Systematics of Paraleucopis Malloch with proposal of Paraleucopidae, a new family of acalyptrate Diptera
Author
Wheeler, Terry A.
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-11
4668
3
301
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.1
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Paraleucopis saguaro
Wheeler & Sinclair
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1, 2
,
8, 9
,
16, 18
,
51–53
,
55
,
56
)
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Type material.
HOLOTYPE
Ƌ, labelled: “
USA
:AZ:
Maricopa Co.
Usery
/
Mtn Park.
33.475°, -111.618°/
Aspirated
from bare skin/
09.v.2013
, T.A. Wheeler”; “Barcode of Life/ DNA voucher specimen/ SmpleID CCDB-23514-F09/
BOLD
Proc. ID:
LYMAB
4059-15 [yellow label]”; “
HOLOTYPE
/
Paraleucopis
/ saguaro/ Wheeler & Sinclair [red label]” (
LEM
).
PARATYPES
:
USA
.
Arizona
:
same data as holotype (
30 ♀
,
LEM
)
;
same data except, CCDB- 23514-F08 (
1 ♀
, barcoded,
LEM
)
,
CCDB-23514-F07 (
1 ♀
, barcoded,
LEM
)
,
CCDB-23514-F06 (
1 ♀
, barcoded,
LEM
)
;
Saguaro Nat. Mon.
,
9.v.1942
,
A.L. Melander
(8 Ƌ,
5 ♀
,
USNM
)
;
McDowell Mtn Pk
,
30 mi
NE Phoenix
,
16.v.1992
,
R.C. Baptista
(
1 ♀
,
USNM
)
;
Pima Co.
,
10 mi
NE Tucson
,
Sabino Canyon
,
15.v.1965
,
R. & J. Matthews
(
1 ♀
,
MSUC
)
;
Pima Co.
,
Tucson Univ. of Arizona
,
Desert Station
,
32°15′28″N
111°5′1″W
,
1.v.2010
,
S.A. Marshall
(
8 ♀
,
DEBU
)
;
Pima Co.
,
Santa Rita Exp. Rng
,
31°45′N
110°50′W
,
30.iv.–6.v.2010
,
S. Gray
(
1 ♀
,
DEBU
)
;
Tucson
,
11.v.1979
,
C.M. Francis
(
4 ♀
,
DEBU
)
;
24 km
W Tucson
,
3.vi.1991
,
J.R. Vockeroth
, ex. on damaged
Saguaro
(3 Ƌ,
2 ♀
,
CNC
)
.
FIGURES 51–53.
Male terminalia, spermathecae and female tergite 6 of
Paraleucopis saguaro
sp. nov.
51,
male terminalia, lateral view;
52,
female tergite 6, dorsal view;
53,
spermathecae. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Recognition.
This species is characterized by pruinose clypeus; fronto-orbital setae weak to distinct; antenna mostly yellow, postpedicel darker dorsoapically; face mostly entirely pruinose extended onto anterior portion of gena (
Figs 16, 18
); parafacial pruinose; fore coxa and all femora dark; hind femur without anteroventral preapical setae; surstylus triangular, strongly tapered to narrow apex.
Description.
Frons dark to reddish-brown band above antennae; gena dark, sometimes, pale anteriorly. Face mostly pruinose extended onto anterior portion of gena; parafacial pruinose. Fronto-orbital setae weak to distinct. Antenna mostly yellow, with dorsoapical margin of postpedicel sometimes darkened; antennal bases separated by slightly more than length of pedicel. Clypeus pruinose.
Katepisternum with dense pale ventral setae, anterior to mid coxa; short setulae on anterior half. Scutum shiny with dense setulae. Coxae and femora dark, with apex of femora pale; tibiae dark with base and apex pale; tarsomeres on all legs pale with tarsomere 4 and 5 darkened dorsally; mid tibia with dark ventroapical seta, less than one-quarter length of tarsomere 1.
Male postabdomen (
Figs 51
): epandrium rounded, evenly sclerotized, setose on posterior half. Hypandrium broad, with pair of short setae anteriorly; with rounded postgonite apically. Surstylus long, strongly tapered to narrow apex; apex arch posteromedially; setae confined mostly to posterior margin. Distiphallus tapered to narrow apex. Cercus broad, slightly shorter than dorsal length of epandrium; apex rounded.
FIGURES 54–55.
Distribution of
Paraleucopis
.
54,
P. paraboydensis
sp. nov.
;
55,
P. saguaro
sp. nov.
Female postabdomen: tergite 6 (
Fig. 52
) with bilobed anteriorly margin, broad medially with sinuous posterior margin; posterior corners slightly prolonged with pair of long setae, more than half length of tergite; spermatheca (
Fig. 53
) short, truncate, with short pigmented denticles or papillae; without slender filaments or end apparatus of gland cells.
Distribution.
This species is known from southern
Arizona
(
Fig. 55
).
Etymology.
The species is named after its association with Saguaro cactus and is treated as a noun in apposition.
Remarks.
DNA Barcode sequence data clearly separates this new species from
P
.
paraboydensis
sp.nov.
(
Fig. 56
).
Adults of this species have been aspirated from skin, around eyes and small cuts on arms and legs (
Figs 1, 2
) (
Marshall 2012: 490
), which is similar to behaviour observed in
P. mexicana
.