Trichomyia cetrae Araújo & Bravo, 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4130.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:10239517-A20C-4C42-BFD7-8AC6079C76A2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6080039 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A7ED58-F854-6C00-6B98-FF37B961AF12 |
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Trichomyia cetrae Araújo & Bravo |
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sp. nov. |
Trichomyia cetrae Araújo & Bravo View in CoL sp. nov.
( Figs. 4A–G View FIGURES 4 A – G )
Diagnosis. Medial posterior expansion on gonocoxite, apically bifurcate; gonostylus bifurcate, sclerotized, articulated ventrally at gonocoxite; aedeagal complex with two pairs of projections, one dorsal subtriangular and one ventral wider than dorsal projection; ejaculatory apodeme twice the length of gonostylus.
Description. Male. Head subcircular in frontal view. Antenna incomplete in the studied specimens; scape as long as the subspherical pedicel; ( Fig. 4A View FIGURES 4 A – G ); flagellomeres pyriform and eccentric; ascoids twice the length of flagellomere ( Fig. 4B View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Palpus formula 1.0:0.7:0.9 ( Fig. 4C View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Wing. R4+5 incomplete at base; r-m and m-cu absent ( Fig. 4D View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Male terminalia: Hypandrium fused with gonocoxites, with medial posterior expansion, apically bifurcate ( Fig. 4E View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Arm of gonocoxites L inverted shaped in lateral view ( Fig. 4G View FIGURES 4 A – G ) and with elongated bristles along the medial margin. Gonostylus bifurcate, sclerotized, articulated dorsally at gonocoxite ( Fig. 4E View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Two pairs of projections in the aedeagal complex dorsal pair subtriangular, ventral pair wider than dorsal projections in the aedeagal complex ( Fig. 4G View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Aedeagus truncated in the apex ( Fig. 4E View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Ejaculatory apodeme twice the length of gonostylus ( Figs. 4E, 4G View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Epandrium pilose, apically wider than basally ( Fig. 4F View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Cercus pilose ( Figs. 4E View FIGURES 4 A – G ), rhomboid in lateral view ( Fig. 4G View FIGURES 4 A – G ). Hypoproct with apical micropilosity ( Fig. 4F View FIGURES 4 A – G ).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined. Brazil, Bahia, Cachoeira municipality, Fazenda Villa Rial, 24.V.2004, holotype ♂, F. Bravo leg. (MZUEFS).
Etymology. The epithet cetrae is an allusion to the shape of the male terminalia that resembles a scepter.
Distribution. Brazil—Bahia
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Trichomyiinae |
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Septemtrichomyia |