Styringomyia atlantica, Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, 2003

Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, 2003, Systematics of the Neotropical species of Styringomyia Loew (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae), Zootaxa 253, pp. 1-35 : 18

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.156947

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275965

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/094F8794-9214-254A-FED5-FEC333D5B8DB

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Plazi

scientific name

Styringomyia atlantica
status

sp. nov.

Styringomyia atlantica View in CoL sp. n.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Holotype. Male, Brazil, Bahia, CEPEC­CEPLAC, Itabuna (14º48S, 39º18W), cacao leaf litter, 1970­72. J. A. Winder ( USNM). Entire specimen mounted on slide. Paratype. Male, same data of holotype ( USNM).

ETYMOLOGY. The name of this species refers to its habitat at the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest.

DESCRIPTION. Dimensions. See Table I. Morphology. Ninth sternite: narrowing gradually toward tip. Tenth tergite ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 18 ­ 25 ): posterior margin V­shaped. Gonocoxite ( Fig. 29 View FIGURE 29 ): conical, narrowing gradually toward tip; short and stout hairs along posterior part of medial margin to apex; other hairs slender, the longest along lateral margin, the shortest proximally on medial margin. Gonostylus ( Figs. 12 View FIGURES 10 ­ 13 , 29 View FIGURE 29 ): almost as long as broad, with four extensions; extension I ( Fig 12 View FIGURES 10 ­ 13 , I) strongly sclerotized, bearing two apical spine­like hair; extension II ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 10 ­ 13 , II) shorter than the others, strongly sclerotized, bearing a short apical spine­like hair; extension III ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 10 ­ 13 , III) approximately triangular in shape; extension IV ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 10 ­ 13 , IV) rounded; slender hairs concentrated near base of extensions III and IV and near the center of the medial face of gonostylus. Aedeagal sheath: with two lateral protuberances, the most dorsal rounded, the most ventral longer than broad, oblique in position; details of dorsal crest not visible in the available specimens; ventral branches short.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Limoniidae

Genus

Styringomyia

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