Neopleurophora acrensis, Ament & Amorim, 2013

Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the genus Neopleurophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of thirty seven new species, Zootaxa 3657 (1), pp. 1-93 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5267010
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287F2-FFD6-FF87-FF42-257FCA65D245
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neopleurophora acrensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neopleurophora acrensis View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 16–19 View FIGURES 16–19 , 162 View FIGURES 160–195 , 198 View FIGURES 196–233 , 256–257 View FIGURES 256–259 )

Diagnosis (males). Right side of epandrium with a process extending subepandrially; epandrial medial process bifurcated at apex. Hind tibia with 4–5 posterodorsal and one anterodorsal setae.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, BRAZIL: Acre: Mancio Lima, Parque Nacional Serra do Divisor , 5.ix.2007, Malaise trap, L. Menezes col. ( MZUSP) . Paratypes: BRAZIL: 1♂, Amazonas : Manaus, PDBFF, reserva 1301, 9.x.1985, B. Klein col ( INPA) ; 1♂, Amazonas: Manaus, Res. Km 41, PDBFF, 10–12.xi.2004, R. Querino col ( INPA) .

Description. Male. Body length, 2.5 mm. Head. Frons black, pubescent, without median furrow. Flagellomere 1 yellowish-brown, pubescent, oval. Arista pre-apical, pubescent. Palpus yellowish-brown, oval; one upper genal small seta. Thorax. Scutum and pleural sclerites light brown; anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum brown, with medial and posterior areas light brown. Legs yellowish-brown. Forefemur without ventral row of strong setae. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal fourth and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus ratio, 6.2. Midtibia with one anterodorsal and three posterodorsal setae ( Fig. 162 View FIGURES 160–195 ). Hind femur swollen (height/length ratio, 0.40). Hind tibia with one anterodorsal and 4–5 posterodorsal setae ( Fig. 198 View FIGURES 196–233 ). Wing. Costa 0.49 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter white, with a rounded, apical black maculation. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, with lighter posterior band. Hypopygium light brown ( Figs. 16–19 View FIGURES 16–19 ). Epandrial medial process apically bifurcated, with two pointed apical edges. Ventral apex of epandrial right posterior margin folded, projected medio-posteriorly; no subepandrial setulose process. Hypandrium right lobe short, bifurcated. Hypoproct with six setae. Phallus ( Figs. 256–257 View FIGURES 256–259 ). Basiphallus without dorsal process. Core plate membranous. Epiphallus ending free, covered with thin, transparent scales. Ventral plate restricted to the right side, bifurcated into two thin, long processes.

Female. Unknown.

Geographic distribution. Northern Brazil, in the States of Acre and Amazonas.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type-locality, in the State of Acre.

Comments. Neopleurophora acrensis is probably closely related to N. microssoma and N. prionotopyga , sharing with them the bifurcated phallic ventral plate and epandrial right posterior margin folded, projected medioposteriorly.