Neopleurophora costaricana, 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 : 46-48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D3E95FDE-9836-474B-89E5-3575C82DD307
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5267050
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287F2-FFF1-FFA2-FF42-215FC8A8D78C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neopleurophora costaricana
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neopleurophora costaricana View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 108–111 View FIGURES 108–111 , 183 View FIGURES 160–195 , 221 View FIGURES 196–233 , 302–303 View FIGURES 300–303 )

Diagnosis (males). Hypopygium very large, with epandrial medial process large, not bifurcated, with apical elongated pointed projection in the left; hypandrium left lobe very large.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, COSTA RICA: Heredia: La Selva Biol. Stn., 10.43ºN, 84.02ºW, 1.iii.1994, Malaise trap, Alas col. ( INBC). GoogleMaps

Description. Male. Body length, 2.8 mm. Head. Frons dark brown, pubescent, without median furrow. Flagellomere 1 light brown, pubescent, oval. Arista pre-apical, pubescent. Palpus light brown; two upper genal and one lower genal setae. Thorax. Scutum dark brown, pleural sclerites brown, anepisternum setulose dorsally, with one long seta; scutellum dark brown, with medial and posterior areas brown. Legs light-brown, except foretibia and foretarsus, yellowish-brown. Forefemur with ventral row of five strong setae near apex. Foretibia with one dorsal seta at basal third and an anterodorsal row of strong setae. Foremetatarsus ratio, 3.6. Midtibia with one anterodorsal and one posterodorsal setae at basal fourth ( Fig. 183 View FIGURES 160–195 ). Hind femur swollen (height/length ratio, 0.42), without ventral, strong setae. Hind tibia with one anterodorsal and four posterodorsal setae ( Fig. 221 View FIGURES 196–233 ). Wing. Costa 0.5 of the wing length, other wing features as for the genus. Halter yellowish-brown. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, with yellow posterior band. Tergite 6 about three times longer than other tergites. Hypopygium light brown, very large ( Figs. 108–111 View FIGURES 108–111 ). Epandrial medial process large, not bifurcated, with elongated pointed apical projection in the left. Epandrial right posterior margin with medial projection and subepandrial setulose process. Hypandrium with very large left lobe, right lobe narrow. Hypoproct with two setae. Phallus ( Figs. 302–303 View FIGURES 300–303 ). Basiphallus with large dorsal process. Core plate flattened. Epiphallus with transparent scales, connected to the right arm at the left of the phallus. Ventral plate well developed, apically bifurcated into a secondary scaled process bearing large, sclerotized scales, and a medial lobe with an adjacent scaled process.

Female. Unknown.

Geographic distribution. Known only from the type-locality, a lowland site in La Selva, northern Costa Rica.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type-locality Costa Rica.