Coniceromyia caesariata Kung & Brown

Ament, Danilo César & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2016, Taxonomic revision of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of three new species from Brazil, Zootaxa 4086 (1), pp. 1-87 : 24-25

Coniceromyia caesariata Kung & Brown

( Figs. 53, 154 , 206 , 268 )

Coniceromyia caesariata Kung & Brown, 2000b: 83 , figs. 1–2.

Diagnosis (male). Gena and palpus with very long thin setae.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, VENEZUELA: Merida: La Montaña Station , 8.4ºN, 71.13ºW, 8.iv.1988, moericke, 2436 m ( LACM) . Paratype: 1♂, same as holotype. New material: VENEZUELA: 1♂, Lara: Parque Nac. Yacambu , 7.v.1981, Malaise trap, H. Townes col. ( LACM) ; 1♂, same but 6–8.iv.1981, A. Menke & L. Hollenberg col.; COLOMBIA: 1♂, Norte de Santander: Mun. Cucutilla Vda. Carrizal: Cuenca Qda. Poveda , 7.48ºN, 72.85ºW, 18.iii–3.iv.2002, Malaise trap, 2100m, A. Santamaría col. ( LACM) .

Hypopygium description ( Fig. 53). Hypopygium similar to that of C. bilineata , but with a small dorsal lobe in the left epandrial process.

Geographical distribution. Venezuela and Colombia.

Figures

FIGURES 139 – 157. Coniceromyia male forelegs. 139. C. affinis; 140. C. anacleti; 141. C. apechoneura; 142. C. apicalis; 143. C. apioneura sp. nov.; 144. C. atricolor; 145. C. aurantia; 146. C. auristriata; 147. C. basalis; 148. C. bilineata; 149. C. blomae; 150. C. boliviana; 151. C. brandaoi; 152. C. brevivena; 153. C. browni; 154. C. caesariata; 155. C. caliga; 156. C. ciliatipes; 157. C. convergens.

FIGURES 203 – 214. Coniceromyia male wings. 203. C. brandaoi; 204. C. brevivena; 205. C. browni; 206. C. caesariata; 207. C. caliga; 208. C. ciliatipes; 209. C. convergens; 210. C. costaricana; 211. C. cristifemur; 212. C. cubensis; 213. C. diaphaniptera; 214. C. disparivena.

FIGURES 264 – 268. Coniceromyia male hind femur. 264. C. brandaoi; 265. C. brevivena; 266 – 267. C. browni (modified from Kung 2009); 268. C. caesariata.