Cladochaeta armata ( Frota-Pessoa, 1947 )

Pirani, Gabriela & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2016, Going beyond the tip of the Drosophilidae iceberg: New Cladochaeta Coquillett, 1900 (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 4139 (3), pp. 301-344 : 306

Cladochaeta armata ( Frota-Pessoa, 1947)

( Figs. 1 A–F; 6 A; 32 A; 35 A)

Clastopteromyia armata Frota-Pessoa, 1947 : p. 195, figs. 1–8 (head, legs, left wing and male terminalia). Type-locality: BRAZIL, State of São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, 1600m. Holotype ♂ (MNRJ); paratypes 1♂ (MNRJ) and 1♂ (IOC). Cladochaeta armata: Wheeler, 1981 : p. 34 (new combination); Vilela & Bächli, 1990: p. 145; Grimaldi & Nguyen, 1999: p. 237.

Material examined. 1 Ƌ (terminalia in vial): BRAZIL, State of São Paulo, São Luís do Paraitinga , P.E.S.M— Núcleo Santa Virgínia, 23º19’ 27.2”S, 45º05’38.5”W, 21.i.2011, Malaise #7, N.W. Perioto & eq. cols. ( MZUSP); 1 Ƌ BRAZIL, State of São Paulo, Boraceia, 2–3.ix.1976, F. C. Val col. ( MZUSP); 1 Ƌ BRAZIL, State of São Paulo, Boraceia, 10.x.1977, fruit bait trap, F. C. Val col. ( MZUSP)

Comments: The type locality of this species is Campos do Jordão, in southeastern Brazil. We now have additional material from two other localities in the Atlantic Forest. The original description and the redescriptions made by Vilela & Bächli (1990) and Grimaldi & Nguyen (1999) are thorough and well illustrated. We add here photographs of of a malein several views. There is a discussion, ahead, about the types of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Cladochaeta armata. A. Head, dorsal view. B. Head, lateral view. C. Head, frontal view. D. Thorax, lateral view. E. Thorax, dorsal view. F. Abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.