Hendelia heliconiae, 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 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.201850
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6193474
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF6987A7-452E-901D-1FF8-FDECFB2B3820
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hendelia heliconiae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Hendelia heliconiae View in CoL spec. nov.

( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1 – 5 , 20–22 View FIGURES 17 – 28 , 32 View FIGURES 29 – 32 )

Description ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 5 ). Body length 3.4 – 4.3mm.

Male. Most bristles brown, with vibrissa brown to black. Anterior fronto-orbital half length of mid frontoorbital and posterior fronto-orbital absent. Two pairs of dorsocentral bristles with small additional bristle in front of anterior dorsocentral. One minute and one short pair of lateral scutellar bristles. Head yellow with ocellar tubercle brown and antenna (excluding arista) light yellow; frons sometimes orange to brown medially. Notum yellow with medial stripe (often broken at transverse suture) and dorsum of scutellum brown; lateral margin of scutum sometimes orange to brown. Dorsal half of pleuron orange with only thin subnotal stripe present. Legs light yellow with fore coxa white, base of hind tibia brownish and fore tarsi brown with basal 1/3 of first segment yellow to white. Wing infuscated on distal 1/3 and along R2+3 at intersection of vein r-m.

Male terminalia. ( Figs 20–22 View FIGURES 17 – 28 ) Similar to H. nigripalpus except as follows: produced lobe on anterodistal margin of epandrium narrow and nearly half height of epandrium; all setae on surstylus short; hypandrium with only two long bristles; pregonite setulose apically and medially.

Female. Externally similar to male except as follows: antenna yellow with inner-distal margin sometimes infuscated; apex of hind tibia and femur brown; notal stripe not broken at suture.

Female terminalia. ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 29 – 32 ) Similar to terminalia of H. boliviensis except ventral receptacle approximately as long as spermathecal duct and spermatheca shorter.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the Heliconia plant upon which the holotype was taken.

Distribution. Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador.

Holotype. ECUADOR. Maquipucuna Biol. Res., 1200m, river trail, 1200m, on Heliconia leaves, 29.x.1999, S.A. Marshall (1ɗ, QZAC).

Paratypes. 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 (1ɗ, CBFC). COSTA RICA. Cartago: Tapanti N.P., nr W entrance, 1150m, sweeps, trail to hydro tower/creek, 11.x.1999, Marshall & Buck (1Ψ, DEBU), Turrialba, Tayutic, Estacion Grando do Oro, 1200m, i.1994, Malaise, P. Campos (2ɗ, INBC). ECUADOR: Pich.: ‘Mirador’ tree fall sweeps, 29.x.1999, S.A. Marshall (1ɗ, DEBU), Nanagalito, 7km SE, trout farm ‘San Jose’, 1500m, 30.x.1999, S.A. Marshall (1Ψ, QZAC), Maquipucuna Biol. Res., S.A. Marshall, 1200m, on leaves, small dung bait, 27.x.1999 (2Ψ, QZAC), river trail, 27.x.1999 (2ɗ, QZAC), river trail, 29.x.1999 (2ɗ, DEBU), river trail, 1200m, sweep, 29.x.1999 (1ɗ, QZAC), river trail, 1200m, sweeping, 29.x.1999 (3ɗ 1Ψ, DEBU; 1ɗ, QZAC), main trail, 1400 – 1600m, 0°7’34N, 78°37’57W, 27.iv.2002 (2Ψ, DEBU).

Comments. Both sexes of Hendelia heliconiae can be distinguished from other neotropical Hendelia by having fore tarsi that are dark brown with the base of the first segment yellow. The closely related H. boliviensis has similar female genitalia, but the dark markings on the palpus and antenna clearly identify it.