Pseudogaurax souzalopesi (Sabrosky)

Marques, Carla De Oliveira, Riccardi, Paula Raile & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2022, New records and species of Pseudogaurax Malloch, 1915 (Diptera: Chloropidae) from the Amazon basin, Zootaxa 5200 (6), pp. 501-524 : 517

Pseudogaurax souzalopesi (Sabrosky)

( Figs. 61–71 )

Specimens examined: FRENCH GUIANA, Mitaraka , MIT-E-savane roche 2, 02°13′59.8″N, 54°27′46.5″W, 471 m, open/partially opened areas on savane roche 2, 13–20.viii.2015, MT(6m), leg. Pierre-Henri Dalens (FR-GU/Mitaraka/2015)—sample code MITARAKA/230 (1 ♀, MNHN; 1 ♀, MZUSP).

Distribution. Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima), French Guiana (Mitaraka), Panama (Cerro Galera, Gamboa), Peru (Madre de Dios).

Remarks. This is the first time that P. souzalopesi is recorded in French Guiana. Pictures of the holotype male housed at the USNM were obtained through the courtesy of Dr. Jung W. Kim.

Figures

FIGURES 61–66. Male holotype of Pseudogaurax souzalopesi Sabrosky, 1989, external morphology. 61, habitus, lateral; 62, head, front view; 63, thorax, dorsal view; 64, abdomen and sub-scutellum, posterior view. 65–66, original holotype labels (Figures kindly provided by Dr. Jung W. Kim, 2018 USNM).

FIGURES 67–71. Terminalia of Pseudogaurax souzalopesi Sabrosky, 1989. 67, male terminalia, posterodorsal view (postgonite and phallus highlighted); 68, male terminalia, lateral view; 69, male terminalia, ventral view; 70, female terminalia, dorsal view; 71, female terminalia, ventral view. Scale bars: Figs. 67–69 = 0.1 mm; Figs 70–71 = 0.2 mm.