Pandelleia crosskeyi, Santis & Nihei, 2021

Santis, Marcelo Domingos de & Nihei, Silvio Shigueo, 2021, The first Dexiinae from Mauritius: the description of a new species of Pandelleia Villeneuve, 1907 (Diptera, Tachinidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 61, pp. 1-7 : 2-6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.90
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scientific name	Pandelleia crosskeyi
status	sp. nov.

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Pandelleia crosskeyi View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 1-3 View Figure 1 View Figure 2 View Figure 3 )

Type locality: Mauritius, Corps de Garde, Macchabee Forest.

Type material examined: Holotype male ( NHMUK) labelled as ( Fig. 1D View Figure 1 ) : “ Holotype; MAURITIUS: Corps de Garde , / 4.vi.1971 / A.M. Hutson col. B.M.1971-346; to

2,200’; Holotype ♂ / Pandelleia mauritiana / sp.n / R. W. Crosskey;”; “ Pandelleia crosskeyi / Santis, M. det. /2015”; “Holótipo” [red label with black borders]; “ NMHUK 013933009 ”. Specimen dry pinned.

Paratypes ( NHMUK): 2 female paratypes labeled as: “ Paratype; MAURITIUS: Macchabee Forest , / 1.vi.1971 / A.M. Hutson col. B.M.1971-346; Paratype ♀ / Pandelleia mauritiana / sp.n / R. W. Crosskey;” ; “ Parátipo ” [green label with black borders]. 2 male paratypes: “ Paratype; MAURITIUS: Corps de Garde, / 4.vi.1971 / A.M. Hutson col. B.M.1971-346; to 2,200’; Paratype ♂ / Pandelleia mauritiana / sp.n / R. W. Crosskey;” ; “Parátipo” [green label with black borders]. 1 female Paratype: “ Paratype; MAURITIUS: Corps de Garde , / 4.vi.1971 / A.M. Hutson col. B.M.1971-346; to 2,200’; Paratype female / Pandelleia mauritiana / sp.n / R. W. Crosskey;” ;“Parátipo” [green label with black borders]. All paratypes dry pinned.

Diagnosis: This new species readily differs from all oth- er species in the genus by the following combination of characters: abdomen lacking the pair of small, round and dark brown spots; vein M ending in R₄₊₅ at a 90° angle; female with dark brown scutellum;smallest species of the genus,with a length mean of 2.55 mm,all other Pandelleia species are bigger, ranging between 3 mm to 5 mm.

Description: Male. Figs. 1 View Figure 1 A-C, 2A, B. Body length: 2.55 mm, wing length: 2.42 mm.

Coloration ( Figs.1 View Figure 1 A-C): Head dark brown with ocellar triangle dark brown and median region of occiput with two vertical black bands. Fronto-orbital plate dark brown, with light grey pruinosity, parafacial with silver pruinosity. Postpedicel dark brown, with distal ¼ dark orange, scape, pedicel, and arista entirely dark brown. Genal groove dark yellow with black setulae.Genal dilation and face light brown. Occiput dark brown. Palpus yellow and labella orange. Scutum dark brown. Halter stem dark yellow and knob dark brown. Calypters light brown. Tegula dark brown and basicosta light brown. Legs brownish. Abdomen without pruinosity, light yellow, but syntergite I + II light brown dorsally, tergites III (¼ light brown) and IV (½ light brown) with dark brown median vittae on posterior margin and tergite V entirely dark brown.

Head ( Figs. 1B, C View Figure 1 ): Holoptic. Eye bare. Inner vertical setae convergent and outer vertical setae divergent, both well developed. Ocellar setae proclinate. Postocellar setae developed, proclinate. Frons at its narrowest point about 0.5X as wide as vertex in dorsal view. Frontal setae 5-6, descending to level of antennal insertion. Orbital setae absent. Frontal vitta narrow. Fronto-orbital plate slightly curved in profile. Postpedicel oval, 0.12 mm in length, pedicel ¼ the length of postpedicel. Arista pubescent, thickened on basal ⅕. Parafacial entirely bare. Facial carina absent.Vibrissa well differentiated from adjacent seta, inserted slightly above lower facial margin. Subvibrissal setae 1-2. Facial ridge with one setulae near the vibrissa insertion. Gena height ⅕ of eye height. Genal dilation covered by fine black setulae. Lower facial margin not visible in profile. Occiput with black setulae. Palpus filiform, nearly as long as prementum, with setulae only apically. Labellum small.

Thorax ( Figs. 1A, B View Figure 1 ): Acrostichal setae 2 + 3, dorsocentral setae 2 + 2, intra-alar setae 2 + 2 (post sutural longer), postalar setae 1 + 1. Post-pronotal lobe with 2 setae. Notopleural setae 2. Proepimeral seta 1. Proepisternal seta 1. Prosternum bare. Scutellum with 1 pair of basal, lateral, apical and discal (weak) setae. One short anepimeral seta, without adjacent setulae. Meron with 2 setae. Anatergite and katepimeron bare. Katepisternum with 1 anterior and 1 posterior setae. Posterior spiracle with anterior and posterior lappets subequal-sized.

Wing ( Figs. 1A, B View Figure 1 ): Hyaline. Costal spine absent. Base of R vein with 1 seta dorsally. R1 and CuA₁ bare. Cell r₄₊₅ petiolate, 1.8-2X as long as postangular section of M, ending in R₄₊₅ at a 90° angle.

