Platyplastinx obscurus ( Bravo, Lago & Castro, 2004 ) Bravo, Lago & Castro, 2004

Lopes, Priscila Silva & Bravo, Freddy, 2015, Review of Platyplastinx Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4048 (4), pp. 583-593 : 591-592

Platyplastinx obscurus ( Bravo, Lago & Castro, 2004) comb. nov.

Alepia obscura Bravo, Lago & Castro, 2004:594 , Figs. 30–35.

Diagnosis. Hypandrium narrow, strongly sclerotized, U-shaped; paramere approximately triangular, shorter than the aedeagus; cercus piriform, apical area short, 1/4 times the length of basal and ovoid area; cercus with long apical tenacula, approximately the same length as the cercus, with a clavate and hairy apex; ejaculatory apodeme rectangular in dorsal view, 0.35 times the length of aedeagus.

Material examined. Holotype male: BRAZIL, São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 27.III.1994, Bravo, F. ( MZFS).

Paratypes: 5 males, same locality and collector of the holotype: 15.III.1994 ( MZFS), 23.III.1994 ( MZFS), 27.IV.1994 ( MZFS), 10.V.1995 ( MZFS), 15.V.1995 ( MZFS).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Comments. Platyplastinx obscurus differs from other species of the genus by the shape of the hypandrium, which is narrow in this species, U-shaped, and more sclerotized than in the other species of the genus. Although only 5 rod-like accessory tenacula were illustrated in the original description of this species by Bravo et al. (2004), a reexamination of the type material showed 7 rod-like short tenacula along the distal half of the dorsal surface of the cercus.