Paramycodrosophila sp.

Frech-Telles, Marcos Henrique, Gottschalk, Marco Silva & Valente-Gaiesky, Vera Lúcia da Silva, 2024, Shifting the known richness of Paramycodrosophila Duda, 1924 (Diptera: Drosophilidae): the description of nineteen new species in the Neotropical region, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20230105) 68, pp. 1-113 : 75

Paramycodrosophila sp. 11

( Figs. 77 , 78 , 88B )

Material examined: female labelled as follows: “BRA [= Brazil] – RJ [= State of Rio de Janeiro] – PARNA [= National Park ] de Itatiaia (22°26’03.45”S, 44°36’52.06”W) Data: 04.i.2021 - 18.i.2021 Col.: Telles MHF OBS.: Armadilha [=Trap] Malaise”, “Sc004” [ MZUSP] .

Description. Head ( Figs. 77A, C ): yellow with black and dark brown marks;eyes red,pubescent;face with a narrow prominent carina,light yellow with dorsal half black, dark marks near vibrissa; parafacialia light yellow; scape brown; pedicel brown, apically lighter; flagellomere 1 black, basal third yellow,compressed; arista with six dorsal and one ventral branches, and terminal fork; frons yellow with brown marks; fronto-orbital plate tan,brown posterior to thep rc frorb s; fronto-orbital setae black;distance between pc frorb s and a rc frorb s = 0.02 mm, between pc frorb s and p rc frorb s = 0.09 mm, and between a rc frorb s and p rc frorb s = 0.07 mm; frontal vitta brown,yellow near the ptilinal suture;frontal triangle yellow darker at the margins of ocellar triangle, large; ocellar triangle black; very prominent; postocellar setae black, crossing near tip; genae yellow,black at the ventral margin and under the eye near the vibrissa; palps black, large; labrum light yellow; labellum black. Thorax ( Figs. 77B, C ): yellow with brown marks; scutum yellow with brown marks; v1 greyish, fine; v2 yellow, only apparent in the first anterior quarter; v3 dark brown; v4 yellow, fine, with greyish marks; v5 dark brown; v6 yellow with a large dark brown mark in the supra alar region;v3 converges and fuse medially; external margin of postpronotal lobe dark brown; transverse suture dark brown mark; brown spot anterior to the transversal suture; base of the setae with brown spots except in postpronotum; postpronotum light yellow almost white; six irregular rows of acrostichal setulae, acrostichal setulae absent posterior to the height of anterior dorsocentral setae; mid acrostichal row with thicker and larger setulae posteriorly; second pair of acrostichal row consisting of two to three setulae; anterior dorsocentral setae about 1/2 the length of the posterior dorsocentral setae; scutellum dark brown with lighter lateral margin anterior to the base of apical setae, base of the basal setae with a dark brown mark; basal scutellar setae parallel, curved inwards; apical scutellar setae convergent curved inwards, crossing; pleura yellow with brown marks; proepisternum black with ventral half light; anepisternum yellow with dark brown dorsal and posterior margins, large brown spot at its center fusing partially with marks at the margins; katepisternum brown with ventral half light yellow; anepimeron yellow with brown transversal band; meron light yellow.Legs with femora yellow with two dark brown rings,one basal and one sub-apical; tibiae yellow with two dark brown rings, one sub-basal and one sub-apical. Wings ( Fig. 77F ): infuscated with costal lappet very large and broad, black, apically round; faint darker patch present bellow costal lappet,lighter patch after the costal lappet and along CuA+CuP; R 2+3 slightly curved to costal at its tip; R 4+5 and M 1 parallel; halter light slightly darker basely; index: C = 2.21, ac = 2.76, hb = 0.50, 4c = 1.07, 4v = 2.06, 5x = 1.70, M = 0.63, prox. x = 0.48. Length = 2.33 mm, width = 1.06 mm. Abdomen ( Figs. 77D, E ): tergites yellow with brown marks; T1 brown; T2 brown sub-laterally interrupted in yellow, anterior faint yellow spot sub-laterally of the large brown area; T3 brown sub-laterally interrupted in yellow, anterior yellow spot sub-laterally of the large brown area; T4 brown sub-laterally interrupted in yellow, large anterior yellow mark sub-laterally of the large brown area reaching the anterior margin; T5 same as T4 but the yellow spots are much larger and using anteriorly; T6 brown, long transversal yellow mark at the anterior margin medially interrupted in brown; T7 yellow,laterally brown,medially brown; sternites progressively darker from first to last, S7 with microtrichia and with eight setulae; intersegmental membranes light. Terminalia ( Fig. 78 ): T8 with microtrichia in the dorsal region, with around two setulae ventrally, one dark spot ventrally; epiproct and hypoproct with microtrichia, with many long and some smaller setae; oviscapt vale, sclerotinized,long, acute at the tip in lateral view; nine large darker peg-like ovisensilla apical margins (three smaller on the posterior margin and six larger on the ventral margin), tiny pegs on the ventral margin; Spermathecal capsule highly sclerotized, dome-shaped, bare, with a wrinkled rings on the basal half of the capsule; introvert 3/4 of the total length of the capsule, with a small depression apically. Eggs: chorion ornated dorsally with four filaments and the micropyle; the two apical filaments are about 2/3 of the length of the sub apical; the bigger filaments are 1/2 the length of the main body of the chorion. Body length: 2.47mm.

Figures

Figure 77 Paramycodrosophila sp.11.: A, head (anterolateral view); B, thorax (dorsal view); C, head and thorax (lateral view); D, abdomen (lateral view); E, abdomen (dorsal view); F, wing.

Figure 78 Paramycodrosophila sp.11.: A,posterior end of abdomen (ventral view);B,posterior end of abdomen (lateral view);C,oviscapt (ventral view); D, oviscapt (lateral view); E, seventh sternite (ventral view); F, spermatheca (lateral view). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 88 Females.Habitus of: A, Paramycodrosophila sp.10; B, P.sp.11; C, P.sp.12. Scale bars: 1 mm.