Hendelia boliviensis, Lonsdale, Owen & Marshall, Stephen A., 2011

Lonsdale, Owen & Marshall, Stephen A., 2011, Revision of the New World Hendelia (Diptera: Clusiidae: Clusiodinae), Zootaxa 2748, pp. 1-17 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.201850
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6193470
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF6987A7-4528-901B-1FF8-FDDBFBC73A8E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hendelia boliviensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Hendelia boliviensis View in CoL spec. nov.

( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 29 – 32 )

Description. Male. Unknown.

Female. Body length 4.3mm. Bristles brown. Anterior fronto-orbital 3/4 length of mid fronto-orbital; posterior fronto-orbital bristle half length of anterior bristle. Two pairs of dorsocentral bristles. One short and one minute lateral scutellar bristle. Head yellow (white below antenna) with apex of palpus lightly infuscated along anteroventral margin, frons dark yellow to orange, gena and occiput light yellow to yellow, and outer-dorsal margin of first flagellomere dark brown with base yellow. Notum orange with medial stripe and scutellum brown. Pleuron orange to mottled brown from notal suture to lower margin of anepisternum. Legs yellow with coxae white, base of hind tibia brown and fore tarsi dark brown excluding base of first segment. Wing infuscated on distal 1/3, around R2+3 and R4+5, and along R2+3 at intersection of vein r-m; distal 1/3 dusky.

Female terminalia. ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 29 – 32 ) Spermatheca squat and pear-shaped, as wide as long and surface smooth with numerous minute divots/pits. Ducts slightly more than twice length of spermatheca and strongly tapered at base. Ventral receptacle similar to that of H. salebrosa .

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the distribution of this species.

Distribution. Bolivia.

Holotype. BOLIVIA. La Paz: Caranavi, ca. 10km NW road to ENTEL tower, 1400m, 15°46’35”S, 67°35’48”W, dung pans, 13.iv.2001, S.A. Marshall (1Ψ, CBFC).

Paratype. BOLIVIA. Same collection as holotype (1Ψ, DEBU).

Comments. Hendelia boliviensis differs from congeners in having pear-shaped, pitted spermathecae and a strong dorsal stripe on the first flagellomere, allowing its description on the basis of females alone. Hendelia salebrosa , which is also found in Bolivia and has a dorsal stripe on the first flagellomere, differs from this species in having an apically brown palpus, a head that is white below the antennae, a thin orange (not thick mottled-brown/ orange) subnotal stripe, no posterior fronto-orbital, and wrinkled, globose spermathecae.