Apocephalus gonzalezae, Brown, Brian V., 2014

Brown, Brian V., 2014, Revision of the Apocephalus analis group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 3857 (4), pp. 551-570 : 563-564

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6033EEF1-FB14-4173-AD89-12D8DCDBCF7E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6130839

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F03F4E-F537-0E01-60F6-F92CFCD0FDC3

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Apocephalus gonzalezae
status

sp. nov.

Apocephalus gonzalezae View in CoL new species

( Figs. 32, 33 View FIGURES 25 – 34 , 49 View FIGURES 43 – 51 )

Diagnosis. Anterior arms of stylet short; ventral setae in single row, apex ventrally curved.

Description. Body length 1.2 mm. Frons 0.47 head width. Flagellomere 1 round, light brown. Pleuron light brown. Costa 0.57 wing length. Halter yellow. Abdominal tergites light brown, normal sized. Tergite 6 light brown, about as broad as tergite 5, entire, apical margin slightly concave, posterior margin with few elongate thick setae. Venter of abdomen whitish yellow, venter of segments 3–5 with scattered thin setae. Venter of segment 6 lacking sclerite, with row of larger thick seta; pronounced gap between median pair. Oviscape elongate oval, anterior process short, broadly rounded, with large lateral seta present. Dorsum of oviscape with three posterolateral setae. Apex roundly pointed, strongly downturned, with few small apical setae. Ventral setae of oviscape absent. Intersegment 7–8 without sclerotization. Anterior arms of stylet anteriorly broadly rounded, almost quadrate in appearance, meeting only near tip.

Distribution. Costa Rica to Colombia.

Derivation of specific epithet. Named for Ms. Lisa Gonzalez, a member of the LACM Entomology team.

Holotype. ♀, COSTA RICA: Heredia: La Selva Biological Station, 10.43°N, 84.02°W, 40m, 3.iii.1993, ALAS, Malaise trap M/12/027 (INBC) [INBIOCRI002274048].

Paratypes. COLOMBIA: Amazonas: Mocagua, PNN Amacayacu, 3.82°S, 70.26°W, 2♀, 12–19.iii.2000, A.Parente, CAP-97, Malaise trap (IAVH, LACM). COSTA RICA: Limon: 4km NE Bribri, 9.63°N, 82.82°W, 50m, 1♀, xii.1989 – iii.1990, P.Hanson, Malaise trap (LACM); Puntarenas: 10km W Piedras Blancas, 8.75°N, 83.3°W, 100m, 1♀, iii–v.1989, P.Hanson, Malaise trap (LACM). PANAMA: Veraguas: Cerro Hoya, 7.30°N, 80.7°W, 1♀, 22–25.iv.1997, J.Deago, Malaise trap (LACM).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Apocephalus

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