; antenna with scape 1.6 times the length of pedicel; palpus formula: 1.0:1.8:1.8:1.5. Wing ( Fig. 8B ): medial fork at the same level of radial fork. Terminalia ( Figs. 8C, D, E, F, G ): gonocoxal apodeme plate-like, wider than ejaculatory apodeme; internal arm of gonostylus without small apical stripes; external arm of gonostylus with short, basal external lobe, digitiform; hypopod with one row of big alveoli; aedeagus almost the same width along the length, apex rounded apically with pointed apex upward; ejaculatory apodeme oval approximately 0.8 times the length of aedeagus, with approximately the same width than aedeagus.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Coronamyia biapicalis (Bravo, Lago and Castro, 2004). (A) Antenna, base; (B) Wing; (C) Male terminalia; (D) Setous ring, dorsal view; (E) Gonostylus, dorsal view; (F) Gonostylus, base, ventral view; (G) Hypopod, dorsal view.