Morellia (M.) sinopensis Pamplona, 1986

Pamplona, Denise, Nihei, Silvio S., Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2016, Taxonomy of Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): revision of the subgenera Morellia s. str. and Parapyrellia Townsend, Zootaxa 4163 (1), pp. 1-110 : 82-83

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Morellia (M.) sinopensis Pamplona, 1986
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37. Morellia (M.) sinopensis Pamplona, 1986 View in CoL

(figs 19–25 in Pamplona 1986b)

Morellia sinopensis Pamplona, 1986b: 642 View in CoL . Type locality: BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Sinop, Cuiabá-Santarém road (BR 163), km 500–600. Holotype Ƌ, MNRJ (seen).

Redescription. Colour. Black, with blue reflections. Frontal vitta and fronto-orbital plate shining black on upper half, with white pruinosity on lower half and parafacial; face and inner portion of gena brown with white pruinosity, outer portion of gena without pruinosity; antenna brownish dorsally and yellowish ventrally; palpus yellow; legs brown; calypters brown, on outer half white and opaque; haltere white; mesonotum and abdomen with blue reflections, without pruinosity.

Male. Body length: 6.0 mm; wing length: 5.0–6.0 mm.

Head. Eyes bare, separated at level of anterior ocellus by 0.19–0.21 of head width; frons divergent towards lunule; ocellar triangle with a pair of setae and a few setulae; 11–13 pairs of frontal setae; postpedicel 1.8–2.1 times the length of pedicel; pedicel with 2 setae and a few setulae; arista plumose, with 17–19 cilia, bare apicad, and with some secondary plumes as far as level of 4th to 5th cilia; vibrissa longer than arista; 1 strong supravibrissal seta, less than half the length of vibrissa, and a few setulae that extend to level of middle of postpedicel; 5–6 subvibrissal setae followed by 9–10 genal setae. Palpus expanded at apex.

Thorax. Acrostichals 0+1; dorsocentrals 0+2; intra-alars 1+2; presutural 1; prealars 2, strong; supra-alars 2; postpronotals 3; notopleuron with 2 long, subequal setae and covered with ground-setulae; postalars 2; intrapostalar 1; scutellum with 1 basal, 1 latero-discal and 1 apical pairs of strong setae, and latero-ventrally with many setae, the basalmost ones downcurved; postalar wall and suprasquamal ridge with short pile; proepisternal depression bare; proepimeron with about 4 long setae; prosternum broad and bare; anepisternum with a posterior row of about 9 setae, without upcurved setae on upper-anterior corner, and covered with short scarce setulae; katepisternals 1+2; anepimeron setulose on anterior half and extensively setulose on posterior half; anatergite with short pile; katatergite setulose. Legs: fore femur with a posterodorsal row of short setae on apical two-thirds, and a posteroventral row of setae; fore tibia with an anterodorsal row of short and strong setae, 2–3 long posteroventral setulae, 1 dorsal, 1 anterodorsal and 1 posteroventral preapical setae, and anterior surface with a ctenidium of golden setulae; fore tarsus with some long setae on basal segment; mid femur without a tubercle, anterodorsal surface with a row of short setae and 3 agglutinated spines apically, 4 posterodorsal to posterior setae on apical half, and 6 ventral setae on basal third; mid tibia with an anterodorsal comb-like ctenidium of very short spinose setulae on basal half and fine setae on apical half, 1 posterior seta on middle third, a posteroventral row of 4 strong setae, 1 on basal third, 1 on mid third and 2 on apical third, and 1 anteroventral, 2 posteroventral and 2 ventral apical setae; hind femur with an anteroventral row of setae, strongest on apical third, an anterodorsal row of setae, and a few posteroventral setulae on apical fourth; hind tibia with 7 short and subequal anteroventral setae on apical two-thirds, 1 anterodorsal seta on middle third, a dorsal row of short but strong setulae, a posterodorsal row of short setae ending with 3 stronger on middle third, 1 dorsal and 1 anterodorsal preapical setae, 1 anteroventral and 2 posteroventral apical setae, and a posterior brush-like ctenidium; hind tarsus with a golden brush ventrally. Wing with a non-uniform covering of microtrichia; dm-cu sinuous; stem-vein with 1 short setula before, and bare after, humeral cross-vein on dorsal surface, and with 2 short setulae before, and bare after, humeral cross-vein on ventral surface; R2+3 bare on dorsal and ventral surfaces; R4+5 setulose from base to just before r-m on dorsal surface and beyond node on ventral surface; 1–3 strong setae on basicosta.

Abdomen. Tergites 3–5 with a few setae laterally; sternite 1 setulose; posterior margin of sternite 5 concave and with many setae on membrane.

Terminalia (figs 20–23 in Pamplona 1986b). Outer margin of cercal plate convex; cercal plate ventrally strongly curved; surstylus with setae basally and setae apically; aedeagus with many spicules on anterior membrane of distiphallus; gonopod with one long and strong seta on basal half and 2 setulae on apical half; paramere with some setae apically and setulae on middle third.

Female. Body length: 6.0 mm; wing length: 5.0–6.0 mm.

Similar to male, differing as follows: face and gena yellowish-brown; eyes separated at level of anterior ocellus by 0.41–0.42 of head width; fronto-orbital plate with 2 proclinate setulae and 2 reclinate setulae; mid femur without anterodorsal agglutinated spines apically; hind femur with 2 anteroventral setae on middle third and no ventral setae.

Ovipositor (figs 24–25 in Pamplona 1986b). Tergite 6 shaped as 2 golf-club-like rods; tergite 7 as 2 rods, posteriorly with 2 plates with spinose setae; tergite 8 as 2 rods, posteriorly with 2 plates with many spines; sternite 7 as 3 plates with spines; enlarged spicules on intersegmental membrane between segments 7–8; epiproct triangular with about 8 very small setae; hypoproct with many setae mainly on posterior margin; cercus cylindrical and long.

Material examined. BRAZIL: Mato Grosso, Sinop, 12o31’S, 55o37’W, estrada Cuiabá-Santarém (BR 163), km 500–600, iii.1976, O. Roppa, holotype Ƌ ( MNRJ) GoogleMaps ; Mato Grosso, Sinop , x.1975, Alvarenga & Roppa, 3 Ƌ and 2 ♀ paratypes ( MNRJ) .

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL: Brazil (Mato Grosso).

MNRJ

Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Muscidae

Genus

Morellia

Loc

Morellia (M.) sinopensis Pamplona, 1986

Pamplona, Denise, Nihei, Silvio S., Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C. 2016
2016
Loc

Morellia sinopensis

Pamplona 1986: 642
1986
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