Legs ( Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ) Fore femur with row of posterodorsal and posteroventral setae; fore tibia with 1 seta on median ⅓, 1 seta on apical ⅓ and 2 preapical setae on posterodorsal, and 2 preapical setae on anteroventral surface. Mid femur with 1 supramedian seta on anteroventral and on posteroventral, 1 supramedian anterior seta, and 2 preapical setae on posterodorsal surface; mid tibia with 1 anterodorsal seta at apical third, 1 anterodorsal seta on median third, 2 posterodorsal setae on apical third and proximal ⅓, 1 preapical seta on ventral and anterodorsal surfaces. Hind femur with a row of posterodorsal and anterodorsal setae,and 2 preapical anterodorsal setae;hind tibia with 2 median anterodorsal seta, 2 median posterodorsal seta and 1 preapical seta on posteroventral, ventral and on posterodorsal surfaces. Postmetacoxal area membranous.

Abdomen ( Figs. 1A, B View Figure 1 ): Short-ovate in shape. Mid-dorsal depression on syntergite I + II confined to about anterior ½. Syntergite I + II without setae. Tergite III with 1 lateral marginal and 1 median marginal pair of setae. Tergite IV with 1 or 2 lateral marginal and 1 median marginal pair of setae.Tergite V with a row of discal setae.Sternites visible from below.

Male terminalia ( Figs.2A, B View Figure 2 ): Sternite 5 without transversal membranous band, weakly developed lobes and with setulae only on posterior margin. Sternite 6 symmetric. Tergite 6 completely fused with syntergosternite 7 + 8, with 1 long seta in the center and some setulae posteriorly;this complex is fused with epandrium, which is short and convex, with a visible suture line ( Fig.2A View Figure 2 ). Ejaculatory apodeme small, rounded. Cerci broad, tapered and well separated in posterior view, curved, with the apex somewhat rounded and directed anteriorly, in lateral view. Surstyli narrow, strongly convex distally, slightly dilat- ed, curved, and with tip narrowed internally in profile. Baciliform sclerite rod-like. Hypandrial arm absent (i.e., undistinguished), hypandrial apodeme undifferentiated with central plate. Epiphallus present. Pregonite narrow with tip rounded, articulated anteriorly with hypandrium. Postgonite rod-like and bare.Basiphallus attached to distiphallus by flexible membrane. Basiphallus elongat- ed, almost as long as distiphallus.Distiphallus with dorsal sclerite extension fused with the middle bar.

Females ( Figs. 3 View Figure 3 A-E) Body length: 2.53 mm, wing length: 2.4 mm.

Differ from male as follows: Dichoptic. Frons at its narrowest point about 2X as wide as vertex in dorsal view. Frontal vitta dark yellow. Fronto-orbital plate and occiput yellow. Parafacial, gena and face whitish. Antenna pale yellow, arista dark brown. Postpedicel with 0.24 mm in length. Gena with 0.16 mm in length. Palpus and labellum whitish to pale yellow. Thorax yellow, but scutum, scutellum,katatergite, anatergite and meron dark brown. Legs pale yellow, but tarsi (entirely) and mid and hind femur (distal ⅙) dark brown. Halter yellow. Abdomen yellow, but syntergite I + II with light brown thin band on posterior margin, tergites III and IV with larger band on posterior margin (¼ and ½, respectively), and tergite V with median dark brown vitta.

Female terminalia ( Fig. 3E View Figure 3 ): Syntergosternite 6 and syntergosternite 7 completely fused with each other, forming a long tube anteriorly directed, both with setulae surrounding the posterior, with setulae on anterodorsal portion only in syntergosternite 6. Sternite 8 elongate. Sternite 9 (lingulae sec Herting, 1957) elongate with tip narrowed posteriorly,and fused with tergite 8.Sternite 10 sub-circular. Cercus elongate and narrowed posteriorly.

Etymology: Species named in honor of the late Dr.Roger Crosskey (1930-2017), former curator of Diptera at the Natural History Museum in London, who first recognized this new species. Noun in genitive singular.

Geographical distribution: Mauritius.

Remarks: Campogastrina was a subtribe of Mesnil (1975) that included, besides Pandelleia and Afrophasia (= Pandelleia ), other genera that are now considered as Dufouriini : Rondania Robineau-Desvoidy, 1850 ; Microsoma Macquart, 1855 ; and Chaetoptilia Rondani, 1862 .In couplet 4 of the key for Campogastrina by Mesnil (1975) used to differentiate Afrophasia (= Pandelleia ) and Pandelleia , this new species runs to Afrophasia , which was then formed by P. dimorphia , P. translucens and P. pschorni . Pandelleia crosskeyi sp. nov., shares the following traits with these species: abdomen without pruinosity; only 2 setae in the meron; wing with tegula deep black; basicosta yellow and only 1-2 setulae at the base of R₄₊₅.

Finally, as a historical information, Dexia dejeanii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 would it be the first Dexiinae from Mauritius; however as its type is lost and it is currently considered an unplaced Tachinidae ( O’Hara & Cerretti, 2016) , Pandelleia crosskeyi is the only valid and recognized Dexiinae from Mauritius.