Forty-one new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), an identification key, and new distributional records for the species of the genus Author Ament, Danilo César 0000-0002-6561-7277 Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040 - 901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. danament @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6561 - 7277 danament@gmail.com Author Kung, Giar-Ann 0000-0002-8099-6949 Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States of America. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8099 - 6949 Author Brown, Brian V. 0000-0001-6367-6057 Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States of America. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6367 - 6057 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-08-12 4830 1 1 61 journal article 8816 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.1.1 f366dee6-1d72-489c-a58f-d156f1d2bbc5 1175-5326 4402844 ACC86C86-1A37-47E7-BCC2-736AAECFDFA2 Coniceromyia stichochaeta sp. nov. ( Figs. 7A , 9G , 16A , 22 H–I, 25N, 28F) Diagnosis (male). Anepisternum dorsally setulose, hind femur with narrow posteroventral band of tiny blunt setulae, left epandrial process with only one discernible process: a subepandrial wall extending from the hypoproct to its apex. This species is similar to C. amazonensis , C. brachypoda , C. dasypoda , and C. hadrochaeta from which it can be differentiated by its hind femur group of setulae of similar thickness and left epandrial process without any dorsal lobes. Material examined . Holotype , COLOMBIA : Valle de Cauca : PNN Farallones de Cali : Alto Anchicaya , 3.43ºN , 76.80ºW , 16–30.i.2001 , Malaise trap , 650m , S. Sarria col. ( IAVH ) [LACM ENT 230845] . Paratypes : 1♂ , same data as holotype ; 1♂ , same but 19.xii–2.i.2001 ; 1♂ , same but 18.vii-1.viii.2000 ; 1♂ , same but 19.vi–3.vii.2001 ; 1♂ , same but 17–31.vii.2001 ; 1♂ , Cauca : PNN Gorgona : Antigua Laguna , 2.97ºN , 78.18ºW , 18.i–3.ii.2001 , Malaise trap , 70m , H. torres col .; 1♂ , same but Mancora , 3–18.i.2001 , 60m ; 1♂ , same but Alto el Mirador , 24.iv– 9.v. 2000 , 180m ; 1♂ , same but Isla Gorgona , 1–5.iii.2000 , B. Brown , G. Kung & M. Sharkey col. COSTA RICA : 1♂ , Alajuela : 5km W San Ramon , 10.06ºN , 84.5ºW , vii.1997 , Malaise trap , 1200m , O. Castro col. ; 1♂ , Cartago : Turrialba , 9.93ºN , 83.67ºW , 15–19.vii.1966 , Malaise trap , P. Spangler col. ; 1♂ , Heredia : La Selva Biol. Station , 10.43ºN , 84.02ºW , 1.ix.1993 , Malaise trap ; 1♂ , same but 15–21.v.1989 , B. Brown & D. Feener col. ECUADOR : 3♂ , Pichincha : 47 km S Santo Domingo : Rio Palenque Science Center , 29.iv–5.v.1987 , Malaise trap , 180m , B. Brown & L. Coote col. Description . Male. Body length 2 mm . Head . Frons brown, sparsely setulose, with well-defined median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, conical-elongate. Arista apical, slightly longer than flagellomere 1. Palpus light brown. Gena with two setae. Thorax . Scutum, scutellum, and pleural regions brown; anepisternum dorsally setulose. Legs yellowish-brown. Foretibia with two dorsal setae and anterodorsal row of strong setulae. Foremetatarsus with anterior excavation bearing a row of strong short setulae, anteroapical setulose process, strong curved seta at base of excavation, and strong seta near base of anteroapical process ( Fig. 9G ). Foremetatarsus ratio 0.42. Posterior face of hind femur with narrow basoventral band of tiny blunt setulae ( Fig. 22 H–I). Hind femur height/length ratio 0.37. Hind tibia with one dorsal seta in basal half. Wing ( Fig. 16A ). Costa swollen, 0.4 of the wing length; R 2+3 absent; M 1 concave, curved posteriorly at apex; M 2 approximately straight, CuA 1 -M 2 /M 2 -M 1 ratio 1.7; CuA 1 slightly sinuous. Halter white. Abdomen . Tergites brown. Hypopygium yellowish-brown ( Fig. 25N ). Left epandrial process with only one discernible process: a subepandrial wall extending from the hypoproct to its apex. Margin of right lobe of hypandrium without lateral projection. Two setae on hypoproct. Distribution . Low and mid-elevation sites from Costa Rica to Western Colombia and Ecuador ( Fig. 28F ). Etymology . Name derived from the Greek roots stichos (line, row) and chaite (long hair, seta), and refers to the row of strong setulae on the foremetatarsus excavation.