Rhinotora lopesi Guimarães & Papavero

Calhau, Julia, Coelho, Lívia Aguiar, Kawada, Ricardo, Lima, Felipe Varussa De Oliveira & Guillermo-Ferreira, Rhainer, 2016, Review of Rhinotora (Diptera, Heleomyzidae) with description of a new species and key to all known heleomyzid species from Brazil, Zootaxa 4138 (3), pp. 513-533 : 520

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scientific name	Rhinotora lopesi Guimarães & Papavero
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Rhinotora lopesi Guimarães & Papavero View in CoL

( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B C–F, 10)

Rhinotora lopesi Guimarães & Papavero, 1966: 264 View in CoL . Type-locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, Alto da Boa Vista, Fazenda da Guarda. Distr.— Brazil (São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul). Ref.— Guimarães & Papavero, 1966: figs 3–4 (male genitalia); Papavero 1967: 2 (catalogue).

Diagnosis. Rhinotora lopesi , along with R. diversipennis , are the only species on which the anterior orbital seta are completely absent. These species are easily distinguished from each other by the number of supernumerary crossveins arising from the middle of R2+3 (one crossvein in R. lopesi , two in R. diversipennis ). Rhinotora diversipennis resembles R. travassosi regarding the presence of parallel posteromedial paired spots on scutum., but these spots are well separate in R. lopesi , and connected to each other in R. travassosi . As in most Rhinotora species, the male fore femur is about three times longer than wide (slightly thinner on female). Rhinotora lopesi is easily distinguishable from the remaining congeneric species by the male genitalia, specially by the cerci shape.

Redescription. Head ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B C–D). Yellow to brown, silvery to golden pruinose. Anterior reclinate orbital seta absent. Mouthparts brown, clypeus and palpus yellowish. Thorax ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B C–D). Scutum brown, with complex pattern of brown and golden pruinose stripes and spots; posteromedial paired spots parallel. Scutellum triangular with apical and lateral spiniform protuberances; base of apical seta protuberant; yellowish brown, golden pruinose, apex and protuberances shiny. Wing ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B D). Medial vein ratio: 0.46. Veins mostly dark brown with white and yellow areas; C mostly yellow, dark brown on distal two thirds of cell c. Membrane hyaline with dark spots. Cell r1 with six to nine simple supernumerary crossveins. Cell r2+3 with a simple or branched supernumerary crossvein arising from the middle of R2+3. Legs ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2. A – B C). Fore femur on male about three times longer than wide (slightly thinner on female). Distal third of mid femur with short strong anteroventral setae. Distal third of hind femur with anteroventral row of strong setae. Mid tibia with one distinct apical ventral seta. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, sternites yellowish brown; brown setulose. Protandrium ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 E). Sternite 5 medially membranous. Sternites 6–8 fused, encircling the abdomen without a break. Male genitalia ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 F). Cerci fused to each other, distally free, each of them comprising a greater medial lobe, and a smaller lateral lobe. Surstylus with outer long projection and pair of small microtrichose inner lobes. Phallus with membranous, oval apex.

Distribution ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ). Brazil (Amazonas, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo).

Examined type material. HOLOTYPE Ƌ. BRAZIL. São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, 1650m., Faz. Guarda [Parque Estadual Campos do Jordão], Alto Boa Vista, 31.iii.1963, N. Papavero, J. Guimarães, L.T.F. [L. Travassos Fo.] colls.

Examined non-type material. BRAZIL. Paraná: Piraquara, Mananciais da Serra, 08.x.2008, P. Grossi & J. Calhau colls (1Ƌ, 1♀, INPA). Rio Grande do Sul: São Francisco de Paula—PROMATA, 14–18.xii.2009, P. Grossi col. (3Ƌ, 2♀, INPA).

Remarks. The species is recorded for the first time from Paraná States.