Puliciphora parsetosa, Disney, R. Henry L., 2003

Disney, R. Henry L., 2003, Seven new species of New World Puliciphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) with a new key to the Neotropical species, Zootaxa 162, pp. 1-22 : 14

Puliciphora parsetosa sp. nov.

( Fig. 19 )

The unique holotype female is damaged, with both antennae and half its legs missing.

Female

Frons brown, with 4 SAs­2­2­6 bristles; the anterior pair being clearly nearer upper SAs than eyes, the POs likewise clearly nearer anterior ocellus than eyes. The latter large, with more than 50 ommatidia. Palps light brown, with five bristles and almost twice as many hairs. Thorax brown, with a bristle near spiracle, the wing rudiment as in P. m e x i c a ­ nae, and at least an outer pair of strong bristles at rear margin (the middle part of thorax is too damaged to ascertain the positions of the other bristles). Abdominal tergites dark brown. T4­T6 as Fig. 19 . Venter pale straw yellow tinged brownish grey and with numerous hairs above and below. Legs with light brown femora and tibiae and straw yellow tarsi, and the shorter (anterior) spur of hind tibia scarcely differentiated from adjacent hairs.

Figures

FIGURES 15 ­ 19. Puliciphora females, abdominal tergites 4 ­ 6: (15) P. laranjae; (16) P. longitergum; (17) P. pygmaea; (18) P. interrupta (19) P. parsetosa. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.